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This Central Intelligence Agency compilation of foreign press and radio reports, distributed 29 October 1954, gathers unevaluated sightings of unidentified flying objects published between 31 July and 20 September 1954. It covers reports from Austria, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Uganda and Singapore. Items include a hovering object near Acheux-en-Vimeu, a red-orange disk near Hirson, and an object tracked by the Ciampino control tower and Pratica di Mare radar near Rome. French air police are quoted as attributing two alleged landings to smuggling planes.
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30 kilometers from Rome, which picked up the object and followed it on its radar screen for about 30 minutes. The radar showed the presence of an antenna located at the center of the widest part of the object. ## The Netherlands "FLYING SAUCERS" OVER THE HAGUE -- A. aterdam, De Telegraaf, 6 Aug 54 Ten firemen and their chief observed two "flying saucers" over The Mague on the night of 4 August between 2300 and 2400 hours. The objects were seen in the clear night air at a high altitude. They moved at incredible speed, at times remaining motionless for as long as 30 seconds. They were described as being flat ovals with a whitish-gray light. All of the observers agreed that the objects could not have been aircraft or balloons. ## NEAR EAST/APRICA ## Turkey SIGHT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OVER IZMIR PROVINCE Nicosia, Halkin Sesiz, 31 Jul 54 Izmir, 30 July (Turkish News Agency) -- It has been reported that unidentified flying objects have recently been observed in the sky over Izmir Province. These objects, which have been sighted by thousands of persons in the Karachi area of Izmir Province, were flying at great speed from east to west. ## Iznir, Yeni Asir, 18 Aug 54 On 17 August, at approximately 1000 hours, as the Ayvalik-121 bus approached the Benga road intersection, passengers observed a silver-lined, oval object in the air. Mustafa Turmut, one of the 25 passengers, stated that the object appeared to be very close to the ground and that it emitted a loud rustling sound, rose, and disappeared. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OVER TUNCELI PROVINCE -- Istanbul, Cusanuri et. 22.aug 94 Hozat, 21 August -- At approximately 1000 hours today, two unidentified flying objects were observed traveling at an altitude of 5,000 meters. One of the objects, which appeared from southwest of the town of Hozat, maintained its course and left in a northeasterly direction. The other object first rose to a considerable height and then disappeared in the same direction. ## Uganja "FLYING SAUCERS" SEEN IN EAST AFRICA -- Paris, Le Parisien Libere, 14 Sep. 54 Kampala, 13 September -- A civil servant stated that he had seen it unspecified! over Kampala, Uganda, a strange golden ball which appeared to be smaller than the moon yet larger than a star. Several other inhabitants in East Africa also claim to have seen "flying saucers" recently.
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 6 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.