Moroccan Sightings
March 15th-16th, 1944: Anfa, near Casablanca - 'Luminous circle dividing itself in two lozenges, each of which go their own way.' (Vallee, FSR 8-2)
September 16th, 1946: Tangier - unknown event (GWM) 1946 - unknown event (ATS)
September 17th, 1946: Casablanca - ? (GWM)
March 21st, 1951: El Moudzine - Three trainees of the experimental station of the Government's Tobacco Monopoly, M.Spirtal, M.J.Le Provost and M.G.Darmon. Monsieur Spirtal related that - "We were standing at the door of our canteen at 6.45 pm, when we saw an object which we took to be a Flying Saucer flying from the east to the west. We watched it for 15 to 20 seconds before it disappeared, after describing a sweeping curve. It was impossible to judge the height at which this mysterious object was flying. It left behind a luminous wake. The nearest we can get to describing the colour of the object was that it looked as if it were made of dry concrete, with a slight metallic reflection. Its dimension was about that of the sun at the moment of its disappearance over the horizon. I have seen meteorites falling before now, but what we saw did not resemble them at all." (Guieu/LG8)
May 13th, 1952: Oudja; 9.30 a.m. - Two brilliant discs with trails were seen (V, FSR 8-2)
May 27th, 1952: Near Mostaganem & Lamoriciere - At 8.30 p.m., two gendarmes and several motorists saw a shining disc with a dark centre and a 2,000 ft. long luminous trail. (V/Guieu)
June 7th, 1952: 'Two witnesses reported a flying saucer appearing above Meknes at 1300 hours.. one of them said that he saw a bright light in the sky moving at lightning speed. He was able to compare its speed with that of some T-33 planes flying near the Meknes base, for they seemed very slow by comparison. The unknown apparatus emitted a white, trail of smoke and made no sound. It drew near, described a parabola in the sky, stopped, and then disappeared toward Ifrane in the south.' (CIA/CUFON)
June 9th, 1952: Meknes - object seen at 1 p.m. leaving trail in the sky. (V)
June 15th, 1952: On the morning of 15 June 1952, a strange phenomenon appeared above Taourirt, French Morocco. For 30 seconds, dock workers saw a disc of white flames surrounded by two circular strands, with smoke trailing behind it. The fiery object, which seemed to move earthward, vanished suddenly.'
'After Meknes and Marrakech, Casablanca had its flying saucer.. It was observed by Andre Assorin, a former pilot. The Meteorological Bureau claims that it has not seen this unusual apparition above Casablanca.' (CIA/CUFON)
June 18th, 1952: Casablanca - 'Perfect circle.' (V)
June 19th, 1952: Taorit, West Morocco - A luminous circlular object with trail. (V)
July 12th, 1952: 'It is reported from Mechra bel Ksiri that.. two flying saucers were seen by two policemen on night duty at Had Kourst. The saucers were elongated in shape, followed by a trail of white light, and traveled at a high rate of speed from north to south.'
'Meanwhile, it is reported that Louis Gentil that at 2130 hours.. several persons saw a yellow flying disk, about 30 centimeters in diameter, moving very rapidly from east to west.' (CIA/CUFON)
July 13th, 1952: '..Unusual flying objects were also reported seen at Bouznikaou and Baulhaut between 2100 and 2200 hours..'
'Forty persons have reported that at 2200 hours.. they observed a "luminous flying object" in the vicinity of Casablanca.'
'..two inhabitants of Fedala reported having seen, at 2345 hours, a blue-green, ball-shaped object, followed by a short trail of light, and moving at a rather high rate of speed. According to the eyewitnesses, the object disappeared after about 3 or 4 seconds as though it had literally melted in the sky.' (CIA/CUFON)
Novaseur AFB (BI)
July 14th, 1952: Beach of Skirat, near Rabat; 9.25 a.m. - 'Green object, prolongated with luminous flashes.' (V)
Casablanca; 9.25 a.m. - Luminous cigar. (V)
A man and his wife reported having observed for about 30 seconds, at about 0900 hours, a mysterious flying object traveling from Ifrane region towards Meknes. (CIA/CUFON)
Oukaimeden Plateau, in the region of Marrakesh; 10 p.m. - A number of young people '..suddenly perceived a white sphere, about the size of the full moon. It was flying horizontally from the northeast to the southwest and shortly separated into three sections which looked like three luminous cars attached to one rail. These then disappeared behind a peak.' (Guieu)
Marrakesh-Taroudant, near the village of Asni; also 10 p.m. - '..about thirty people saw.. an object which looked exactly like that described.. at Oukaimeden.' (Guieu) 'Very luminous disc.' (V) 'From several points of the Marrakech region, luminous disks were seen traveling at a dizzy speed.' (CIA)
July 15th, 1952: Casablanca; 9.25 a.m. - 'Three aviators of the Casablanca Aero Club saw an object shaped like a greenish rocket with a protuberance at the tail resembling a jet exhaust which occasionally emitted spurts of fire.' (Guieu)
July 16th, 1952: Rabat. (BI)
c.July 17th, 1952: 'Inhabitants of the Daiet Aoua region, French Morocco, have reported seeing recently a "blue, phosphorescent, ovoid object" on the ground rise rapidly in the air, followed by a bluish trail. The observers estimated the object to be 20 meters long.' (CIA/CUFON)
