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This Central Intelligence Agency compilation dated 11 January 1954 gathers foreign press reports of unidentified flying objects from 1953. A Greek paper cited Madrid reports of a luminous circular object and a spherical object seen near San Martin Valdeiglesias, Spain. Another reported a luminous, rocket-shaped object hovering for 3 minutes over Drama, Greece, on 11 August 1953. A third described shepherds near Oued Zem, French Morocco, seeing a multicolored fast-moving object after a thunderous noise on 2 September 1953.
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"FLYING SAUCERS" REPORTED SEEN OVER SPAIN -- Athens, I Kathimerini, 19 Jul 53 Paris (Special Services) -- According to reports from Madrid, "flying saucers" were seen during the last few days in an unidentified area of Spain. Witnesses stated that a luminous, circular object, emitting a red reflection and flying like a jet plane, was seen flying noiselessly in a northwest direction. Inhabitants of the village of San Martin Valdeiglesias also saw a luminous, spherical object, which disappeared toward the west after being observed for a considerable length of time. SEE LUMINOUS, ROCKET-SHAPED OBJECT IN SKY OVER DRAMA -- Salonica, Makedonia, 13 Aug 53 It was reported from Drama, Greece, that a luminous, rocket-shaped object was noted at 2225 hours on 11 August 1953 in the southeastern part of the sky over that city. The object flew at a rather low altitude and was seen remaining stationery in the air for 3 minutes, after which it disappeared. SEE STRANGE FLYING OBJECT NEAR CASABLANCA -- Athens, Eleftheria, 5 Sep 53 According to a report from Oued Zem, a town southeast of Casablanca, French Morocco, some of the inhabitants heard a thunderous noise on the night of 2 September 1953. The next day, two shepherds said they had seen a flying object, lighted in many colors and flying at great speed.
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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. 1 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.