REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT AT CASABLANCA

On April 5, 1956, at approximately 2015 local time, two witnesses in Casablanca, Morocco, reported observing an unidentified aerial object. The object was described as a round or slightly oval, fiery yellow-orange ball with a bluish edge. One witness, M. Tahiri, an employee at the local newspaper, observed the object while at the Casablanca Airport. A second witness, Mrs. Paul Hillion, who worked at the Cazes Airport meteorological station, also reported the object while returning home. The witnesses described the object as traveling in an East-West direction at an altitude estimated between 2,000 and 3,000 meters. While the initial reports suggested the object performed maneuvers, such as circling the city at a low speed, the official investigation concluded that the object was a meteor. The report notes that the accounts of maneuvers and the duration of the sighting were likely exaggerations. The weather at the time was reported as 7/8 cloudy with a ceiling of 400 meters and a southwest wind of 10 knots. The investigation was conducted by the 7493rd Investigation Wing, Detachment 62, and the findings were documented in a report dated April 11, 1956, under the reference ANA 76-56.