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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8761598

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONOran Algeria

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LUMINOUS OBJECTS SEEN OVER ALGERIA -- Oran, Oran Republicain, 16 Aug 52

In Ain Sefra, on the night of 12 August 1952, a railroad agent observed a
ball of fire suddenly appearing against a background of clouds, racing across
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