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This Foreign Broadcast Information Service transcript, dated 25 January 1996 and held in CIA records, reproduces a BBC World Service "Focus on Africa" interview with Somaliland leader Mohamed Egal about mysterious explosions in the region's remote east in December. Egal said a four-man commission found that animals were still stampeding and residents had skin rashes, boils and stomach problems. He rejected UFO explanations and suggested an unidentified missile had exploded. He asked the American, British and French governments to say what happened.
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INQUIRE=DOC33D ITEM NO=00563722 DTG 252238Z JAN 96 FROM FM FBIS ABIDJAN IV TO TO RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA RHDLCNE/CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2// RHHJJAA/JICPAC HONOLULU HI RHIUFAA/CDR JPOTFSWA//AOCP-POG/ANALYST// RUCLBBA/USCENTAF SHAW AFB SC//A2// RUCLBMA/33OSS EGLIN AFB FL//OSN// RUCMACC/CDR PSYOPGP FT BRAGG NC//ASOF-POG-SB// RUCQAAA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA//POLCH// RUDHNIS/DIRNAVCRIMINVSERV WASHINGTON DC RUDHSIC/CDRUSASOIC WASH DC//DIS// RUDMQAN/MARCORINTACT DET QUANTICO VA RUDPMAX/FAISA FT BRAGG NC RUDPWDC/DA AMHS WASHINGTON DC RUEABND/DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN HQ WASHINGTON DC//POL// RUEAIIS/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEALGX/DEFINTAGNCY WASH DC RUEBFGA/VOA WASHINGTON DC RUEDADA/AFISA AMHS BOLLING AFB DC RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI RUETIAV/MPC FT GEO G MEADE MD RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK//DOAM// RUFQBBA/US SURVEY SEC SHAPE BE RUWTAEA/NAIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OH//TAI// CONTROLS UNCLAS 8B WARNING: ATTN CIFM SERIAL: AB2501223896 BODY COUNTRY: SOMALIA SUBJ: SOMALILAND PRESIDENT EGAL SPEAKS ON MYSTERIOUS BOMB BLAST SOURCE: LONDON BBC WORLD SERVICE IN ENGLISH 1705 GMT 25 JAN 96 TEXT: FROM THE "FOCUS ON AFRICA" PROGRAM FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THIS WEEK OF MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSIONS IN THE REMOTE EASTERN REGION OF THE SELF- DECLARED REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND. THEY APPARENTLY OCCURRED IN DECEMBER, BUT BECAUSE OF THE REMOTE NATURE OF THE AREA HAVE BEEN SLOW COMING TO LIGHT. THE BLASTS HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS CAUSES FROM UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, UFO'S, TO ROCKET TESTS. WELL, SOMALILAND LEADER, MOHAMED EGAL, HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THE UNCLASSIFIED
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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. 3 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.