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JANUARY 8, 1954, MONTHALEIX, PUY-DE-DOME:

Reference number for this case: 8-Jan-54-Monthaleix. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

REPORTS:

[Ref. 1016] CIA:

CLASSIFICATION [Blackened out]

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROACASTS

REPORT NO. 00-W-29903

CO NO.: ..

COUNTRY: Denmark, Dahomey (French West Africa), France, Sweden, West Germany, Pakistan, Union of South Africa DATE OF INFORMATION: 1953-1954

SUBJET: Military; Scientific - Unidentified flying objects

HOW PUBLISHED: Daily newspaper DATE DIST.: 20 Apr 1954

WHERE PUBLISHED: As indicated NO. OF PAGES: 4

DATE PUBLISHED: 2 Nov 1953 - 27 Jan 1954

LANGUAGES: French, German, Afrikaans, Swedish SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO.:

[Blackened out] [Blackened out] THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION

SOURCE: As indicated

SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

[... (Reports from other countries and France) ...]
UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON IN PUY-DE-DOME SKY -- Nice, Nice-Matin, 10 Jan 54
On the morning of 8 january, the residents of the small hamlet of Monthaleix, in the commune of Chambon-sur-Lac Department of Puy-de-Dome, were awakened by the sound of an airplane motor. The noise lasted from 0530 to 0730 hours. A large greenish flash was seen and the noise stopped. The Aix-en-Provence ground station had received no distress calls from aircraft.
[... (Next reports)]

EXPLANATIONS:

Not looked for yet.

KEYWORDS:

(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)

Monthaleix, Puy-de-Dôme, multiple, noise, airplane, motor, engine, flash, green, duration

REFERENCES:

[-] indicates sources which I have not yet checked.

[-] Article in the regional newspaper "Nice-Matin", January 10, 1954.
[1016] "Information from foreign documents or radio broadcast - Sightings of unidentified flying objects, 31 July - 20 September 1954", report by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency, USA), Report N. 00-W-29903, pages 1,3, April 20, 1954.

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