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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. 2 …Official, ROK Intelligence Agency SPENCER G. STANLEY JR. Colonel, MI Commanding

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Date	Location	Description	Notes
15 Apr 74	Ceuta (3552N-00520W) Algeciras (3608N-00530W)	Round, intense torch-like light.	Numerous passengers on ferry from Ceuta to Algeciras.	Rose out of the water near a huge rock, traveled at low altitude, then fell into the water again. This happened twice.
15 Apr 74 (12:30 p.m.)	La Coruña (4322N-00823W)	Round.	Newspaper photographer	Four photographs were published local newspaper.
21 Apr 74 (midnight)	Hogar de Arriola (Málaga)	Triangular or conical.	Astronomical group "Organización Juvenil Española" (Spanish Youth Organization)	Was photographed by the group and photo appeared in local newspaper.
26 Apr 74 (near midnight)	Ceuta	Whitish-orange light.	Newspaper editor, his associates and printers of the paper.	Was a great distance away and traveling at a speed that appeared to be slow, going from east to west and moving swiftly up and down. Disappeared after a few minutes.
8 May 74 (night)	Villanueva de la Vera (4008N-00528W)	40 or 50 centimeters in length, fish-like in form, bright-colored, had three powerful green lights, silent.	Guard (60 years old), a 62-year-old man and a young couple.	Appeared over center of city for half a minute, then disappeared.
0 May 74 (shortly after 7 t.m.)	Alto de Cabrejas (Cuenca) (4204N-00503W)	Oval, reddish reflections	Three car passengers on highway to Madrid from Cuenca - a businessman, his daughter and their chauffeur.	Rotated over car for about 40 seconds, then flew higher and disappeared.
15 May 74 (4:30 a.m.)	Pedroche (3826N-00446W)	Round, size of a table.	Couple from Córdoba (businessman and a teacher).	UFO pursued their car and when it intercepted their travel on the road, they turned around rapidly.
22 May 1974	Ibiza (3854N-00126E)	Somewhat like a top.	Wife of a reporter.	Was photographed. Remained stationary in space for some time, then rose and disappeared.

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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.