Danish Defense Leaders Take Serious View of Flying Saucers

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INFORMATION 1953
SUBJECT Military - Air, unconventional aircraft

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(Coument: , The information below is the full text ofan article
which appeared in the Stockholm daily, Morgon-Tidnirgen; ODT -
13 July 1953. The leading Copenhagen dailies, Berlingske Tidende, SSE Ee
Social-Demokraten, Politiken, and Information, during ‘the period = So
cround the atove date, did not carry the story J

Copenhagen, 12 July-«= Danish defense authorities take a serious view of.
the problem of flying saucers. The military experts sre of the opinion that

although most of the observations fot fiying saucers] “have turned out to be
astronomical phenomena, there remain the reporte of trained observers which,
among other things, would seem to indicate that the saucers are dispatched from - aaa

Soviet vases in the Arctic Ocean.

The Danish Air Force Command has recently turned over to the Defense Staff
a report on various phenomena in the air over Denmark and the waters adjacent
to Denmark. The report is based on observations from Danish Air Force radar |
stations. These observations are compared with information regarding the remote-
controlled projectiles which -have been traced in the atmosphere over the north-
ernmost part of Norway and Finland. On the basie of these observations, the. ... -...'~
members of the Defense Intelligence Service have come to the conclusion that
the projectiles could have beep dispatched from a Soviet base on Novaya Zemlya

in the Artic Oceans

The report discusses the incident in whican an officer and seven privates - —
from Karup Airfield on Jutland, on 12 November 1952, sighted an object in the .
gir vhich resembled an aircrazt, but whica moved more rapidly than any hnown ~
type of aircraft, The /Panish/ observations are compared with a number of _
Norvegian observations, among them one- which occurred in October 1952 when, - cee ee te
according to the Norwegian Defense Staff and the Norwegian Navy, 6d aircraft
of hitherto unknown design flew over the naval base at Horten at the entrance

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DANISH DEFENSE LEADERS TAKE SERIOUS VIEW OF FLYING SAUCERS =

which appeared in the Stockholm gaily, Morgon-Tidpingen, on — oe
13 July 1953. The leading Copenhagen dailies, Berlingske Tidende, ree eee

Social-Demokraten, Politiken, and Information, durirg the period
ground the above date, did not carry the story /

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Copenhagen, 12 July -~-Danish defense authorities take a serious view of
the problem of flying-saucers. The military experts sre of the opinion that
although most of the observations. /of flying saucers/ have turned out to be
astronomical phenomena,-there remain the reports of trained observere which,
among other things, would seem to indicate that the gauceré are dispatched from
Soviet bases in the Arctic Ocean.

The Danish Air Force Command has recently turned over_to_the Defense Staff
a report on various phenomena in the air over Denmark and the waters adjacent

to Denmark. The report is based on observations from Danish Air Force radar
stations, These observations sre compared with information regarding the remote- |
controlled projectiles which have been traced in the atmosphere over the north- st
ernmost part of Norway and Finland, Op the vasia of these observations, the => oO
members of the Defense Intelligence Service have come to:'the conclusion that | ;
the projectiles could have been dispatched from a Soviet base on Novaya Zemlya

in the Artic Ocean.

The report discusses the incident in whica an officer and seven privates
from Karup Airfield on Jutland, on 12 November 1952, sighted an object in the
sir which resembled an aircraft, dbut-whicn moved sore = pialy than any “cown a
type of aircraft, The_}Danish/ observations are compared With a pumber of :
Norvegian observations, among then one which occurred in October 1952 when,
according to the Norwegian Defense Staff avd the Korwegian Ravy, 60 ~etreraft
of hitherto unknown desigo-flev over the naval dase at Horten at the entrance © 2
to Oslofjord. Another incident which is pointed out occurred On & maneuver :

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recently in northern Korway, when the crew of an anti-aircraft battery out-
pide of BodS observed a mysterious object at a grest height. A jet plane

vas sent up, but it was not able to reach the object, Which disappeared at a -.
terrific speed,

The report of the Danish Air Force Command emphasizes that the "flying _— _ a
saucer traffic" over Scandinavia seems to be a fact of great serotechbnical
interest.

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