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This Central Intelligence Agency report (No. 00-W-29151) is dated 1954 and was distributed on 11 January 1954. It compiles Greek and French newspaper items published between July and November 1953 about unidentified aircraft. They include luminous circular and spherical objects seen in Spain, among them one over San Martin Valdeiglesias, and a luminous, rocket-shaped object that hovered over Drama, Greece, on 11 August 1953. Shepherds near Oued Zem, French Morocco, also reported a multicolored fast-flying object. The information is marked unevaluated.
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# CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY # INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS REPORT NO. 00-W-29151 COUNTRY Spain, Greece, French Morocco, Algeria SUBJECT Military - Unidentified aircraft DATE OF INFORMATION 1953 HOW PUBLISHED Daily newspapers. DATE DIST. 11 Jan 1954 WHERE PUBLISHED Athens, Salonica, Constantine NO. OF PAGES 2 DATE PUBLISHED 19 Jul = 6 Nov 1953 LANGUAGE Greek, French SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION As indicated UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT REFORTED OVER SPAIN, GREECE, NORTH AFRICA Paris (Special Services) -- According to reports from Madrid, "flying saucers" were seen during the last few days in an unidentified area of Spain. "FLYING SAUCERS" REPORTED SEEN OVER SPAIN -- Athens, I Kathimerini, 19 Jul 53 Witnesses stated that a luminous, circular object, emitting a red reflection and flying like a jet plane, was seen flying noiselessly in a northwest direction. Inhabitants of the village of San Martin Valdeiglesias also saw a luminous, spherical object, which disappeared toward the west after being observed for a considerable length of time. SEE LUMINOUS, ROCKET-SHAPED OBJECT IN SKY OVER DRAMA -- Salonica, Makedonia, 13 Aug 53 It was reported from Drama, Greece, that a luminous, rocket-shaped object was noted at 2225 hours on 11 August 1953 in the southeastern part of the sky over that city. The object flew at a rather low altitude and was seen remaining stationery in the air for 3-4 minutes, after which it disappeared. SEE STRANGE FLYING OBJECT NEAR CASABLANCA -- Athens, Eleftheria, 5 Sep 53 According to a report from Oued Zem, a town southeast of Casablanca, French Morocco, some of the inhabitants heard a thunderous noise on the night of 2 September 1953. The next day, two shepherds said they had seen a flying object, lighted in many colors and flying at great speed.
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