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In reply to the discussion: Snowden Docs : Nazi Aliens Rule U.S. . [View all]OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)4. UFO's discussed in Cablegate docs.
http://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975RABAT01225_b.html
1. PERHAPS RELATED TO PHENOMENA DESCRIBED REFTEL, MARCH
18 LE MATIN CARRIED REPORT THAT HUNDREDS OF CASABLANCANS
HAD SEEN TWO UFOS HOVERING WEST OF CITY ON PRECEDING
EVENING. OBJECTS DESCRIBED AS GREENISH IN COLOR, BECOMING
LUMINOUS BEFORE RISING SLOWLY TO DISAPPEAR OVER
WESTERN HORIZON. ON FOLLOWING DAY, PAPER SAID SAME
PHENOMENON OBSERVED OVER RABAT AND FES AND EVEN OVER
NORTH OF SPAIN BUT EXPLAINED IT AS NO MORE THAN AN INFREQUENT
CONJUNCTION OF VENUS WITH SIRIUS, CITING "AMATEUR CASABLANCA
ASTROLOGIST" AS AUTHORITY. (WE PRESUME ASTRONOMIST TERM
INTENDED).
2. WE HAVE NOT BEEN QUERIED OFFICIALLY BY GOM AUTHORITIES
ON PHENOMENON AND HAVE SEEN NO REPORTS ON OTHER UFO
SIGHTINGS. LE MATIN'S EXPLANATIONS SEEM TO HAVE SATISFIED
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02 RABAT 01225 110917Z
THE FEW DIPLOMATS AND OTHER OBSERVERS WHO INITIALLY
WONDERED WHETHER THE U.S. MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.
NEUMANN
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976RABAT05209_b.html
1. YESTERDAY, THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER, COL HOUSNI BENSLIMANE,
COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL GENDARMERIE, REQUESTED TO SEE ME AT
1000 HOURS THE SAME DAY. WHEN HE ARRIVED, COL BENSLIMANE SAID
THAT THE KING HAD SENT HIM TO DISUCSS THE SIGHTINGS OF
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO'S) OVER MOROCCO ON THE NIGHT
OF 18-19 SEPTEMBER. ACCORDING TO COL BENSLIMANE, THE
GENDARMERIE HAD RECEIVED CALLS FROG AGADIR, THE MARRAKECH AREA,
CASABLANCA, RABAT, KENITRA AND OTHER AREAS REPORTING THE
SIGHTING OF UFO'S BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 0100 AND 0130, THE
NIGHT OF 18-19 SEPTEMBER. REPORTS FROM THESE WIDELY SEPARATE
LOCATIONS WERE REMARKABLY SIMILAR, I.E., THAT THE OBJECT WAS
ON A GENERALLY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST COURSE, IT WAS A
SILVERY LUMINOUS CIRCULAR SHAPE AND GAVE OFF INTERMITTENT TRAILS
OF BRIGHT SPARKS AND FRAGMENTS, AND MADE NO NOISE. HE PROMISED
TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS TODAY, THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER AND
ASKED THAT WE FURNISH ANY INFORMATION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ON
THESE SIGHTINGS. COL BENSLIMANE SAID THE KING WAS PERSONALLY
INTERESTED. I PROMISED THAT WE WOULD DO WHAT WE COULD.
2. TODAY, THE 24TH, A MAJOR MOHAMED LISSAOUI OF THE ROYAL
GENDARMERIE MET WITH DATT AND GAVE HIM A SUMMARY OF THE
SIGHTINGS. LISSAOUI ALSO PERMITTED DATT TO LOOK AT DRAWINGS
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 RABAT 05209 250817Z
OF THE UFO PREPARED BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING HIMSELF,
WHO HAD SIGHTED THE UFO.
3. THE TIMES OF THE SIGHTINGS VARIED FROM 0100 TO 0200 HOURS
ON THE MORNING OF 19 SEPTEMBER, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THEM OCCURRING
BETWEEN 0100 AND 0130 HOURS. SIGHTINGS WERE REPORTED FROM
AGADIR, KALAA-SRAGHNA, ESSAOUIRA, CASABLANCA, RABAT, KENITRA,
MEKNES AND THE FEZ REGION. THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THE
UFO WAS PROCEEDING ON AN APPROXIMATELY SOUTH TO NORTH COURSE,
GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE MOROCCAN ATLANTIC COAST, AT AT
ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 1,000 METERS, AND THAT THERE WAS
ABSOLUTELY NO SOUND FROM THE UFO.
4. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE UFO FELL INTO TWO GENERAL CATEGORIES,
I.E., A TYPE OF SILVER COLORED LUMINOUS FLATTENED BALL (DISC-
SHAPED), OR A LARGE LUMINOUS TUBE-SHAPED OBJECT. OBSERVERS
REPORTED THAT THE OBJECT INTERMITTENTLY EMITTED BRIGHT SPARKS
FROM THE REAR.
5. MAJOR LISSAOUI SAID HE WAS SENT TO BRIEF DATT ON THE
SUBJECT BECAUSE HE HAD HIMSELF SIGHTED THE UFO WHILE RETURNING
FROM THE CITY OF KENITRA AT ABOUT 0115 IN THE MORNING. HE
DESCRIBED THE UFO AS FLYING PARALLEL TO THE COAST AT A RELATIVELY
SLOW SPEED, AS IF IT WERE AN AIRCRAFT PREPARING TO LAND. IT
FIRST APPEARED TO HIM AS A DISC-SHAPED OBJECT, BUT AS IT CAME
CLOSER HE SAW IT AS A LUMINOUS TUBULAR-SHAPED OBJECT.
6. I FRANKLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THESE SIGHTINGS,
ALTHOUGH I FIND INTRIGUING THE SIMILARITY OF DESCRIPTIONS
REPORTED FROM WIDELY DISPERSED LOCATIONS. IN ANY EVENT, I WISH
TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND PROMPTLY TO KING HASSAN'S REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION, AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO
ASSIST ME IN THIS.
ANDERSON
CONFIDENTIAL
1. PERHAPS RELATED TO PHENOMENA DESCRIBED REFTEL, MARCH
18 LE MATIN CARRIED REPORT THAT HUNDREDS OF CASABLANCANS
HAD SEEN TWO UFOS HOVERING WEST OF CITY ON PRECEDING
EVENING. OBJECTS DESCRIBED AS GREENISH IN COLOR, BECOMING
LUMINOUS BEFORE RISING SLOWLY TO DISAPPEAR OVER
WESTERN HORIZON. ON FOLLOWING DAY, PAPER SAID SAME
PHENOMENON OBSERVED OVER RABAT AND FES AND EVEN OVER
NORTH OF SPAIN BUT EXPLAINED IT AS NO MORE THAN AN INFREQUENT
CONJUNCTION OF VENUS WITH SIRIUS, CITING "AMATEUR CASABLANCA
ASTROLOGIST" AS AUTHORITY. (WE PRESUME ASTRONOMIST TERM
INTENDED).
2. WE HAVE NOT BEEN QUERIED OFFICIALLY BY GOM AUTHORITIES
ON PHENOMENON AND HAVE SEEN NO REPORTS ON OTHER UFO
SIGHTINGS. LE MATIN'S EXPLANATIONS SEEM TO HAVE SATISFIED
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02 RABAT 01225 110917Z
THE FEW DIPLOMATS AND OTHER OBSERVERS WHO INITIALLY
WONDERED WHETHER THE U.S. MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.
NEUMANN
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976RABAT05209_b.html
1. YESTERDAY, THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER, COL HOUSNI BENSLIMANE,
COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL GENDARMERIE, REQUESTED TO SEE ME AT
1000 HOURS THE SAME DAY. WHEN HE ARRIVED, COL BENSLIMANE SAID
THAT THE KING HAD SENT HIM TO DISUCSS THE SIGHTINGS OF
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO'S) OVER MOROCCO ON THE NIGHT
OF 18-19 SEPTEMBER. ACCORDING TO COL BENSLIMANE, THE
GENDARMERIE HAD RECEIVED CALLS FROG AGADIR, THE MARRAKECH AREA,
CASABLANCA, RABAT, KENITRA AND OTHER AREAS REPORTING THE
SIGHTING OF UFO'S BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 0100 AND 0130, THE
NIGHT OF 18-19 SEPTEMBER. REPORTS FROM THESE WIDELY SEPARATE
LOCATIONS WERE REMARKABLY SIMILAR, I.E., THAT THE OBJECT WAS
ON A GENERALLY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST COURSE, IT WAS A
SILVERY LUMINOUS CIRCULAR SHAPE AND GAVE OFF INTERMITTENT TRAILS
OF BRIGHT SPARKS AND FRAGMENTS, AND MADE NO NOISE. HE PROMISED
TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS TODAY, THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER AND
ASKED THAT WE FURNISH ANY INFORMATION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ON
THESE SIGHTINGS. COL BENSLIMANE SAID THE KING WAS PERSONALLY
INTERESTED. I PROMISED THAT WE WOULD DO WHAT WE COULD.
