Exploitation Report - A Fragment in Republic of Congo

[username]

A report titled:

Exploitation Report - A Fragment, Metal Recovered in the Republic of the Congo (http://www.nsa.gov/ufo/ufo00018.pdf)

in the NSA UFO archives looks interesting, unfortuantly the report is of such poor quality its unreadable. Anybody got any other information sources on this ?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I have had some luck reading these docs by using a little image enhancement [ I have read this one before]. Even without enhancement much of the doc can be read. On pdf page 2, section III, part C, one interesting comment made is that "surface features and microstructures of the specimen indicate exposure to temperatures of over 2500 F". But this device [fragment], which is described mainly as a motor or generator armature - made from a silicon steel laminate on a soft iron core - was, IMO, likely part of some kind of Soviet test program. I believe there is a related document somewhere in the NSA or CIA files.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This was an interesting report. I will get back with what I have when time allows.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This may be what I was thinking of. See the report
Flying Saucers over Belgian Congo Uranium Mines; 8/16/52

http://www.foia.cia.gov/search.asp?pageNumber=1&freqReqRecord=undefined&refinedText=undefined&freqSearchText=undefined&txtSearch=UFO&exactPhrase=&allWords=&anyWords=&withoutWords=&documentNumber=&startCreatedMonth=&startCreatedDay=&startCreatedYear=&endCreatedMonth=&endCreatedDay=&endCreatedYear=0&startReleasedMonth=&startReleasedDay=&startReleasedYear=&endReleasedMonth=&endReleasedDay=&endReleasedYear=0&sortOrder=ASC

but I don't think so. There is something else interesting...I'll keep looking.

Edit: FYI, it seems there was quite a bit of reported activity in this area back then.
http://www.nsa.gov/ufo/ufo00028.pdf

 

[username]

Thanks, lots of interesting stuff there.