PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9670030

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1948

REPORTED LOCATION[ILLEGIBLE]

FRAMES16

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report, declared
date at O7oo hours, an object which he judged to be a meteor, crossed the sky
fron west to cast. Many other peccle also saw this object. Its form was oval
chell andit had various colors, and all agreed that it was a meteor. Later inhabitants
of Cicarvo Cua claimed to have seen a "star" fall in one of the hills some diatance
to the east of Aregua,
c. A rancher who lives in the Chaco reported that on 20 February at
the neighborhood of Vil'a
Hayes (ten miles north-northeast of àguncion), with hia laborers, when they saw
a diec cross the giving tense green color. He reoorts that the
me116 speed less than that of an air plane,
and at an altitude of cproximately one thousand feet, Along its edges it gave
off an aureols wit lor green predominant.
d. Varioua individnals viaiting Aguncion frcmthe interior claim that
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“lying Saucers over Asuncion ® * * A conservative Paraguayan newspaper
of Asuncion recently published the remltsf interviews with several people
who reported having seem flying sacers in that area. Some of the persons
interriawed believed the object waa a meteor while others thought it wae a
machine, Deseriptions of various witnesses colucided to a marked degree. Ths
Seneral opinion was that it waa an oval~anmped object, dizecr in frcoat than in
(he rear, and tapering down to a thin tail about $73 lome, Theinterior
portion of the object gove off green, yellow, and grange colors and a highly
xed colored waka, or omhmst,
Comment: The revorting officer suggests that a meteor may have been

seen, but is not technically qualified to say that this is so,

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169, 171, 173, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190, 194, 195, 196, 198..
200, 201, 217, 222, 235, 237, 239.
b. Rookats, flares or falling bodies:
i4, 5, 8. 15.
108, 109, 133,
G. Misoellansous (raflections, auroral
#39, 89, 123, 124, 128, 146, 164, 181, 189, 214, 221, 231, 234.

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1. A British Euroveen Airways Plane, flying from Londen to
Lisbon, wns hit the air by "fire bali" which hit the nose
of ths aircraft, shock it violently, and made a hole in the
elavator (further datails not available.) 3-6
2. Flying missiles, emitting a green flame but leaving no trace. in
the sky, have been reported recently over Sweden, Norvay, and
Denmark, coming from the direction of PEkNEMUNIE, generally at
2l30 hours, at altitudes ranging from tree-ton level to 20,oco
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a. Balloons or ordinary airoraft:
83, 11, 22, 41
126, 131, 138, 155. 156, 157, 159,160, 161, 163,
169, 171, 173, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190, 194, 195, 196, 198,.
210. 217. 222 235. 237, 239.
Rookets, flares or falling bodies:
,5,6,7,8, 9, 12, 13. 13. 15
108, 109, 13 170, 211, 218.
Misoellaneous (reflections, auroral streamors, birds, sto.):
#39 1?3 146 164. 181 221 231 234

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12. Speed 3/s
13. 1 Direetion of flight west to east
14. Taction 3/3
15. 9 Sound 3/3
16. Size 3/3
37 w/s
22. Meather conditions 1/8
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24 oetchas or photographs. Acaa
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teil of approximately 3 feet in length. The forward part was bulky com
pared with the rear. ton interian seetien of On Caves Gare GAT axet
yallow and orsmge colors and it had a highly colered wake.

Statesments were odtained from a local newspaper “La Pritcma® whish has
laterviewed several peoole claiming to have seen the smcers,

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13. Diroction of flight rest to east
11. Tacties a/3
15. Sourd 3/3
16. Sizo 3/3
17. Color 3/s

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110 Tactics 3/3
15. Sourd 3/3
15, Sizo 3/s
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