Rabat Fr Morocco reported disc saucer observation — September 21, 1952

On or during September 21, 1952, at or near Rabat Fr Morocco, Morocco, the source reports the following sequence: [handwritten: REFER TO ( .SE: )1JJLSZ -FR MAROCS (→) RABAT] On 21 September 1952, at 1815 hours, many people at a beach 17 kilometers from Tangier saw toward the south a luminous disk of a diameter close to that of the setting sun, flying horizontally from east to west. After holding its course for about 12 seconds, the disk, which looked like a brightly illuminated metal object, suddenly emitted two great streaks of flames and disappeared. At 1820 hours, a strange object was also seen in the sky over Fes, French Morocco, flying at high speed from east to west and leaving behind a luminous white trail. [stamp: UNCLASSIFIED] 00-W-24639 BELIEVE OBJECT OVER MOROCCO ONLY A METEOR -- Rabat, L'Echo du Maroc, 22 Sep 52 REFER TO ITEM 7/6 JUL 52 O/R MOROCCO - RABAT On 21 September 1952, at 8:18 hours, the mysterious object seen in all Morocco and beyond was observed over Rabat. It seems more likely, however, that this time, it was a meteor, because the trajectory of the object was given in rectilinear, it did not maneuver in the way surmised and said to do, and its entire body was incandescent, which is not true of flying machines. After it passed a thin, white trail of smoke remained visible for about 5 minutes. MOROCCO-RABAT] The pilot of a tourist plane reports that on 21 September 1952, he flew for 10 seconds and about 50 meters in the same direction as the flying saucer so vividly observed that day. This former military pilot, whose name is Creze, answered specific questions put to him and gave the following information: As he was preparing to land at an airfield in Casablanca, at 1825 hours, he noticed the strange object about 30 meters to the left of his plane (a ground mechanic later verified this, as he saw a luminous object fly between himself and the plane). It was flying horizontally from east to west, along the same line of flight as that maintained by Creze. He motioned to his passenger, who saw it too. After it passed the plane, it disappeared in the direction of the sea. That same evening, in Azemmour, French Morocco, a French couple and their farm workers heard a loud explosion as the strange flying object passed by.