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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.
“The Advance”1 page
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from north to south at an estimated altitude of 20,000 to 100,000 feet. Their speed approximated that of a "man-made satellite," and sometimes "a little faster" (EN: Sic, but no actual speed figure was reported). The team members personally observed six UFOs on 12 Aug and four on 13 Aug 68. b. The UFOs appeared to be as bright as a star (EN: Magnitude not given) and remained in sight from a minimum of one to two minutes, to a maximum of five to ten minutes. They flew a straight course unaffected by wind velocities. Similar UFOs have been sighted also over MATSU (2609N/11956E) and TAIWAN. d. On the basis of the investigation, the team expressed the belief that the UFOs possibly were satellites, "flying saucers;" electronic jamming devices, or psychological warfare balloons. The UFOs sighted on 13 Aug were referred to as "man-made satellites" Comment of Preparing Officer. (C) The above information forms the substance of a report on the UFOs of the investigating team. It is assumed that the members have made their own report of the investigation. The term "man-made satellite" appears in the report as Jen-Tsao-Wei-Hsing (STC 0086/6644/5898/2502) and in one reference in the report it was stated that these UFOs were flying "a little faster" than a "man-made satellite." For an earlier report on the UFOs see 500th MI Gp message DMIG-OT 2078, DTG 192200 Aug 68 (NOTAL), subject: UFO Sighting in Taiwan Strait.
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.