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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING  |
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|  7 Oct 52 | Riviera Area France | G round-Visual ☐ Ground-Rador ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Rador ☐ Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Yes ☑ No | ☐ Yes ☑ No | ☐ COURSE | ☐ Other | ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown | White color. Light (egg) shaped. A luminous egg-shaped object traveling 3 times the speed of a jet…

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USA-MATS IR-807-52

"Flying Egg" seen by Air France Pilots

Intelligence Division, Hq, MATS
Andrews AF Base, Washington 25, D. C.

France
26 November 1952 7 October 1952 Unevaluated

Charles J. Powley, Capt., USAF Documentary

Report contains information taken from the 8 October 1952 edition of "France Soir", a newspaper which has the largest evening circulation in France but which is not particularly noted for its accuracy. This information was forwarded to this headquarters by the Commanding Officer, 1994th AACS Squadron, Leon AB, France, in his Semi-monthly Intelligence Report dated …

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Intelligence Division
Hq, MATS, Andrews AF Base,
Washington 25, D. C.
IR-807-52
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# TWO AIR FRANCE PILOTS ENCOUNTER A FLYING EGG

1. Statement by the pilot Francis Cavasse reads: "At 1928 hours, local time, (7 Oct 52) we noted (the town of) Draguignan, when my co-pilot, brought to my attention the formation of a luminous object of a strange form. We immediately approached the form of an elongated egg. The course of the object was absolutely straight and level. Its speed was continuous and regular. The egg was entirely alight, but it was a white, not blinding, light,…