Location not stated reported disc saucer observation — February 20, 1948

On or during February 20, 1948, at or near Location not stated, the source reports the following sequence: OF OBS. ___________ 1 LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVING __________ TYPE OF OBSERVATION [Redacted] REFERENCE ________ RELATIVE SIZE Point S3/8" AT ARM'S LENGTH (1/32" SO) FLYING SAUCERS REPORTED OVER ASUNCION 1. In recent days there have been various rumors concerning the appearance of flying saucers in and around Paraguay. Agustina VAJAGOS de Paiva, resident in the southern part of the city, on 20 February 1948 at 0700 hours, saw an object of oval from traveling through space from west to east. An employee of the Bank of Paraguay, whose name was withheld in the report, declared that in Asguay, Zeballer on east of Asuncion, on approximately the same date at 0700 hours, an object which he judged to be a meteor, crossed the sky from west to east. "Any other people also saw this object, its form was oval and had various colors, and all agreed that it was a meteor. A radio reporter who lives in the Chaco reported that on 20 February at approximately 0700 hours, he was at a ranch house in the neighborhood of Villa Hayes (ten miles north-northwest of Asuncion), with a his laborers, when they saw a disc cross the sky giving off an intense green color. Various individuals visiting Asuncion from the interior claim that many country people saw this rare object, believing it to be a celestial phenomenon, 2. "La Tribuna" concludes that one or more flying saucers may have flown across Paraguay, but does not assert that as a proven fact. 2-1,049, in case of the flying saucer reported in the latter report, no other witness have come forth to describe the occurrence. Newspaper clipping PARAGUAY Flying Saucers over Asuncion . . . A conservative Paraguayan newspaper of Asuncion recently published the results of interviews with several people who reported having seen flying saucers in that area. Odor detected [ILLEGIBLE] 20. B0ac plane enroute from LONDON to LISON struck by "fire ball" 2. Flying missiles from direction of SWEDEN reported over Sweden, Norway and Denmark.