DANISH DEFENSE LEADERS TAKE SERIOUS VIEW OF FLYING SAUCERS

This Central Intelligence Agency report, dated August 20, 1953, summarizes an article published in the Stockholm newspaper Morgon-Tidningen on July 13, 1953, regarding the Danish government's perspective on 'flying saucers.' The document notes that while Danish military experts believe most observations are astronomical, reports from trained observers suggest the existence of remote-controlled projectiles. The Danish Air Force Command provided a report to the Defense Staff based on radar observations and sightings in Denmark and Norway. Specifically, the document cites an incident on November 12, 1952, at Karup Airfield in Jutland, where an officer and seven privates observed an object that moved faster than any known aircraft. Another incident mentioned occurred in October 1952 near the naval base at Horten, Norway, and a third involved an anti-aircraft battery near Bodø, Norway, which attempted to track a high-altitude object that disappeared at 'terrific speed.' The Danish Defense Intelligence Service concluded that these projectiles may have been dispatched from a Soviet base on Novaya Zemlya. The report concludes by stating that the Danish Air Force Command considers the 'flying saucer traffic' over Scandinavia to be a matter of significant aerotechnical interest.