Belgian Congo · 1952

Uranium-mining district of Elisabethville, 1952

Documented

A CIA file states that the commander of Elisabethville airfield chased two spinning discs over the uranium mines, closed to within 120 metres, measured one at 12 to 15 metres across, and broke off after fifteen minutes.

Where
Uranium-mining district of Elisabethville, Katanga
When
1952
Who reported it
Ground observers at the mines plus one pursuing fighter pilot
Entities described
None reported
Handled as
UNVERIFIED / ARCHIVE-ONLY
Evidence class
GOV-4

The record

An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.

The document is attached to this entry.

What is not settled

This is not a military report. It is the CIA digesting a Vienna newspaper article, and the Agency explicitly classified the content as unevaluated information. No Belgian or Congolese primary record is cited.

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