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This Central Intelligence Agency report, No. 00-W-30339, was distributed on 26 May 1954. It collects unevaluated foreign newspaper accounts published between 10 December 1953 and 2 March 1954 of unidentified flying objects seen outside the Soviet orbit. Sightings include a fireball seen by a Sabena pilot near Brussels, a fiery disk at Arras, and a red ball at Gemeaux. Others describe disks and a cigar-shaped object over Algeria and a metallic disk above Montevideo. French astronomers attributed the Dieppe explosion to a large meteorite.
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# CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS REPORT NO. 00-W-30339 CD NO. COUNTRY Non-Orbit ```markdown ``` SUBJECT Military - Unidentified aircraft DATE OF INFORMATION 1953-1954 HOW PUBLISHED Newspapers DATE DIST. 26 May 1954 WHERE PUBLISHED As indicated NO. OF PAGES 3 DATE PUBLISHED 10 Dec 1953-2 Mar 1954 LANGUAGE Various SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION SOURCE As indicated NON-ORBIT SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, 10 DECEMBER 1953-2 MARCH 1954 ## WESTERN EUROPE [The first three items in this section may refer to incident cited in 00-W-29903 in the item entitled "Explosion in Sky Breaks Windows at Dieppe."] ## Belgium BALL OF FIRE SEEN OVER BRUSSELS -- Liege, Le Monde du Travail, 10 Jan 54 On 7 January 1954 at 0420 hours, a Sabena pilot preparing to land at Melsbroek saw a ball of fire low on the horizon, moving in a north-northwesterly direction. The ball was white, edged with green, and was followed by a long trail. The phenomenon illuminated the whole sky and the pilot supposed at the time that it was a green rocket signal set off by the airport authorities. Since the latter denied this, it was assumed that he had seen the same light which was seen over Dieppe. ## France FIERY DISK SEEN AT ARRAS -- Casablance, Le Petit Marocain, 8 Jan 54 At approximately 0427 hours on 7 January 1954, a fiery disk, followed by lighted in Arras. Pas-de-Calais Department. An observer
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