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INTERFERENCE- REF MSG TRANSMISSI SE, SPACE .DEBRIS FRO.t-1 WEATHER, COMMUNICATIONS, OR ONE OF THE COUNTLESS EXPERIMENTAL SATILLITES WHICH CIRCLE TilE ATMOSPHERE PEARS TO BE nn: MOST PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATI WE HAVE NOTIUNG FURTHER BUT UFOS ARE ALWAYS A TERRIFIC SUBJECT FOR COCKTAIL CHATTER AND mGHT LEAD INTO OTHER SUBJECTS LIKE AIR DEFENSE AND SURVEILLANCE. 3 . (U) HAPPY HALLOWEEN. PAGE 02 RUEKJCS4153 INQUIRE=DOC3D RTTCZYUW RUEKJCS3159 2970107 FM JCS WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEALGX/SAFE FM DIA WASHINGTON DC//DAH-6// SUBJ: OVER GHANA (U) 1. PRECISE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PHENmlENA DESCRIBED IN YOUR REPORT IS NOT PRESENTLY POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, THE PATl'ERNS, ACCOMPANY- ING NOISE, AND COLORATIONS REPORTED STRONG SUGGEST SPACE DEBRIS FROM ATMOSPHERIC GRIDLOCK. 3. UFOS REMAIN A CONCERN JIERE, ALTHOUGH NOT HEAVILY PUBLICIZED, I THINK SOHE WERE SUPPSED TO SHOW UP FOR THE "HAR~lONlCS CONYER- PAGE 02 RUEKJCS3159 BUT COULD SEE THEM. INQUIRE=DOC3D RTTCZYUW RUEKJCS5636 2321417 -RUEALGX. FH JCS WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEADVD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC RUEDADA/AFIS AMHS BOLLING AFB DC RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC RUEHC /SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC RUEAMCC/CMC CC WASHINGTON DC RUETIAH/DIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MD RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC RUCLHUA/USAFSOS HURLBURT FLD FL RUEALGX/SAFE SUBJ: UFO (ANALYST-AITACHE COHl'!UNICATION) {U) FOR BETTER OR WORSE, 1 HAVE TOLD THAT I WOULD FORWARD TO WASHINGTON TifE NFO A ON THE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFO) OBSERVED HERE--TO SEE WHETHER TilE USG HIGHT BE ABLE TO SUGGEST ANY FEASIBLE EXPLANATION(S). TESTING HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, 1 SUGGESTED THE UFO MIGIIT HAVE BEEN AN EXPERI- MENTAL MISSILE LAUNCHED BY QADHAFI. FORTUNATELY, PASSED TilE TEST. 2. NOT KNOWING WHAT OFFICE OR AGENCY SHOULD BE SADDLED WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY WE HEREBY AWARD IT TO YOU, ASKING THAT YOU PASS THE QUERY TO SmiE ONE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL US SmiETHING. IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME ADVICE THAT WOUI,D BE REL~ASE ABLE TO HIM. AN INTERIM RESPONSE WOULD Dt tlUCJI ArrRF.CT- ATED. REGARDS. 1NQUIRE=DOC3D RTTCZYUW RUEKJCS5635 23214 FH JCS WASHINGTON DC TO AIG 11854 INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC RUEDADA/ AFIS AMHS BOLLING AFB DC RUEAI IA/CIA WASIIINGTON DC RUEHC /SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC RUEAMCC/CHC CC WASHINGTON DC RUETIAH/DIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MD RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC RUEALGX/SAFE TO DIA WASHDC SECTION 01 OF 02 PASS: (U) DIA PASS TO AIG 11854 COUNTRY: (U) GHANA (GH) SUBJ: IIR 6 835 0129 87 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT NOT FINALLY --EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE REQS: (U) INITIATIVE SOURCE: (U) SUMMARY: (U) AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFO) WAS REPORTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN GHANA LATF. IN TilE EVENING OF ;r:xT:_ 1. (U) ACCORDING TO THE 870729 EDITION OF THE "GHANAIAN TIMES" NEWSPAPER, OBSERVERS IN THE VICIN- fTY OF ACCRA AND IN THE VOLTA REGION OF GHANA--AT KPANDU //GEOCOORDS 0700N-018E// AND HOHOE //GEOCOORDS 0709N.028E/ /--REPORTED SIGHTING A LARGE UFO OVER SOUTH- EASTERN GHANA AND mE GULF OF GUINEA BRIEFLY BETWEEN 2300 AND 2400 HOURS GMT ON 870727. SOME OF THESE REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE UFO WAS SILENT; OTIIERS INCLUDED THE SOUND OF "EXPLOSIONS" ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIGHTING. 