Karachi Pakistan — December 1952

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'!UtSF OP.JF.CT~ !10 NCT CC'J CIDr ~JIT~ r"NY P.P,,~ ?APFN c ~:ot.:\L P.'.!{ITr, ;~ rcncr. PA~.F:J J(J~H ~tTITtJDS: C" ?~S IN l<Al'~CitJ r,i">J:f, ':.Y F~ J O.;t f'l.;T~N .-:-:;r.r;Jf. ACF'T J\CCr~DJNC :;rti?.CF. AI~ lHl i~?A~ pn Uf\!CLASSIFIED . LASS I FlED Souroea Wire troaa US Ant3 VI 11 tary Attache Karachi, Pld stan -Wire dated 12 Dec 52 Karachi press reported that Thursday morning (varying 'times between 0130 All tour objects, believed "f'111ng saucers", sighted and report-ed by seYeral peraoD8 in ltarachi area. Objects were said to look like white metal discs by scme and like translucent circular objeote by others. The fours objects reportedly were f'lY.ii?C at. high altitude and high speed leaving white smokey trail beh1 m the. Cne reporter bad different version stating "saucers" were actually aircraft fl71ng at hi&h altitude. The specif'ic times reported b7 persons sighting these objects do not. coiacide wit.h 1\7 RPAF high altitude operations in Karachi area for either jet or pis~n airoratt. Sourcet Air Headquarters, Royal PakistAn Air Force DOWNGRADED AT S YEAR lNTZJlVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.. UNCLASSIFIED -UNCLASSIFIED~ ATIC Doouaent l.P' "'66 (A) to;"'=: uv:-~ new!er -clippings that appeared in the Karaoh1 Inc:lil. Pre ont 11 ~ 12 Daober 1~ pertaining to .fl;ring sacera sipted at Karachi area. ' ' RPAF reporta that. no RPAF aircraft were operating at high altit.ude in the Karachi dau1.nc the t' mea saucers were sighted. PUrther i~Westigation and inquir.r on the report. will be made it the intorution juat1!1es. ATIC ooenmt1 The abo mentioned inclosures, newspaper clippings~ were not with the report DOWNGltADP!D AT 3 YBAR INT.DVA18 DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. ' . UNCLASSIFIED ( 1JNCLASSHlED 'riC DOmllft 1101102, Four t~ aauoen like white aetl diaoa and leaving a white moky trail .about 15 yvd8 loDI fin 1D parallel tion over Karachi at about 8 a.m. ;yeater- dq a-a area\ aDd diaappearecl 1D the direction of the laracbi INlustrial Batate. 'Dd a 1a the co Deanna or report.a received. trca obaerYera who tel .. or o-to 1n person. .Accord:l.DI to theae obaenera tbe pheDOaaena wu seen b.1 aoorea of people in the at-reeta. Poaaible explnat-iont IDeal authoritiea that at about 7t30 a.a. t~r aircraft at a -verr high altitude new onr Karachi leaYiGI tr'l nd ortered thia ~ a possible aolut.ion tor the sightinc DOWNGRADED AT 3 ~\R L~TERVAL8 DECLASSIFIED .\ Y"i'7t;R 12 YEARS liNCLASSIFIED