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This is a Central Intelligence Agency report (No. 00-W-29903), distributed on 20 April 1954, that compiles unevaluated foreign newspaper accounts published between November 1953 and January 1954. It covers sightings of unidentified flying objects in Pakistan, South Africa, Dahomey, France, Sweden, Denmark and West Germany. Among them are objects seen over Peshawar, a light that seemed to follow a motorist near Brandvlei, a reported landing at Marignane airfield, and a large 9 January meteor that Lund Observatory's Bertil Lindblad confirmed.
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DATE PUBLISHED 2 Nov 1953-27 Jan 1954 LANGUAGE French, German, Afrikaans, Swedish THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION ## SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ## PAKISTAN FLYING SAUCERS OVER PESHAWAR -- Paris, Le Figaro, 23 Dec 53 Two brilliant objects flying at an altitude of more than 4,700 meters were seen over Peshawar on the night of 21 December. The objects, coming from the southeast and thought to be flying saucers, disappeared in the direction of Afghanistan. Witnesses who saw the saucers said they emitted red and green flames. [The Salonica daily newspaper, Makedonia, in its 23 December edition reported substantially the same facts on this incident and added that in January 1953 similar objects were seen over Peshawar, headed over the Khyber Pass.] ## UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA ## FLYING SAUCER FOLLOWS MAN ---Capetown, Die Landstem, 28 Nov 53 Heretofore, Die Landstem has not been able to publish the full story of the incident described below, which occurred on 26 May 1953. The incident was reported by the observer to the Department of Defense in Pretoria. The latter acknowledged receiving the report but did not make it public. Dr D. Beyers of Uppington, while driving in his automobile from Capetown to Uppington, had reached a point about 80 miles south of Brandvlei (between Kenhardt and Calvinia), when, at about 0510 hours, he suddenly saw a bright yellowish green light which illuminated the clouds from behind. Shortly thereafter it came out from behind the clouds. Beyers stated that it was ten times as bright as any star he had seen. It moved up and down and sometimes also forward. The emitted light had the appearance of burning hydrogen. Also, the
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