FLYING SAUCERS IN SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA
SMOKE-TRALING OBJECT OVER BARCELONA—Tangier, Espana, 22 May 52
Barcelona, 21 May—As I crossed Jose Antonio Avenue on my way to the newspaper office, I saw a strange object flying at high speed from the direction of Prat Airport, about 2,000 meters above ground, and leaving a wide smoke trail. It did not look like an aircraft (neither Prat nor Sabadell airport admitted any knowledge of the object), and unlike the so-called flying saucers, it was proceeding in a straight line, without emitting flashes of light or revolving on an axis. The object seemed to me to be rocket-shaped, and the smoke came out of two points close together, merging into a single streak.
My colleagues at the office saw the smoke but not the object. Over Badalona, about 10 kilometers, away, the object stopped trailing smoke, disappeared for a few seconds, and reappeared, again emitting smoke, several kilometers farther away. The newspaper office was soon flooded with telephone calls from people who had seen the object. A friend of ours took the picture of the smoke trail.—Valentin Garcia.
[The picture shows a diagonal stripe of diminishing width and lighter in shade than the sky over the dark bulk of a building cornice. It is attributed to Francisco Andreu, The caption says that the picture was taken "on May 17," although the report is dated 21 May.]
UNUSAL OBJECT OVER TUNISIA—Algiers, Écho d'Alger, 4 Jun 52.
On 3 June, at about 2000 hours, many inhabitants of Sousse saw a flying object traveling at dizzy speed from west to east and emitting a pale green light.
