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 COUNTRY   Algeria: Spaias !tench Equatorial A!bJes
 SUBJECT   >![ilites?,- - IIneoarea':iogsl? sirara!'t
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 1952
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 pur..Hi~[VM  81~  V.Jlic~  SPAIII-~11Y  ~~i$. AFRICA
 W.V1.Lit,  B~  ~  Vti~.  /.WaWW~,_  SYA11~  --  ?-..6~~,  ~Y~?~,  ~  n~'
 reddish color which changed to an i~ease yellor as
 tlyey tlev lksther.avsy.  They
 gradually disappeared is the diitance.  8o,imusml souad vas heaad.  The spec-
 tscle lasted hardly a ml.nute.
 The Citra nrvs agency reports that on the night of 3O July 1952, ~y res-
 ideate o! AnduJ:-r, 3paia, sat what vas paas~ed to be a w-called !lying Aancer.
 The ob~ect_vas red, sow, and sp~osimatelT tae ass of s desert dii~h.  It 21ty
 ARL`WAR Id?.SIDE~S BEPORT SJCUL'SR -- Tangier, Espana, 1 Aug 52
 ~.sw  war Luc roacstieaa, and tLen dived toesrd the sea a- Brest speed.  3e
 snbaaitted the :^eporb to the local suthoritlea sad to t>;e st~lministratl~w ntt~....
 p                  o            of Par! Geatil
 ~n Gabon? French Squatarial A15rioa7 reDOrted that aL 02k0 hears on i sme 1052
 The aster of a cargo shi  anchored in ll~pnt  !the ?mst
 LVlmPOUS OBJECT &Ii6N 41T~ FG14' S~'i'II. -- Comlin'7s L Cuinee lraoesiee, 26 Jva 52
 or tors cieatil2, beading 150 degrees.  The aorthera alq vas Clear End starry; the
 Noathern, slightly clo~adY.  Visibility vac esceliea!. a elirbt aeut2swat A....~.
 The first sate vas at his forward post ready to  w:~s anchor while the mat-
 ter vas oa the bridge vlth the officer oa duty.. Kith the exception o! the moor-
 ing lights, the chip vas in aamplete darmess, thus permitting ezeelleat night
 visibility: ~                       ?
 A?~ 0240, the first mate telephoned the master into:misg him  that hs bad
 amt sighted as uakaownlvmiaaus ob~+et la the e1q vhiah acme t5rom Post Wati~.
 and passed directly owr the ship.  'Praising his blti~auLrs (Zeiss 7 s So, for
 night vision) skyward, the ~oaatar vas able to see Quite aleariy, oa the past
 4uiarter, s wry bright sad phosphorisaeat orange lid, oireulav in chaps sad
 mariag at a great apssd in a seemingly strai~ht~ise aouree.? 3tsadis~ os the
 wing of the bridge, and with the aid of the gyrocompass repeater, tbs caster
 estimated its average direction tp ba abov~.l0 degrees.
 He followed the light Quite easily is his biaocu'iars tar about 3 minutes
 sad lost sight o! it vbaa it moved' at great speed over the Prince buoy, about 7
 miles tram the ship.  The master vas uaatart oP nay aeacmpeayaag sound and ad-
 ?: wits that it vas difficult to estimate the alt.t~9.e of the ole~ea*., yet he 3udged
 } this to be 3,000-4,000 meters.  Its diluester 9aa tl~t of a p].aaat.
 The first ma#~e stated that pefore ioe Lslepi+aned. the master, he saw that ob-
 ,sect coma traa~ths direction of Port Gentil, stop,-Hake a right t~?: n, and resume
 its initial course. ?As it peaeed directly over the ship, it repeated the acme
 sort of  gyration..
