LIMA, PERU, August 1952August 1952

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Summary

On August 5, 1952, a commercial pilot and crew members sighted a formation of three flying disc-shaped objects over Lima, Peru at approximately 3 p.m. The objects hovered at high speed around the aircraft at 3000 feet. The sighting lasted 15 to 20 seconds. A civilian man had reported seeing a similar object over Lima the previous day. The source of the report was the newspaper La Prensa. The Air Force evaluation is unknown.

Reported location

LIMA, PERU, August 1952

Date of incident

August 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 13

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 Aug 52

2. LOCATION
LIMA, PERU

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 03-05/1300 [illegible]
DAY 05/1013 7

5. PHOTOS
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
15 - 20 Sec

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

A formation of three "flying discs" maneuvered at high speed around the aircraft at 3000'. Objects were observed by pilot and crew members.

Civilian man had seen a similar object over Lima the previous day.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [checkbox]
Air-Visual [checkbox marked]
Ground-Radar [checkbox]
Air-Intercept Radar [checkbox]

6. SOURCE
Commercial pilot

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
3

9. COURSE
[illegible]

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon [checkbox]
Probably Balloon [checkbox]
Was Aircraft [checkbox]
Probably Aircraft [checkbox]
Was Astronomical [checkbox]
Probably Astronomical [checkbox]
Insufficient Data for Evaluation [checkbox]
Unknown [checkbox]

11. COMMENTS
1. Source is "La Presna" a newspaper publication.

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