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Sighting Of Unidentified Flying Objects

Defense Intelligence Agency · 148 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Defense Intelligence Agency compilation brings together several Department of Defense intelligence information reports on UFO sightings from 1968 to 1976. It includes 1968 reports of UFOs over South China and the Taiwan Strait, a 1970 South Korean report on possible North Korean balloons, and a table of Spanish sightings from 1973 to 1974 taken from the local press. It also contains a Pakistani report of a light seen before an earthquake and the USDAO Tehran account of F-4 jets losing instruments while chasing a UFO in September 1976.

  • p. 56 …DAO NEPAL SECRET MSG 0215 JUL 68 (NOTAL). 8. FTD WPAFB OHIOSDSG DTG 242020Z JUL 68…
  • p. 104 …Kathmandu, NEPAL 20 May 1968 6. EVALUATION: SOURCE: 7. SOURCE: 15. SUMMARY: Report forwards one photograph…
  • p. 105 …PAGES ORIGINATOR PHOTOGRAPH TITLING LOG NEPAL /1-G/Kathmandu, NEPAL/Triangular Shaped Object/NA/Unknown NEPAL…
  • p. 106 …Moon Dust - Nepal (U) 1. By message 0177, 23 May 68, subject as above requested evaluation…

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TO : DIAAQ=3

FROM : DIAST-3

SUBJECT: IR

1. Based upon information contained in subject IR, and attachments, the debris cannot be identified; however, if it can be established definitely that the debris contains English (American) writing or lettering, then this rules out the debris as having intelligence interest. If the debris does not contain English writing or lettering, request that the item be obtained for exploitation as possible foreign space debris.

2. (U) Recommend the U.S. Air Force DCS Research & Development, Director of Development, be queried to see if he can identify this debris as "Titan" booster debris.

EARL MCFARLAND, JR

Colonel, USAF

Chief, Missiles and Space Office

5 Enclosures

1. 2nd Ind, 20,781/AQ-3, 16 Mar

2. 3rd Ind, -20,781/AQ-3, 18 Mar

3. 1st Ind, -20,781/AQ-3, 14 Mar

4. Memo. -20,781/AQ-3, 4 Mar

5. IR ___ w/orig encls.

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FOIA release, from the dia 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. 148 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.