 T:rs master stated that his 20 years of sea duty ambled him to affirm that
 rba~ Pee saw vas neither a l~aovn celestial phenomenon, such  u  a falling star ar
 metKCrr, nor s current type of aircraft,
 ytittthezmore,.it vas coafirmetl that there mere no plaaas is the air that
 night aver Part Geattl.
 sTaaaaE ~ m saz o~>~.- -- oTan L'$cho a'oran, 17 Jul 5Z
 4t 2300 boors oa l$ Jniy.l9j~, in the t~a,n of Bou9canetia, two haters clearly
 lag oft a greenish  mo]oe cad 2lghtiag up the'aky.  It seemingly did not alter
 its course ss it increased its speed and disappeared toward the south.
 illumination above and st first toot it to be s taxiing star.  Actually, it
 seemed .more litre s meteor followed by tw  other bodies, all trsil3ng~a ~el.lav
 eland of amdce.  Then, these disappeared cad out of nowhere appeared an oval-
 shaped, longish ball of tire. 'lh.ying at a law altitude and clearly visible, it
 rapidly followed a rectilinear course.
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 8TRAli(Ai PSEN~OIf iiI'l~SaD 1Rt0iI TfiO P0~1P3 I!I ORAtt -- Oran, L'8cho d'Oran,
 26 Jot 52
 Recently ~a~esuaoably 25 3nly 1952 several inhabitants of Oraa reported
 seeing a flying ssuaer at approximate   the same time.
 ?   AL 1535 bourn, Baou1 Ie 8eaatt, foreman of s local aompaay, saw an incaa-
 desce~?ahite suss in the sky shave Oran.  IL tier southvestvard, traveling at
 sa altitude of abontt.2,000 asters.  There vas no luminous exhaust sad no smoke.
 After 30 seconds, the pheaoaenoa grew hasy and disappeared.  The rersonoel of
 the company office sad Palacio, as esployee in tbt Algeronaphte  [factozyt]  also
 env the "saucer.'
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 At 1537 home, ![notice Dubeseay, who curio tar L'Echo d~Oran, sew what ap-
 peared to be a brilliant disk going in a southwest direction at a great speed
 am  at medium altitude.  It 111sappearad at'Eer 5 seeosde.  In a similar time ia-
 terval, Atise 'and ]Careenty, two grocers; tLo sex the iratuorra object before it
 disappearea behind a aloud.
 ?Sa~s ? ~r ~o AA'SAS ~ oel-a1 -- oran, L'Ealw a'osan, 28 dui 52
 on 26.JUly?1992, people Sa two arras of Oran reported seeing uausval flying
 objects, described  u  "saucers."
 At about 2300 hours, three vcoea is th* =ckm$-1 district of Oran noticed a
 large, arangs-rid, limiaons patch in the sky, as the sirs of a duck's egg, bat
 t2atter.  Trsvaliag !loom east to Nest, it, appeared to belt for a eecacd then vsn-
 iebed.
 '    Three truatrortby individuals living oa the Tiaret plateaus asv an unusual
 ~tlying object at 1048 hams.  The Iccs1 palish observed it for abo~nt 40 seeorda
 ', and described it as a shining, ci~yar-shaped less without a smoke trail.  It<dis-
 ,' appeared tauard tte northwest.  A teacher wad his rite gave a similar descrip-
 'tion, adding that the ob3ect had s dark center,: was Sn an oblique position, and
 movad,at an altitude of shoat 3,000?meters.  3o vas heard any sounds of a motor.
 C1TFS SEVSRAT. APPBARABC~+R ~ PL22BQ BADCSRB 2B ALFA -- Casabisaca, La 9igie
 lsatrocaine, 31 Jul 52
 on the evening of 29 J1tly 1952, tNO acv flying sancera vtre sighted.  The
 first, appearing at 2O50,boitrs over Mostaganem, vas Tisible only a fetr seconds.
 The second one appeared at .2300 hours at Ain Teledes:.  Zt flew above the city
 for about a mimrte, emitting s vliitish trail o! as-alCe.  The maner in which it
 attained various altitudes revealed a'smprisiag maaetiverability.  iihen it dis-
 appeared, it vas headed south.
