Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OVER NORWEGIAN TOWN
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This CIA intelligence report details a 1952 sighting of a flat, round object by three forestry workers near Kirkenes, Norway. The object hovered at 500 meters before departing at high speed.
On September 18, 1952, at 1400 hours, three forestry workers were employed outside of Kirkenes, Norway, when they observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witnesses described the object as being flat and round in shape, with an estimated diameter of 15 to 20 meters. At the time of the observation, the object was hovering motionless at an altitude of approximately 500 meters. After remaining in a stationary position for a period of time, the object departed the area at a high rate of speed, traveling in a northwesterly direction. The report notes that the three workers were the only individuals who witnessed the event, and they maintained that their account of the sighting was accurate. This information was published in the Harstad Tidende and subsequently processed by the Central Intelligence Agency as an unevaluated intelligence report.
It appears that only these three workers saw the object; they swear, however, that their report is true.
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Official Assessment
Three forestry workers observed a flat, round object hovering at 500 meters altitude near Kirkenes, Norway, before it departed at high speed.