2. TODAY, THE 24TH, A MAJOR MOHAMED LISSAOUI OF THE ROYAL
GENDARMERIE MET WITH DATT AND GAVE HIM A SUMMARY OF THE
SIGHTINGS. LISSAOUI ALSO PERMITTED DATT TO LOOK AT DRAWINGS
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 RABAT 05209 250817Z
OF THE UFO PREPARED BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING HIMSELF,
WHO HAD SIGHTED THE UFO.
3. THE TIMES OF THE SIGHTINGS VARIED FROM 0100 TO 0200 HOURS
ON THE MORNING OF 19 SEPTEMBER, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THEM OCCURRING
BETWEEN 0100 AND 0130 HOURS. SIGHTINGS WERE REPORTED FROM
AGADIR, KALAA-SRAGHNA, ESSAOUIRA, CASABLANCA, RABAT, KENITRA,
MEKNES AND THE FEZ REGION. THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THE
UFO WAS PROCEEDING ON AN APPROXIMATELY SOUTH TO NORTH COURSE,
GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE MOROCCAN ATLANTIC COAST, AT AT
ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 1,000 METERS, AND THAT THERE WAS
ABSOLUTELY NO SOUND FROM THE UFO.
4. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE UFO FELL INTO TWO GENERAL CATEGORIES,
I.E., A TYPE OF SILVER COLORED LUMINOUS FLATTENED BALL (DISC-
SHAPED), OR A LARGE LUMINOUS TUBE-SHAPED OBJECT. OBSERVERS
REPORTED THAT THE OBJECT INTERMITTENTLY EMITTED BRIGHT SPARKS
FROM THE REAR.
5. MAJOR LISSAOUI SAID HE WAS SENT TO BRIEF DATT ON THE
SUBJECT BECAUSE HE HAD HIMSELF SIGHTED THE UFO WHILE RETURNING
FROM THE CITY OF KENITRA AT ABOUT 0115 IN THE MORNING. HE
DESCRIBED THE UFO AS FLYING PARALLEL TO THE COAST AT A RELATIVELY
SLOW SPEED, AS IF IT WERE AN AIRCRAFT PREPARING TO LAND. IT
FIRST APPEARED TO HIM AS A DISC-SHAPED OBJECT, BUT AS IT CAME
CLOSER HE SAW IT AS A LUMINOUS TUBULAR-SHAPED OBJECT.
6. I FRANKLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THESE SIGHTINGS,
ALTHOUGH I FIND INTRIGUING THE SIMILARITY OF DESCRIPTIONS
REPORTED FROM WIDELY DISPERSED LOCATIONS. IN ANY EVENT, I WISH
TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND PROMPTLY TO KING HASSAN'S REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION, AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO
ASSIST ME IN THIS.
ANDERSON
CONFIDENTIAL
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Well, for months and months I've been begging Greenwald to get to the GOOD stuff...
Blue_Tires
Jan 2014
#1
I've suspected reptilians rule the US and thee world, but if the NSA documents are there...
Agnosticsherbet
Jan 2014
#2
Quick! Triple the Pentagon and NSA budgets to protect us from...somebody or something!
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2014
#3
'Oh my indeed. Those Wikileaks cables were fascinating to read. We got a lot of confirmation on what
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#9
Didn't read them, did you? You seem flummoxed! The cure for flummox is education, information
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#14
You would think understanding the nature of these cables was the important thing...
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2014
#19
Are people looking over my shoulder and reading my notes? (for fiction that is)
nadinbrzezinski
Jan 2014
#12
Still waiting for Snowden docs to tell us about things that are happening in Russia.
grantcart
Jan 2014
#21
First they would have to be provided with factual information. That is how it works
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#24
No he did not, he publish stuff that come from US about Russia, but nothing that come from
Sand Wind
Jan 2014
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Let's see if I get your logic. If they published only stuff about US war crimes and not Russian war
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Mar 2015
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Excuse me? Did you misread the thread? Uh, I had family members in Buchenwald, thanks.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#37
Last time you looked wasn't enough. Germany rules the EU, for one thing. Nazis built NASA.
WinkyDink
Jan 2014
#40
That's exactly the sort of thing a soulless scientific materialist Illuminati lizard moon bomber
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#48