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This Central Intelligence Agency compilation, dated 24 November 1952, gathers translated press reports of unidentified flying objects seen over Spain and Africa from July to October 1952. Sources include Moroccan, Algerian, Spanish and Ivory Coast newspapers. It covers disks over Marrakech, a theodolite sighting by two meteorologists in Durban, and a widely observed object on 21 September 1952 over Casablanca, Tangier, Fes and Rabat, including a close view by a pilot. One Rabat paper suggested that object was a meteor.
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## SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OVER SPAIN AND AFRICA, JULY - OCTOBER 1952 DISKS APPEAR OVER MARRAKECH -- Rabat, L'Echo du Maroc, 17 Jul 52 Marrakech (special correspondent) -- At 2100 hours presumably on 16 July 19527, many people saw a large, luminous disk flying horizontally, with a leaping and bounding motion. Then, there was a burst of light. A second disk of smaller dimensions appeared, going off horizontally toward the southwest. The whole appearance lasted about one minute. From several points of the Marrakech region, luminous disks were seen traveling at a dizzy speed. On 14 July, flying saucers had been seen over the Ifrane region, flying toward Meknes. LUMINOUS DISK OR BALL SEEN OVER MOULAY BOUSSELHAM -- Rabat, L'Echo du Maroc, 5 Aug 52 On 2 August 1952, at about 2045 hours, a group of five trustworthy persons saw a luminous disk or ball in the sky over Moulay Bousselham, French Morocco. The object, red in the center and bluish around the edge, flew very rapidly from southeast to northwest, remaining visible for at least 20 seconds before it disappeared over the horizon. LUMINOUS OBJECTS SEEN OVER ALGERIA -- Oran, Oran Republicain, 16 Aug 52 In Ain Sefra, on the night of 12 August 1952, a railroad agent observed a ball of fire suddenly appearing against a background of clouds, racing across the sky from east to west and leaving behind a luminous pink trail. Apparently increasing in volume, the object stopped suddenly, became bright red, and seemed to explode, but the observer did not hear any noise.
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. 4 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.