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UFO case file · UFO-13947

Southeast / Tenerife, Canary Islands fireball or luminous-object report — September 17, 1968

CE2Atlantic Ocean + islands1968-09-17

SOUTHEAST / TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, CNR, Atlantic Ocean + islands

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Case description

On September 17, 1968, at 9:50 p.m., at Southeast / Tenerife, Canary Islands, Cnr, Atlantic Ocean + islands, witnesses reported the following: 20cm fireball paces airliner. Lights interior blue. Zigzags.

Recorded details

Local time
21:50
Craft description
Orb / Spherical Object, Probe / Drone
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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