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REPORT STRARGS. OBJECT OVER TANGIER AND FES -- Fes, Le vourrier du Maroc,
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On 21 September 1952, at 1815 hours, many people at a beach 17 kilometers
from Tangier saw tcward the south a luminous disk of a diameter close to that
of the setting sun, flying horizontally from east to west. After holding its
course for about 12 seconds, the disk, which looked like a brightly illuminated
metal object, suddenly emitted two great streaks of flames and disappeared.

At 1820 hours, a strange object was also seen in the sky over Fes, French

Moroceo, flying at high speed from east to west and —_ behind a luminous
white trail.

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‘BELIEVE OBJECT OVER MOROCCO ONLY A METEOR -- Rabat, L'Echo du Maroc, 22 Sep 52
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On 21 September 1952, at 1818 hours, object seen in
all Morocco and beyond was observed over Rabat. It seems more likely, however,
that this time, it was a meteor, because the trajectory of the object was
. given as rectilinear, it did not maneuver in the way saucers are said to do,
‘and its entire body was incandescent, which is not true of flying machines.

The object was variously described as an orange-colored ball of fire, an
arrow, or 4 cone-shaped object trailing a bright green-blue cloud of smoke,
heading from east to west and parallel to the coast, and moving at the speed
of. a conventional plane at an altitude of about 1,000 meters. The object was

visible for only a few seconds. After it passed a thin, white trail of smoke
remained visible for about 5 minutes.

PILOT GETS CLOSE VIEW OF SAUCER FOR BRIEF INTERVAL -- Casablanca, Maroc-Presse,
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The pilot of a tourist plane reports on 21 September 1952, he flew “4
for 10 seconds and about 50 meters in the same direction as the flying sa aries Ta

so widely observed that day. This former military pilot, whose name is Creze,
answered specific questions put to him and gave the following information:

As he was preparing to land at an airfield in Casablanca, at 1825 hours,

_ he noticed the strange object about 30 meters to the left of his plane (a

_| ground mechanic later verified this, as he saw a luminous object fly between
‘himself and the plane). It was flying horizontally from east to west, along

' the game line of flight as that maintained by Creze. The latter was doing 220

kilometers an hour at the time, at an altitude of 450 meters, and the object
was going about twice as fast. He motioned to his passenger, who saw it too.
It looked iike a bright blue-green flame and had an oblong cigar-lixe shape.
He heard no noise coming from it. After it passed the plane, it disappeared
in the direction of the sea. The pilot did not attempt to pursue it, fearing
the same fate as that of the US pilot /Captain Mantell/.

That same evening, in Azemmour, French Morocco, a French couple and their
farm workers heard a loud explosion as the strange flying object passed by.
This is the first report ve have of any sound heard from such objects. Other

reports were received from Yes, Meknes, and Safi, where in each case the sight
ing was said to have occurred at 1620 hours.

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Observations of Unconventional Liiseiles or Aircraft

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DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION
| 13 Ooteber 1952 Se ptember 195:

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| astrmemical observatories as ¢ result of letters written during July 1952 ty an offic Loar
(of the German Space Travel Society, who is preparing a report on “unexplained aerial
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'Aattonanical Observatory, Stuttcart, which gives explanations of several observatians.
A translation of a letter froma private ooservatory at Comsctauce which also includes

a brief descr otion of a ai whGiag ne 1390 includ in i Le

$.- Additional informasia trom other institutions will be farwarded ty later
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Tatelligence Center, Wrirht-ratterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

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— geucer, flew at great speed over Casablanca. Shortly afterwards, about 15 tel-
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(about 2-5 minutes before it flew over Casablanca!). Also, two observers in
the Nefifik River valley were able to time the passage of the object with a
chronometer; it was then 1917 hours, and the object was coming from the direc-
tion of Rabat, traveling from east to west.

Some of the reports gave the following details about the object: luminous,
cigar-shaped, and giving off a silvery smoke trail; a luminous, whitish-green
globe ending in a long cone and flying about 700 feet up, the same as a plane
which flew by at the same time (outside of Casablanca); and a flaming, globe-
shaped mass trailing white smoke in puffs, as though puff followed an explo-
sion -- the object stopped short a moment and revolved on itself, emitting a
shower of sparks about its :one. .

About 6,000 spectators st a boxing match in Casablanca saw the object
pass over the arena. In Louis Gentil, numerous persons saw it at 1818 hours,
flying from east to west. In Marrakech, it made its appearance for 5 seconds
at 1630 hours, when it wee clearly seen by three persons who descrihed it as
a meteor, again traveling from east to wenn.

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observations. llovwever, those observations can, om no a-coun’, be sonsicerec ss full;
roliablee i have never o served puenomem cimilar to ae aboveenm wd ones, however,
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it is correet that almost ali venorts cn "lyin: saucers" coma ra tie USbAe
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“plying sawer" has been obs :svad by many people on tne coast of Liorecco near Casae
planc@e i co not know whetrer you read c.iis article and, mhercfore, + inclose is for
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Inelesures “On Sunday evenin=, thousands of reople observed a "flyin: sawer"
emicting a mocallic «rven linhs mich was rishinr at li ntnincesreed acroe
she skies over Cusablanca. it.was visible for about six secondse Bicht
minutes.later, it was cbserved over Boulhaut wich is 50 “ilometers aay
from Casablancae”

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LETTERS GIVIIK USSERVATIVIS OF Ue LAL co a tlAL UbJs 7S
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(14a) sxttcart W@W, 22 Sentouber 1952
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: In reply co your inquiry we inform ysu thet hereiclore ve fave not ouservad sr
| "fieeine saucera”™ in this rucim. liowevor, tesidos tris nesetive iavcrseation, we are
pole Go relate some osperionc 3s wich cay shed some Licht on the origin of such
observation re ortse
Only inst summer, 1 cousivead an oxcited toleshone calli in ‘ie rdadis of the aivht
rape rein: am unfuniliar object risin= on she eastern slay with incro.ela;- orishtrcss
and @ rorarzable chance in color (rom rod co mice aot a clearly visible eloush not

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very hich speede The observer indicated the positia of t is object relative to
land=mrks on the hopizon so that it could ve traced wisistakxablye By un inzveciate
cheec, I identified the mysterious thing as the rising planet Jupitor. lis brihte
ness is of such intensity that tie layman not beins able to’ spot another star of
similar brichtness, mistalzes it for someting extraordinarye Aiter its rise above the
horizon, it first appears in « lishteatsorbings hase which rakes it upvear reddish and
of lower brichtnese than later. As long ag it is still near the orizon, its ~otion
relative cc the horpigon is «lourly obsorvabdle; however, the speed af this motim is
overestimated surticularly co 5 lay-an who selieves that she celestial bocies ars

standing still or moving so sluwly that one connot discern any notion at alle

Ancther time, @ zreut ncise suddenly arose in front of the astronomical observa-
tory «= "flyine sauceri® We immediately locked ovt and saw a 1,4 « decree ionzt lumincus
body flying alone tae southern horizon. It could immeciately be identified throrh »
former Ai telescope: it was a glicer in tov, the wings of w ich bore ths words
“Trwmpf = Pralette” in luminous letters.

The +: ind: tins, it was an airliner flying at a relatively nis. altitude wose
searchlicht, “radiatin: from venind® ouch the hase linzerin:c over tae town, procuce
2 spot somrhat weakened in color with a dirty red rim. Thus, we wre ubdle to olarify
all rerorts civen to us in 2 vers soher manner anc, Sased on tlicse ecmcrionces, we are

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