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UFO case file · UFO-30915

Guantanamo Bay Cuba reported disc saucer observation — April 1960

CE1Cuba1960-04-01

Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Cuba

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Case description

On or during April 1960, at or near Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Cuba, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Three photos showing disc-shaped object is upper left to lower right across window of plane. The soldier who took the photo did not notice the disc-shaped object which appears in the upper left of the picture. The text in the document is as follows: REFERRAL NOTICE UNCLASSIFIED SUBJECT (or Identification) (U) Unidentified Flying Object FROM: Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, 1B1 TO: AFCIN-X, AFCIN-1, AFCIN-2, AFCIN-3, AFCIN-XA, and ANCIENT-HE ATTENTION: Mid Friend APPROPRIATE ACTION COMMENTS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS NOTE AND RETURN INFORMATION AND/OR FILE COORDINATION DIRECT WITH COPY TO AFCIN-X COMMENTS (Use reverse and blank sheets if more space is required) 1. The text in the document reads as follows: HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARMY CARIBBEAN FORT AMADOR, CANAL ZONE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G2 24 JUN 1960 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object TO: Commander Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio ATTN: AFCIN - 4B, Major Friend 1. [redacted], Missiles and Space Branch, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army, dated 2 June 1960, requesting that the original negative of an unidentified flying object photographed recently at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be forwarded.

Recorded details

Craft description
Light Formation; Disc / Saucer
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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