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This is a CIA memorandum dated 10 November 1955 from the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, about reports of guided missiles or flying objects in Afghanistan. The memo says the office cannot determine what the observed object was or how it was used, and it asks for further details and any debris. It notes that an attached army report closely resembles a United Press article, also attached, about a disc-like craft that local residents saw near a Soviet base.
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המשתמש יכול להשתמש במשתמשים כאלה. SUBJECT 30754222 Guided Tours in Afghanistan. a. Your 23 October 1955 rows. b. Your 5 images 1955 rows. 1. No have no desire to interview noted in reference a. However, we are sort anxious to receive the reported results of corresponding trip noted in reference b. 2. We are unable to determine the nature and use of the observed object. Conssequently, we are very much interested in any further details which may be acquired any time of any metallic or other debris remain. After such objects limited would be extremely valuable. 3. Your attention is invited to the very close similarity between the army estimate report attached to reference b. and a United Press article on flying objects in Afghanistan dated from October 1955, attached serio. MERCY SCIENCE, JE. Assistant Director Scientific Intelligence Attenents 1 (AS Attended) OSI ANTILT Tooler 1 - ED/1 1 - LSB/S 1 - זכ 2 - 4.5 x - 19/2
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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. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.