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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.
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## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO. 2 723 1209 70 PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES ORIGINATOR. 500th MI Gp within the container and the space capsule itself, when the capsule neared earth. This defect has been corrected by calculating changes in atmospheric pressure on a more realistic level and by increasing the hardness of the parachute container. b. Confirmation of Soviet moon data by US astronauts: The Soviet Union has a well-coordinated program for travel to the moon and has compiled complete and detailed data concerning conditions on the moon through its moon station. It has photographs of the moon's back side and complete data on the make-up and characteristics of its surface, the moon's gravity field, etc. " The US astronauts who landed on the moon only confirmed what we already knew," he said. c. Soviet plan for space station: The Soviet Union presently is conducting intensive research on putting a mammoth space station into orbit. Because of the tremendous amount of research necessary and the entirely new concepts of construction involved, the Soviet Union cannot say when this project will be completed. d. Disbelief in UFOs: The speaker said he does not believe in the existence of unidentified flying objects (flying saucers). Why, he asked, would flying saucers, it they do exist, be seen only over the United States, France and Italy? He said there is no record of any of the Soviet observatories, which are manned by highly trained technicians, ever having seen a flying saucer. Field Comment: Source is a Japanese government agency official. Comment of Preparing Officer: (U) The information in this report was obtained through liaison channels and may duplicate information obtained by other US agencies.
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