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 SERI SERIAL:   FL2312181593
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 COUN COUNTRY: CUBA
 SUBJ*SUBJ:   UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS SIGHTED IN MATANZAS SKIES
 SOUR SOURCE:   HAVANA RADIO PROGRESO NETWORK IN SPANISH 1200 GMT 23 DEC 93
 TEXT TEXT:
 //((REPORT BY 'CANDIDO DOMINGUEZ FROM MATANZAS))
 ((TEXT)) THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, A GROUP OF MATANZAS RESIDENTS,
 *YOURS TRULY INCLUDED, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE UNIDENTIFIED
 *FLYING OBJECTS, UFO'S, OVER MATANZAS CITY. SHORTLY BEFORE 1900, I
 HEARD MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO WAS ON THE PORCH SHOUT: DADDY,
 LOOK, FIREWORKS. I WALKED OUT ONTO THE PORCH AND OBSERVED THE
 STRANGE PHENOMENON. THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS A VERY BRIGHT WHITE.
 BALL FOLLOWED BY LIGHTED TAIL, SOMETHING LIKE A COMET. LATER THE
 LIGHTS MULTIPLIED AND I SAW SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM LINED UP, EACH WITH
 A TAIL THAT FOLLOWED A NORTH-TO-SOUTH TRAJECTORY. THESE LIGHTS
 REMAINED VISIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS.
 YESTERDAY I LEARNED THAT A GROUP OF SPECIALISTS FROM THE
 TERRITORIAL METEOROLOGY SECTION OF THE CUBAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
 ALSO VIEWED THE STRANGE SIGHT FROM VARIOUS AREAS OF THE CITY. ONE OF
 THEM, JESUS GOMEZ, SAW IT IN JOVELLANOS, 42 KM SOUTHEAST OF
 MATANZAS.
 (ORESTES GRIBAO), WHO IS A METEOROLOGIST AND FOR YEARS HAS BEEN
 *STUDYING UFO'S, WATCHED THE PHENOMENON IN THE VERSAILLES
 NEIGHBORHOOD.  (GRIBAO)  SHOWED SEVERAL PEOPLE A BOOK THAT HA8 A
 PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1913 FROM THE TORONTO OBSERVATORY, CANADA. WE
 ALL AGREED THAT WHAT WE SAW ON 21 DECEMBER IN MATANZAS IS ALMOST
 IDENTICAL TO WHAT THE 60-YEAR-OLD PICTURE SHOWS. UNDOUBTEDLY, THIS
 WILL BE A SUBJECT OF MUCH INTEREST TO YTHOSE WHO STUDY THE
 *EXTRATERRESTRIAL UNIVERSE.
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