Unidentified Object Over Norwegian Town (Kirkenes, September 1952)
This CIA information report, sourced from the Norwegian four-times-weekly newspaper Harstad Tidende (published 20 September 1952), relays an unevaluated account of an unidentified object seen over a Norwegian town. According to the report, on 18 September at 1400 hours, three forestry workers working just outside Kirkenes noticed a flat, round object hovering motionless at about 500 meters altitude. The object was estimated to be 15-20 meters in diameter. After the workers had observed it for a while, it suddenly flew away at great speed in a northwesterly direction. The document notes that only these three workers appear to have seen the object, but that they swore their report was true. The report is explicitly marked as unevaluated information.
Description
CIA Foreign Documents/Radio Broadcasts information report summarizing a Norwegian newspaper account of an unidentified flying object observed by three forestry workers near Kirkenes, Norway, on 18 September 1952.
Claims
Only the three workers saw the object, and they swore their report was true.
60%On 18 September 1952 at 1400 hours, three forestry workers outside Kirkenes observed a flat, round object hovering motionless at about 500 meters altitude with an apparent diameter of 15–20 meters.
55%The object flew away at great speed in a northwesterly direction after being observed for a while.
55%On 18 September 1952 at 1400 hours, three forestry workers near Kirkenes saw a flat, round object hovering motionless at about 500 meters altitude, estimated 15-20 meters in diameter, which then flew away at great speed to the northwest.
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Events
Sep 17, 1952
UFO sighting near Kirkenes
Three forestry workers outside Kirkenes observed a flat, round object hovering at ~500 m altitude, ~15–20 m diameter, which then flew away northwestward at great speed.
Sep 19, 1952
Newspaper publication
Harstad Tidende published the account of the sighting.
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