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This Central Intelligence Agency report, No. OO-W-23759, was distributed on 27 August 1952. It is unevaluated information that translates Spanish and Algerian newspaper accounts of flying objects seen over Spain and North Africa in May and June 1952. The accounts describe a rocket-shaped object leaving a smoke trail over Barcelona and a green-lit object over Sousse, Tunisia. They also describe sightings over Meknes, Taourirt and Casablanca in Morocco. The report makes no evaluation of the sightings.
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CLASS: CATION CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS REPORT NO. OO-W-23759 CD NO. -- DATE OF INFORMATION 1952 HOW PUBLISHED Daily newspapers DATE DIST. 27 Aug 1952 NO. OF PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION ## FLYING SAUCERS IN SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA SMOKE-TRAILING OBJECT OVER BARCELONA -- Tangier, Espana, 22 May 52 Barcelona, 21 May -- As I crossed Jose Antonio Avenue on my way to the newspaper office, I saw a strange object flying at high speed from the direction of Prat Airport, about 2,000 meters above ground, and leaving a wide smoke trail. It did not look like an aircraft (neither Prat nor Sabadell airport admitted any knowledge of the object), and unlike the so-called flying saucers, it was proceeding in a straight line, without emitting flashes of light or revolving on an axis. The object seemed to me to be rocket-shaped, and the smoke came out of two points close together, merging into a single streak. My colleagues at the office saw the smoke but not the object. Over Badalona, about 10 kilometers away, the object stopped trailing smoke, disappeared for a few seconds, and reappeared, again emitting smoke, several kilometers farther away. The newspaper office was soon flooded with telephone calls from people who had seen the object. A friend of ours took the picture of the smoke trail. -- Valentin Garcia The picture shows a diagonal stripe of diminishing width and lighter in shade than the sky over the dark bulk of a building cornice. It is attributed to Francisco Andreu. The caption says that the picture was taken "on 17 May," although the report is dated 21 May. UNUSUAL OBJECT OVER TUNISIA -- Algiers, Echo d'Alger, 4 Jun 52 On 3 June, at about 2000 hours, many inhabitants of Sousse saw a flying object traveling at dizzy speed from west to east and emitting a pale green light. ARCHIVAL RECORD PLEASE RETURN TO BOOTLEY ARCHIVES APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE ... 6/14/75
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