July 19th, 1952: Beach of Dehdya, Port-Lyautey; 2.45 p.m. - 'Luminous disc, followed by an aeroplane.' (V)
July 20th, 1952: Region of Dai-El-Aouagri; about 0.30 a.m. - 'Luminous object on the ground - diameter about 20 metres, rapid flight with white sparks, odour of "carburated sulphur." ' (V)
Casablanca (BI)
August 2nd, 1952: '..at about 20.45 hours, a group of five trustworthy persons saw a luminous disk or ball in the sky over Moulay Boussel Ham, French Morocco. The object, red in the center and bluish around the edge, flew very rapidly from southeast to northwest, remaining visible for at least 20 seconds before it disappeared over horizon.' (CIA/CUFON)
August 7th & August 8th, 1952: Mina Hassam Tani. Witness named 'Dobos.' (BI)
August 26th, 1952: Sighting over Marrakesh. (BI)
September 9th, 1952: Rabat; 9 p.m. 'E.J.Colisimo, a civilian illustrator with USAF Intelligence sees one disc with lights along part of its circumference, fly twice as fast as a T-33 jet trainer, in a slightly curved path for 5 seconds.' (PrBBE)
September 21st, 1952: 5,000 spectators at a boxing match at 6.20 p.m., and two employees at the local airport, at Casablanca. Also, inhabitants of Tangier, Louis-Gentil and Marrkesh.. All saw a blazing light green globe or disc, with a cone at its rear from which reddish flames spurted. It travelled from Tangier to Marrakesh - 310 miles - in 15 minutes (too slow for a meteorite) - 'Momentary immobility observed near Casablanca and at Louis-Gentil. (Gattefosse/Guieu)
'THOUSANDS WITNESS SAUCER OVER MOROCCO AND TANGIER - On 21 September 1952, at about 18.20 hours, an unusual object, possibly a saucer, flew at great speed over Casablanca. Shortly afterwards, about 15 telephone calls were received from local residents, and our Tangier correspondent.' (Maroc-Presse/CIA/CUFON)
'It was a sphere which seemed to descend extremely slowly, without changing in shape, size or brightness. After a few seconds it began to vibrate intensely. It then shot off into space and silently disappeared.' (Holkar/Guieu)
Someone named 'Creuze' sighted something at Rabat. (BI)
March 25th, 1953: Two sightings at Rabat. (BI)
September 2nd or 3rd, 1953: Oued Zem; Nighttime - 'Cigar, multicoloured lights, deafening noise - material damage not stated.' (V)
'..some French colonist farmers in Douar Rabat, Oued Zem.. heard a rumbling sound which they thought preceded an earthquake. One of them came out from his house but noticed nothing unusual. It was not until the next morning that two Arab shepherds told them that an object shaped like a cigar with many-coloured lights had flown rapidly by with a great noise some 30 or 40 feet above the ground. One farmer found that the roof of a shed had been blown down and his cattle and poultry scattered.' (Guieu)
March 5th, 1954: Three reports from Nouasseur (BI)
March 12th, 1954: Two reports from Nouasseur. (BI)
October 12th, 1954: In the afternoon, a French engineer, driving to Port Lyauley through the Mamora forest, saw a small being in silver clothing, about 4 feet in height, entering an object which soon took off. (FSOcc)
October 13th, 1954: Report from Nouasseur. (BI)
December 2nd, 1954: Unknown report. (BI)
January 10th, 1955: Timhadit; 10.30 a.m. 'Brilliant yellow circle, variable diameter, vague outline, immobile for one and a half hours.' (V)
March 18th or 19th, 1955: Petitjean; Sunrise. 'Big silver disc, blue and orange trail.' (V)
March 20th, 1955: At Azrou, a luminous object was witnessed for half an hour. (V)
At Ben-Smin, a luminous object with 'terrifying aspect.' (V)
March 28th, 1955: Petitjean; Sunrise. Revolving UFO. (V)
March 28th or 29th, 1955: Fec; 8 a.m. A silver disc, with a black central point, which went suddenly. (V)
April 5th, 1956: Casablana. In the evening a luminous object, the colour of which became yellow, was seen. (V)
c.August 24th, 1956: Various luminous discs reported. (V) 'At Tangier City and over the Bay of Tangiers, newspaper offices and police stations flooded with reports. (FSR 9-56)
c.August 27th, 1956: Tetouan. A green glimmer, with red flashes. (V)
November 24th, 1957: Casablanca. 'Bright yellow gleam. Slow.' (V)
January 11th-12th, 1967: Agadir. translations of two articles were sent to the DIA by the US Defense Attache in Rabat, who commented - '..the page one coverage afforded this sighting demonstrates a high level of local interest in the subject of UFOs and presages future reporting which could be valuable in pursuit of Project MOON DUST.' (ATS)
1967: 'Another report from Morocco a couple of months later gave 'Project MOON DUST' as its reference.' (ATS)June 21st, 1968: Sidi-Bennour 'This whole region is experiencing a tremendous heatwave, and there have been sixteen fires in the space of a month. / We learn that one of these fires, the cause of which has not yet been established, was in a field of wheat, 14 hectares in area... It is reported that a luminous object resembling a shooting star suddenly landed in the field of wheat and very rapidly extinguished the fire, flying off again afterwards. The luminous object was circular..' (Miftah, Le Petit Marocain / FSR 16-1)
August 8th, 1999: At 9pm, a man and two children (aged 4 and 8), just south of Flap, had a brightly lit, large object in the form of a V pass over them. (UFO Roundup)