2. (U) IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS DURING 870804-870805, GHANA AIR FORCE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED, FROM THE GROUND NEAR ACCRA, A UFO MOVING OVER TilE VICIN- ITY BETWEEN 2300 AND 2400 GMT ON 670727. HE GAVE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION OF THE SIGHTING: -THE UFO FOLLOWED A GENERAL NORTH-TO-SOUTH COURSE AND DISAPPEARED OVER THE HORIZON OF THE GULF OF GUINEA. THE INITIAL IMPRESSION OF THE UFO, AS IT APPROACHED THE VICINITY OF ACCRA FROM THE NORTH, WAS THAT IT HIGHT HAVE BEEN A FAIJ.I_NG METEORITE. VERY QUICKLY, HOWEVER, THE UFO STOPPED FALLING AND STARTED TO CLIMB. AS IT WAS GAINING ALTITUDE OVER ACCRA AND THE OCEAN, DETAILS OF THE UFO,COULD BESEEN QUITE CLEARLY BECAUSE OF ITS OWN LIGHr EMISSIONS AND THE CLEAR EVENING SKY. -WHEN OBSERVED MOST CLEARLY, -THE UFO APPEARED TO BE AT AN ALTiroDE OF ABOUT 15, 000 FEET. ITS GENERAL SHAPE WAS SIMILAR to A VERY LARGE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE OR MISSILE BODY. ITS COLOR WAS METALLIC, ALUMINUM-LIKE. IT AP- PEARED:TO BE ABOUT TWO OR THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF A BOEING 747 AIRLINER. BUT IT DlD NOT SEEM TO BE PRODUCING ANY SOUND. -AT FIRST, PARTICULARLY WHILE IT WAS DESCENDING, THE UFO DISPLAYED A RELATIVELY LARGE~ SINGLE SOURCE OF LIGIIT, YELLOWISH IN COLOR, ORIGINATING FROM THE CENTER OF ITS TRAILING END, LIKE A ROCKET. AT ABOUT TitE TIME THE UFO STOPPED DESCENDING AND BEGAN TO CLIMB, THIS SINGLE, YELLOWISH LIGHT DISAPPEARED, AND EIGHT SMALLER LIGHTS APPEARED. THESE WERE BLUE IN COLOR AND WERE ARRANGED IN A CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION AROUND THE END OF THE UFO--LIKE RELATIVELY SHALL, JETS. THESE EIGHT BLUE "JETS" SEEMED TO BE THE UFO'S SOURCE OF PROPULSION AS IT DISAPPEARED OVER THE HORIZON. 3. (U) THEAIR FORCE PILOT ADDED THAT HE HAD HEARD OF OTHER SIGHTINGS,.APPARENTLY OF THE SAME-OBJECT, THAT HAD INCLUDED THE SOUND OF "TW"O EXPLOSIONS," AND HE SPECULATED THAT THESE COULD HAVE BEEN SONIC BOOMS. BUT HE WAS AP- PARENTLY NOT AWARE OF ANY SOUND PRODUCED BY THE UFO AT ANY TIME DURING THE PERIOD OF HIS OBSERVATIONS. COMMENTS: THE AIR FORCE OFFICER WHO PROVIDED THE INFO IN TEXT PARAS 1VO AND THREE IS A QUALIFIED JET FIGliTER PILOT. HE IS WELL KNOWN TO THE DAO AND OTHERS AS A SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, NOT GIVEN TO FLIGHTS OF FANCY OR TO ANY DESIRE TO ATI'RACT ATIENTION TO HIMSELF. HE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED (AS WELL AS MYSTIFIED) BY THIS UFO SIGHTING AND PROVIDED THE DETAILS RELUCTANTLY, MAINLY BECAUSE THE AI R FORCE COMMANDER HAD ASKED THE DAO TO HELP IDENTIFY THE OBJECT. PROJ: ( U) N I A INQUIRE=DOCJD FM JCS WASHINGTON DC TO AIG 11854 INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC RUEDADA/AFIS AMHS BOLLING AFB DC RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC RUEHC /SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC RUEAMCC/CMC CC WASHINGTON DC. RUETIAH/OIRNSA FT GEORGE. G MEADE MD RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC RUEALGX/SAFE TO DIA WASHDC C 0 N F I D E N T i A L SECTION 02 OF 02 ACCRA GHANA 05635 PASS: (U) DIA PASS TO AIG 11854 COUNTRY: (U) GHANA (GH) SUBJ: IIR 6 835 0129 87 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (U) D. H. PARKER, COL, USA, DATT (U) D. M. PARKER, COL, USA, DATI REEL NUMBER 0084&5 SEGUENCE.NUHBEA. 030~. . .F'H JCS .WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEADWO/CSA.WASHJNGTON DC ':.RUENAAAICNO WASHINGTON DC RUEAHQAICSAf" WASHINGTON DC . RUEAIIAICIA WASHINGTON' DC .... 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