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CIASeptember 5, 1954CIA UFO Fact or Fiction — FOIA 0000015482
Sightings of UFOs, 31 Jul–20 Sep 1954
Summary
This memo from the CIA compiles various UFO sightings reported between July 31 and September 20, 1954. It documents the details of these sightings, providing a summary of incidents during that time period.
Key highlights
A 'flying saucer' was reported over Bregenz, Austria, on 19 August 1954.p.1
“gleaming disk-shaped object, about twice as large as Venus”
A circular flying object was seen over Helsinki, Finland, on 14 September 1954.p.1
“gave off an intense light and left a trail of reddish smoke”
Multiple witnesses reported a luminous object over Paris on 30 August 1954.p.3
“a luminous, circular object flying over the city”
Unusual objects were sighted over Normandy, France, on 15 September 1954.p.4
“oval-shaped and had unusual brilliance”
A mysterious light was seen over Singapore airfield on 14 September 1954.p.6
“huge white light traveling at very high speed”
Outliers
The report includes sightings from diverse locations, including Uganda and Singapore.p.5
“A civil servant stated that he had seen it”
Source
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