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The Central Intelligence Agency placed its assets in the African nation of Zimbabwe on high alert in the summer of 2008 after a UFO was spotted hovering directly over the country\u2019s main airport.<\/p>\n

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The incident, which took place July 2, 2008, is detailed in a cable that was released Friday as part of a third tranche of UFO files made public pursuant to President Trump\u2019s February declassification order.<\/p>\n

The cable, which was circulated throughout the US government and military hierarchy in the final months of the George W. Bush administration, described a craft that \u201chovered at an undetermined altitude directly over the Harare airport.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one point during observation, \u2018beams\u2019 were observed emanating from the object,\u201d read the cable, which also quoted observers describing the UFO as \u201cdisc-like in shape with a hollow center, [with] a series of rotating lights on the underside of the airframe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Soon after it was spotted, \u201cthe rotating lights under the object shifted colors and the object quickly ascended to higher altitudes and out of visual range.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cable indicates the sighting led to vigorous internal debate about whether the aircraft was \u201can advanced reconnassiance device belonging to a foreign government, or whether the object was an unidentified flying object of extraterrestrial origins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Without reaching a conclusion, the cable related, \u201cthis incident [redacted] had resulted in the decision to place the Zimbabwe [redacted] on high alert.\u201d<\/p>\n

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