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File: Thessaloniki Greece September 4, 1967 UFO Report - Case #06693
Thessaloniki
Date of incident: September 4, 1967
The report was filed with NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena) and concerns a UFO sighting in Thessaloniki.
The key witness was an electronics technician and former corporal in the Hellenic Air Force.
This incident is considered one of the closest "close encounters" recorded in Greece.
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Πηγή: NICAP – UFO Report Card #06693 Thessaloniki, Greece – 4 September 1967.
On September 4, 1967, a particularly interesting UFO incident was reported in Thessaloniki, Greece, according to a report later submitted to the American research organization NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena).
The incident occurred at approximately 02:47 a.m., when an electronics technician and former corporal of the Hellenic Air Force, together with his brother, observed an unknown object passing very low over their house on the outskirts of the city.
According to their description, the object had a circular shape with an estimated diameter of about 25 feet (7–8 meters). Its surface appeared dull gray and metallic, while along its perimeter there were small illuminated openings resembling portholes. The object moved slowly and completely silently, with an estimated speed of about 10 miles per hour, which particularly impressed the witnesses.
The first observation occurred when the object passed approximately 20–30 feet above their house. Its movement was described as extremely smooth, as if it were “gliding” across the sky without any visible sign of propulsion. As it moved away, it appeared to be heading toward the Hellenic Air Force radar station on Mount Hortiatis, located a few kilometers outside the city.
Two days later, the witnesses reported that the object appeared again in the same area. This time it allegedly remained stationary for several minutes above nearby buildings before departing in the same direction. According to the witnesses, the object produced no sound and showed no visible means of propulsion.
After the incident, the witnesses contacted newspapers, police authorities, and military services, and the case was discussed in the local press. A few days later, a second independent sighting was reported in the same area by two schoolgirls, who described a similar object flying at low altitude near Mount Hortiatis.
The 1967 Thessaloniki incident is considered one of the closest UFO observations reported in Greece, as the distance between the witnesses and the object was extremely small. Despite the detailed descriptions, no official explanation was ever provided for what was observed in the city’s skies that night.
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