Declassified UFO / UAP Document
FLYING OBJECT LANDS IN NORTH; PUBLIC WARNED TO STAY AWAY
AI-Generated Summary
An unidentified object crashed in the West Mamprussi District of Ghana in February 1995. Military personnel were deployed to investigate after local scientists failed to identify the object, which is suspected to be military hardware.
On February 3, 1995, the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) reported on an incident involving an unidentified flying object in Ghana. According to the Accra Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Radio Network, police authorities in Tamale issued a warning to residents in and around the municipality to avoid the Katurigu area within the West Mamprussi District. Reports from a police source indicated that the object detonated twice before falling to the ground and exploding again. Initial attempts by the Environmental Protection Agency and local scientists to identify the object were unsuccessful. Consequently, military personnel from the Air Force and Airborne Force stations in Tamale were dispatched to the site to conduct an identification. The object is currently suspected to be military hardware, a theory supported by the discovery of a parachute among the wreckage. Authorities cautioned the public regarding the potential presence of unexploded ordnance at the crash site.
ACCORDING TO A POLICE SOURCE, THE OBJECT WENT OFF TWICE BEFORE IT FELL DOWN AND EXPLODED AGAIN ON THE GROUND.
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Official Assessment
The object is suspected to be a military hardware because something believed to be a parachute was found among the fragments.
An unidentified object fell in the Katurigu area of the West Mamprussi District. Police warned residents to stay away due to potential explosives. Military personnel from the Air Force and Airborne Force stations in Tamale were deployed to identify the object after the Environmental Protection Agency and scientists failed to do so.