Unidentified Aircraft Reported Over Spain, Greece, North Africa

This Central Intelligence Agency report, dated January 11, 1954, provides a summary of unidentified aircraft sightings reported in daily newspapers across Spain, Greece, and French Morocco during 1953. The document explicitly states that the information provided is unevaluated. The first report, sourced from the Athens newspaper 'I Kathimerini' on July 19, 1953, describes 'flying saucers' seen in Spain. Witnesses in the village of San Martin Valdeiglesias reported a luminous, spherical object that emitted a red reflection and flew noiselessly in a northwest direction before disappearing toward the west. A second report, from the Salonica newspaper 'Makedonia' on August 13, 1953, details an incident in Drama, Greece. On August 11, 1953, at 2225 hours, a luminous, rocket-shaped object was observed at a low altitude. It remained stationary in the air for three to four minutes before disappearing. The final report, from the Athens newspaper 'Eleftheria' on September 5, 1953, concerns an event near Oued Zem, a town southeast of Casablanca, French Morocco. On the night of September 2, 1953, inhabitants reported hearing a thunderous noise. The following day, two shepherds claimed to have seen a flying object that was lit in many colors and traveling at great speed.