Flying Saucers in Spain and North Africa

by CIA

 

	CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY	REPORT NO.	00-W-23759
	INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS	CD NO.	--
COUNTRY	Spain; Tunisie; French Morocco	DATE OF INFORMATION	1952
SUBJECT	Military - Unconventional aircraft
HOW PUBLISHED	Daily newspaper	DATE DIST.	27 Aug 1952
WHERE PUBLISHED	Tangier; Algiers	NO. OF PAGES	2
DATE PUBLISHED	22 May - 16 Jun 1952
LANGUAGE	Spanish; French	SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO.
	THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SOURCE	Newspapers as indicated.

FLYING SAUCERS IN SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA

SMOKE-TRALING OBJECT OVER BARCELONA—Tangier, Espana, 22 May 52

Barcelona, 21 May—As I crossed Jose Antonio Avenue on my way to the newspaper office, I saw a strange object flying at high speed from the direction of Prat Airport, about 2,000 meters above ground, and leaving a wide smoke trail. It did not look like an aircraft (neither Prat nor Sabadell airport admitted any knowledge of the object), and unlike the so-called flying saucers, it was proceeding in a straight line, without emitting flashes of light or revolving on an axis. The object seemed to me to be rocket-shaped, and the smoke came out of two points close together, merging into a single streak.

My colleagues at the office saw the smoke but not the object. Over Badalona, about 10 kilometers, away, the object stopped trailing smoke, disappeared for a few seconds, and reappeared, again emitting smoke, several kilometers farther away. The newspaper office was soon flooded with telephone calls from people who had seen the object. A friend of ours took the picture of the smoke trail.—Valentin Garcia.

[The picture shows a diagonal stripe of diminishing width and lighter in shade than the sky over the dark bulk of a building cornice. It is attributed to Francisco Andreu, The caption says that the picture was taken "on May 17," although the report is dated 21 May.]

UNUSAL OBJECT OVER TUNISIA—Algiers, Écho d'Alger, 4 Jun 52.

On 3 June, at about 2000 hours, many inhabitants of Sousse saw a flying object traveling at dizzy speed from west to east and emitting a pale green light.

FLYING SAUCER OVER MEKNES, MOROCCO—Algiers, Écho D'Alger, 11 Jun 52

Two witnesses reported a flying saucer appearing above Meknes at 1300 hours on 7 June 1952. One or them said that he saw a bright spot in the sky moving at lightning speed. He was able to compare its speed with that of some T-33 planes flying near the Meknes base, for they seemed very slow by comparison, The unknown apparatus emitted a white trail of smoke and made no sound. It drew near, described a parabola in the sky, stopped and then disappeared toward Ifrane in the South.

FLAMING DISC ABOVE TAOURIRT, MOROCCO—Algiers, Écho d'Alger, 16 Jun 52

On the morning of 15 June 1952, a strange phenomenon appeared above Tauorirt, French Morocco. For 30 seconds, dock workers saw a disc of white flames surrounded by two circular strands, with smoke trailing behind it. The firey object, which seemed to move earthward, vanished rapidly.

SAUCER OVER CASABLANCA—Algiers, Journal d'Alger, 16 Jun 52

After Meknes and Marrakech, Casablanca had its flying saucer on 15 June 1952. It was observed by Andre Assorin, a former piiot. The Meterological Bureau claims that it has not seen this unusual apparition above Casablanca.

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