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Kagnew Station Shiny Metal Ball and Two-Object Formation
January 21, 1957Kagnew Station, Asmara, Asmara, Eritrea
An Army intelligence memorandum reproduced by Hall says five servicemen saw a large shiny metal-ball-like object apparently stationary around 2,000 feet, disappearing and later reappearing; later that day two brownish objects were reported in close formation, with one breaking away at a right angle at high speed.
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“The reproduced Kagnew Station memorandum names five servicemen who reported a stationary shiny metal-ball-like object at about 2,000 feet that disappeared and reappeared; later two brownish objects in close formation were reported, with one breaking away at a right angle at high speed.”
“The memorandum says the observers initially considered an aircraft and later considered birds for the two-object formation; Sgt. Woodruff rejected the bird idea because he perceived a disk shape.”
“Hall states that several Navy cases came through Donald Keyhoe's personal military contacts and that two Army intelligence reports were supplied to NICAP by service members.”
SRC-002107 · Section provenance and NICAP military contacts; uploaded PDF pp. 44-47
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“Hall reproduces two military communications: a September 1957 First Air Force letter quoting a Fort Devens report and a February 1957 Army intelligence memorandum from Kagnew Station.”