Department of State ACTION INRa08 INFO OCT-01 FH USOA0/FORT TO DIA IMMEDIATE INFO I 127 USAF FLO ACTY GP FT FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AF8 OHIO CONAO ENT AF'B CO SECSTATE wASHDC BELVOIR VA IMMEDIATE JOINT STATE DIA MESSAGE 01A FOR DIAC02 AND OJASi, t127TH FOR AF NIAA81 FTO FoR TOAMQ, CONAO FOR J2, DEPT OF STATE FOR INR AND GPM SUBJECT IUJ MOON DUST. DATT CALLED BY MINISTER INTERIOR TO INSPEcT OBJECT FOUND NEAR LA! !e924Nl618EJ ON I AUGUST 1970 MINISTER SAID OBJECT FELL IN AREA WITH THREE LOUD EXPLOSIONS AND THEN BURNED FOR FIVE DAYS OATT INSPECTED OBJECT W~ICH IS A METAL SPHERE ABOUT t8 INCHES IN DIAMETER WElGHING 20-25 POUNDS THE TWO HALVES OF THE SPHERE ARE WELDED TOGETHER AT EACH POLE OF SPHERE ARE PORTS WH{CH HAVE BEEN MELTED C~OSEO THE SPHERE SHOWS EVIDENCE OF BURNlNG AND SEVER- AL LIGHTER STREAKS RUN THROUGH BURNED AREAS THE OBJECT RESEM S~ES A PRESSURIZED FUEL TANK OATT WILL BE IN POSSESSION 0~ THE OBJECT AND CAN FORWARD IF DESIRED PLEASE ADVISE alf.U"W tfle _,_, t- ol IM Vfllf~ COUIITitY. REPUBLIC OF CHAD lo IUIUIECT: (U) M:)()N DUST I'LACC ii'ND Oil' Tl I. IVA\.1111' TIOWt a. IOt~POIIIT NUMU": 6 910 0257 70 cTr: o,. Rr;POIIIT: 10 October 1970 10. NO. OF PAGES: 1 11. IIIEPEIIEIICI!S: II. OIIIIOI'IA TOll: U. NIEI'AIIIED 14.' AP~OVINO T'Us report forwards photosr&phs or object believed to C3)me UDder Project DOSt". The object waa aeen falling in an area 30 lau N .E. ot LAI ( ('924lf- l.618E) on 1 August 1970. It produced tbree loud exploaiona on landing and vaa saW to ha.ve burned for five day . The sphere weighs 30 pound and ha.a a circum- ference of four feet. A aecond object wu found in the same general area. It however reaemblea automobile shaft. Photographs ot thia obJect are forwarded (see Encl # l). It weiglul approximately 20 pounds and the abaft 11 3 tt. 2 inches long. A cylindrical weight tour inches in diameter movea treely on the shaft. A bronze fitting on the ah&tt 1a well worn. IIEQUIST PHotOS Olltm.Y FilM atUfoiG 1100 IY II.AID FHOTI &.01 Plllll...,. CDCSTRID 1 cy w/o EDc1a t.e:nc:ls x 4~ photographs. 2. Three 35mm Negatives. 3. One roll of 35IIDII, 36 EXJ) roll, Ektachrome, exposed --