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NO CASE (INFORMATION ONLY)
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times dtd 12 March 1950
10 March 1950
Chile

# Chilean Navy Reports
## 7-Inch Flying Saucer
SANTIAGO, March 11 4100--
The Chilean Navy's meteorological observatory at Punta Arenas reported today its latest observations on a celestial body seen over that city yesterday and believed by the populace to be a flying saucer.
Said the report: "A spheroid celestial body, visible to the naked eye, of about seven inches diameter, crossed the sky in an east-to-west direction.
"The body remained in the sky from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at an estimated height of 18,
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Country: Chile
Report No. IR-42-50
AF-165200-1
Subject: Flying Discs
From: Air Attache, Chile
Date of Report: 30 Mar 50
Date of information: current
Evaluation: F-O
Prepared by: Harry L. Mitchell, Major, USAF
Source: Newspaper reports and personal observations of Air Attache Office personnel.

1. Flying discs are being "seen" in various parts of Chile. First sighting was at Punta Arenas, lat 53°06' S, long 70°53'W on 11 Mar at noon. Many inhabitants of the city witnessed this phenomena which appeared northeast of the city and traveled toward the southwest. Usual description was given--extreme 

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