APO253 France unidentified aerial event — November 28, 1963

The following are examples taken from the 332d Tactical Air Division (Combat Cargo) daily journal pertaining to UFO sightings over France on 9 December 1953: 17.12 - RAPCO reported from Reims a blinking light, heading northwest, at 400 knots. The object was tracked visually and on APS-4 while descending and descending at fast rate of speed. 17.55 - He observed no further activity. 17.49 - AFD reported sighting. Interview with Major Larsen, he said that "the thought at 1st it was a vague apparition in distance (since the French Air Force did not see anything) upon closer observation it turned out to be a reflection, although no instruments were found. APO253 9 December 1963 FRANCE SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object 1. On 28 November 1963, at approximately 1800 hours, an unidentified flying object was sighted by several witnesses in the vicinity of VIEUX BOUCAU, France. The object was observed for a period of approximately 10 minutes. The object was observed to hover briefly at an estimated altitude of 300-400 meters, then to accelerate rapidly and disappear from view. No sound was reported associated with the object.