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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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FLYING SAUCER OVER MEXICOS, MOROCCO -- Algiers, Echo d'Alger, 11 Jun 52 Two witnesses reported a flying saucer appearing above Meknes at 1300 hours on 7 June 1952. One of them said that he saw a bright spot in the sky moving at lightning speed. He was able to compare its speed with that of some T-33 planes flying near the Meknes base, for they seemed very slow by comparison. The unknown apparatus emitted a white trail of smoke and made no sound. It drew near, described a parabola in the sky, stopped, and then disappeared toward Ifrane in the south. FLAMING DISC ABOVE TAOURIET, MOROCCO -- Algiers, Echo d'Alger, 16 Jun 52 On the morning of 15 June 1952, a strange phenomenon appeared above Taourirt, French Morocco. For 30 seconds, dock workers saw a disc of white flames surrounded by two circular strands, with smoke trailing behind it. The fiery object, which seemed to move earthward, vanished rapidly. SAUCER OVER CASABLANCA -- Algiers, Journal d'Alger, 16 Jun 52 After Meknes and Marrakech, Casablanca had its flying saucer on 15 June 1952. It was observed by Andre Assorin, a former pilot. The Meteorological Bureau claims that is has not seen this unusual apparition above Casablanca.
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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.