 This is the firth time in a natter of weeks that this phenomenon has been
 aatad in the Departmem  of Oran.  A saucer appearing to be abort the size oT s
 teacup vas observed by tw policeman awes l~enda (at the east and of Oran Dew
 partment).  It consisted of a dark auclena within a lttainous mesa.  Bear Tlemcen,
 motorists noted a strange cigsa-shaped object at a height of 600~matsrs.  Tbcre
 vas a luminous cloud in its waits. And tiaall~, at Lee-oriciere, shout kO kilomc-
 ters iram 'the Abdellys area, motorists saw a phosphorescaat disk for a brief pe-
 riod vt time.
 POMP!"' TO FlO~gi1SRCZ OQ- FLYt6fi SA~CSR ~'3 t!1 OBAB DBPARI'MENT -- Oran, L'Echo
 d'Oraa, 31 Jni 52
 After it had received am  pablLhod a series o! tiyiag saucer zeports, the
 newspaper L'Scho d'Oran carried a.reviev of the occurrences, as tell as several
 late repots.      fo   ring is a wary o! the artigle]
 ~~r:ssponde:-':5 *~sve seat us word oT sancesa appearing everywhere is Oran
 Department dining the past ibv dye.  This seems to be?the-ssncera' favorite area,
 one ihich is ao doubt salutary !ar' their developmcat. They have appeare!'here with
 . greater, $agveacy than iA  Dance or the US. It is impossible, moreover, to donut
 the veracity o! the observers, since they include  policemen,  colons, a priest,
 wad a cacti.
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 At 04ao hours today, AaYmond Dotella, a Public Yost; Dsyartmsnt employee
 la Tlemcen, saw a tlyiag ob~sct safia6 rapidly aortb aad trailiag a shitisL sswlro
 cloud.  A halt hour betora,~tLe s~rrtesions saucer Lad been seen is Ousd Taria
 traTaling at 'rhe ssae spasd and, Moe the sauoer obsrrwd ~rssterda7, saacsnB ~-
 r~ turns aiad ohangas o! direotioa.
 Oa the night o! 30 Jri].y', itt 8aiate Sat'be du TSeLt, a ,polioe adsntsat, tso
 policamsn,~and a aadi obslrretl a lumiaons llyi'gg ob~ect~tor about 3t~ asconds.
 The daily police rsp0rts sit] L~neatoaetb,'?inelude all such o'bserrations by the
 polioe.
 ?a the asn-aiag of $O .lbtly, ? rssideat o! Algiors ess, !or ss~era7, asaosds,
 a shining blaelt dish on'tihe; aorison.  It ~esds i rapsd trestieal dsscent, than
 suddenly sored is a hosiso'ayai'diraotioa. ~'?
 R1ro obser~e-tions sere aaQte is Lodi. , On Q5 Jti17, at ,about 2130 Lours, a
 yeilosYs2i obsoct tlsrr at a aizay speed in t.6e sty, aM  oa 28 duly, at 2150 Loans,
 ,a mucL largrr obsact appeared !os several seconds; it had the shape O! an in-
 'nerted cone.
 0~VE LA4U5QAL FLlIIiO 0?JEC1 Mkt OYSR A MIIiViB -- Oran, L'Echo d.'Oran, 1 Aug Sz
 At 1130 hours oa.31 Jbl.7 1952. ea Oran resideat.and his vile, while driving
 on the reed between Saint Denis Du Big  and. Le TTelat, ss~r sc?ething Hying in
 the s~ about 1,000 meters up.  3hey stopped the car acrd xatched its coarse !as
 about l~ m:,cutes.  It ras spiadlo shaped and tapered at both cads.  It dirrerad
 tsCa ordinary aircrat'C is that it ehwed ao ei~aust smoloe, sado vo noise, and
 had a great speed.  '

