Matanzas, Cuba flying disc sighting
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Two men reported seeing a flying disc in the Matanzas area that was larger than ordinary airplanes, silent, and disappeared at high speed.
“JOSE MARIA OTERO and MANUEL [illegible] who had arrived in that town from the Matanzas area claimed they had seen a flying disc in the shape of a [illegible]. The men's [illegible] covering the general area of Matanzas for several minutes. They claimed that this disc was larger than ordinary airplanes. They said that it disappeared at a very high speed towards the light.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1957-11-11
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Matanzas, Cuba
- Country
- Cuba
- Region
- Matanzas
- Branch
- other
- Unit
- Legal Attache, Havana
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Size
- larger than ordinary airplanes
Resolution
No other corroborating reports; no inquiry made
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_9
Case ID: 1957-OTHER-EEAF
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This sighting
Matanzas, Cuba / 1957 / 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_9
- 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_9 — Written report of this sighting