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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.

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Date	Location	Description	Observer	Remarks
11 Sep 73	El Ferrol del Candillo (4329N-00814W)	Bright, circular, with two heops, appeared to have feet on bottom part. Muffted a very powerful light.	Various.	Was immobile during time of observation.
11 Dec 73 (early morning)	Málaga (3643N-00425W)	Circular, like a flying saucer, had an intense red light	Various residents of Salitre and Guarteles Streets, Málaga.	Remained quiet for about 15 minutes, then departed suddenly towards Torremolinos. (3637N-00430W)
17 Mar 74 (morning)	Sighted from football field of Guidad Jardín, Málaga.	N/A	Four youths.
22 Mar 74 (early morning)	Arrecife, Lanzarote (3742N-00454W)	Yellow, longitudinal, like tail of fish snout.	Fishermen.	Sighted for approximately 50 seconds, then it became violet in color, finally disintegrating.
23 Mar 74	5 kilometers south of Castillo de las Guardas (3743N-00618W)	Mother ship - aluminum, 150-200 meters long. Three smaller ships resembling mushrooms. Flew silently, had no windows but towers above and below.	Traveling salesman from Sevilla (3723N-00559W)	Was pursued by one of the smaller ships, which disappeared as observer entered village of Castillo de las Guardas.
23 Mar 74 (3 a.m.)	On highway near Sanlúcar de Barrameda (3647N-00621W)	Luminous, metal-like.	Chauffeur of President of Cádiz Provincial Commission.	Object moved upward with great brilliancy. As observer approached object, he felt a strange sensation. His car finally came practically to a stop, wavering back and forth like a feather.
24 Mar 74 (8:30 p.m.)	Córdoba (3753N-00446W)	Round, luminous, pink, not very large.	Two 13-year-old children.	Object came with great speed at the two children, who fled behind a lampost. Being further pursued, they ran into a house. Object ascended and flew away.

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