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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  21 January 1956 | at sea 215 Mi SE of Burmuda | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 21/0804Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civ ships officer | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☑ Possibly Astronomical (METEOR)  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE North  |
|  10. BRIEF SU…

Ser 178 323-6

1 FEB 1956

From: District Intelligence Officer, SIXTH Naval District
To: Director of Naval Intelligence

Subj: Unidentified Flying Object; Report of sighting of

Ref: (a) CNI Instruction 03820.19B (NIRM 2)
(b) CNI Instruction 03820.17C (NIRM 18)

1. Personnel of this office determined, on boarding the Danish vessel DANFJORD on 25 January 1956, to effect coverage in accordance with references (a) and (b), that the ship's Second Mate, apparently reliable, had sighted an unidentified flying object on 21 January 1956 at 0804Z. The ship was at position, latitude 29°-40'N, longitude …

KAPU
1 FEB 1956
178

Subj: Unidentified Flying Object; Report of sighting of
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away at the time it hovered. When the object departed in a northerly direction, there was no visible acceleration. That is to say, it had a very high rate of speed at the start and continued at this speed until it went out of sight or disappeared.

4. The Second Mate is a Danish citizen, about 35 years old, and has 15 years experience at sea. In describing the object, he likened its northern flight to a rocket, such as a V-2 type, which he said he had seen during World War II. He stated, however, that he had neve…

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IN REPLY REFER TO
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Ser 861F92

5 - MAR 1956

From: Director of Naval Intelligence
To: Director of Intelligence, U. S. Air Force

Subj: Report of sighting unidentified flying object; forwarding of

Encl: (1) DIO 6AD ltr ser 178 of 1 Feb 56; copy of

1. Enclosure (1) is forwarded for information.

2. The DIO, SIXTH Naval District has been advised that future reports of this nature should be forwarded directly to the nearest appropriate U. S. Air Force activity.

E. B. BOWER
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