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UFO case file · UFO-NUFORC-44908

Multicolored discs near Yanbu industrial city

CE1Saudi Arabia1987-04-16

Yanbu Al Sinaiyah (Saudi Arabia), Saudi Arabia

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Case description

The submitter recalled numerous disc-like objects above the desert horizon, showing several colors, lowering their apparent altitude, and then disappearing rapidly. The account was filed years after the event and provides an estimated date and duration. It describes a visual sighting without reported occupants or physical traces. Source: National UFO Reporting Center, report 44908. This account is a report of claimed observations, not independent confirmation. Visual or radar observation without a narrative establishing beings, abduction, intentional contact, or physical effects. Map position: Approximate vicinity anchor from GeoNames; source gives an offset or nearby site, not this exact point.

Recorded details

Local time
15:30
Witnesses
0
Craft description
Disk
Coordinate precision
Approximate vicinity anchor from GeoNames; source gives an offset or nearby site, not this exact point.
Date precision
Approximate or retrospective source date.

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