Constantine 'flying saucer'

At 10:30 am on 12 January 1954 a 'flying saucer' was reported crossing the sky over the Constantine area of eastern Algeria, in a story printed by a Tunis newspaper.

1954 CE · 36.37, 6.62 · status: account

The account

The item was picked up in CIA press compilations of foreign 'non-orbit' sightings for winter 1953–54, which show how much attention Washington paid to reports from French North Africa.

The sceptical view

Known only from a newspaper paragraph translated for a CIA digest, with no witness named.

Sources

1. CIA digest: non-orbit sightings, Dec 1953 – Mar 1954 (archive.org)