Guanarito, Venezuela, November 1952November 1952

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Summary

In November 1952, residents of Guanarito, Venezuela, witnessed a series of mysterious aircraft passing overhead in broad daylight. According to press reports, the whole town watched for several seconds as two unusual aircraft flew northward at very high speed. Two smaller aircraft then joined the group, and all four disappeared into the clouds. The sighting occurred during morning hours.

The Venezuelan Air Force investigated and confirmed to the U.S. Air Force that they had jet aircraft in the area at that time. A U.S. Air Attaché in Caracas, Venezuela, filed an official Air Intelligence Information Report on the incident. The report notes that this was the first time the Venezuelan press had reported flying saucers since an earlier sighting in August 1952, when military officials had likewise attributed that sighting to jet aircraft already known to be operating in the region.

The Air Force concluded that the objects were unknown, meaning the evidence did not allow investigators to identify them with confidence. The complete case file consists of 24 pages held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Guanarito, Venezuela, November 1952

Date of incident

November 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

24 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 16

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 24

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. DATE 2. LOCATION ( "12. CONCLUSIONS |
"A i : a iQ Was Balloon (i |
19 lov 1952 | Cuanarito, Venezuela tO Probably Balloon
TRAIT, (LPC EE. cuosciiabposis & is dh orate Gi Aves te SRG Soh oS. Bo gis toe 5 550 lhl 65. is 60 Sint. sain citar any (4 Sho oat Ball :
ie DATE TIME GROG "4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION j5 Poesisty Satieen
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Local -..slrning a EN R Ground: Visual OU Ground-Radar | ec wey AO :
I a Cee a pL a RB SS ! 0 Air Visual O Air-Intarcept Rader 0 Possibly Aircealr . i
EO SE S.C Was Aveneniesl | . i
OC Yes 2 ; ‘0 Probcbly Astronsmical E
X Ne i Civ 10 Possibiy Astronomical | E
A A Tis i tA nt TIASNNIS. res or A Ung: oa A + 55 +» i apoio ! a
7. LENGTH OF CRSERVATION | 8. NUMEER OF OBJFCTS © 9. COURSE DEE RI Le a al hss 4
| ! 2 0 insufficient Data far Evaluation #
i : ; 1 Unknown 3
| Several seconds 2 to 4 N ’ ;
110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | :
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| Mysterious obJ's observed by whole: + Venezuelan AF verified that they had | 1
. population in small town. Two obj's i ACFT in the area--Jeis. | :
{flying very fast to the north, then two | :
| other obj's Jolned them. : | ;
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28951573