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This is a CSETI Project Starlight comprehensive briefing document, prepared by Steven M. Greer, M.D., director of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and dated April 1997. It contains CSETI position papers arguing that the US government secretly holds extraterrestrial craft and that covert management of the subject threatens national security, along with letters to President Clinton seeking disclosure. It also includes government records, among them an FAA Charlotte Tower re-recording of a December 1977 police helicopter sighting.
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'1'be fir1t ute vu at bi• forwvd po1t rea.47 to w!.gb ucbor vtule tbe -..·..:
ter vu oa tbe bridge V'ith tbe officer on i\at7• . Vith tbe exception ot tbe lil.:IOr•
111.g light•, tbe 1h1p wu 1u cm.plete darlme11, tw. peraitti.Dg excellent night
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At 024<>, the first mate telephoaed tbe ...ter inf~ h1JD tbat be bad
Ja,at lighted aa unknown lumiDCNa obJect in tbe 1k7 vbich caae tree Port. Oeatil
aa4 }laHecl 41rectl7 over the 1h1p. 1'ra1ning h11 b! ,-,cw.u1 (Z.111 7 x SO, tor
mght "1"111oa) 1kyvvd, tbe muter vu able to 1ee quite clearly, on tbe part
quarter, a TU7 bright &rid ~pbore1ceat orange lill,t., circ:ul.&r in 1bape &ad
IIO't'iJll at a great 1peed iD a aeemiz.icl.7 atra1ght-1.ae coune.- St&rid~ on tbe
Willi of the bridge, &D4 V'itb the aid of tbe t')"rocaapu1 repeater, tbe 111&1ter
••tuiated it• &Ter&Be direction to be abo\4111,,10 degrHa.
Ke folloved the light quite ea11l7 iD hi• biDOCW.UI for about 3 11iaute1
am lo1t 1ight or it vhen it 110Ved at great •peed over tbe Prince buoy, ab0\.•.t 7
mi.lea trcm the 1h1p. 'l'b.e master vu unaware of any accampaaylJll 10WM1 and &d-
: a1t1 that it was difticult to HtiJll&te tbe altitude :>t the obJect, ,-et be Judged
_ th11 to be 3,000-4,000 meters. lt1 di&a!ter var; tbat of a pla:iet .
The first mate stated that before be telephone.1 the 111&ater, be 1av tbat ob-
.,.ct come tram the di rection of Port Gent1l, stop, make a right turn, and resu=!!
it ■ initilll. course. J.s it puaed directly oTer the sh!.p, it repeated tbe same
,art or gyration. ·
1'be master stated that bi• 20 ~ars ot eea duty enabled hi& to affirm tbat
vb&t be aav vas neither a knavn celestial phenomenon, 1ucb u a f&l.llng r;tar or
•teor, nor a current type of aircra!"t.
l"urtbermore, it vas confirmed that there vere no planes 1n the air tbat
night our Port Gent1l .
STRANGE OBJECTS SEEN Il'i sn OVER ALGERIA -- Ora.II L 'Bebo d 'Oran, 17 Jul 52
At 2300 houre on 15 July 1952, in tbe tovn of lloulta.nefis, tvo bakers clearly
sav a pate-1baped flying object in the elcy. It mond v1tb unusual ag!.lit;y, g1'f'-
ing oft a green.ish 6:IIOke and lighting up the sky. It seemingly did not <er
1t1 course aa it increased it• ■peed and disappeared tcvard tbe aouth.
_... Sim.1.v~l7, 1n Lamor1c1ere on ll July 1952, one Tbc:mi&S Martinez sav a sudden
illumination above and at !irat took it to be a t&lllng at&r. ActwLl.17, it
aeemed more like a meteor fol.loved by tvo other bodies, &l.l -;raUing a yell.av
cloud or 11111oke. Then, these disappeared and out of novbere appeared an oval.-
abaped, longish ball of fire. · ~lying at a lav <itude and clearly visible, it
rapidl7 followed a rectilinear course.
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STRAJlaE FHEllOHDOft WITRESSED Jl"R~ TWO POlliTS Ill ORAli -- Oran, L':Ecbo d 'Oran,
26 Jul 52
Recently /jresuma'bl7 25 July 19527, ae-rer&l inhabitants ot Oran reported
aee1ng a flying aau.cer at approx.1.mater,: the same time •
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At 1535 bours , Baoul Le Beti&ff, foreman of a loc&l campan,-, aav aa inc&II•
4eacent white 11a.u 1n tbe IQ abOTe Qn.D. It flev aouthvestvvd, tr&Tel1Jl{. at
an altitude of about 2,000 met.era. There vu no luminou. exb&U5t and no a111oke.
Arter 30 aecoDil, the pbencaenon srw bazy &ad disappeared• 'l'be 11er■ormel of
tbe cmi-zi7 office and hl&cio, an aplo,-ee 1D tbe IJ.&eronapbte lfactoryi] alao
aav tbe •aaw:u.• · ·· Not linked to a story yet.
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