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Hat-shaped flying disc over Matahambre, Cuba — November 1957

Nov 11, 1957Matahambre, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

⟳ Deeper read pending. This record is from the FBI 62-HQ-83894 flying-disc file, whose cursive, clippings and faint scans are under-read by automated OCR. It is flagged for a vision-transcription pass and likely undercounts what the source contains — see the documents collection note.

Analysis — our summary

FBI Legal Attache in Havana reported that the Cuban daily newspaper Diario de la Marina published on November 12, 1957 an account by Jose Nieto and Carmel Guzman, who claimed to have seen a flying disc shaped like a man's hat hovering over the Matahambre area in Pinar del Rio Province. The disc was described as larger than ordinary aircraft normally seen in the area, completely silent, and disappeared at very high speed toward the sea. No additional corroborating reports were received and no inquiry was made by the Havana FBI office.

As reported — verbatim from the document

“"a flying disc in the shape of a man's hat hovering over the general area of Matahambre for several minutes... completely silent in its flight... disappeared at a very high speed towards the sea"”

Analyst notes — caveats & confidence

Source is a Havana newspaper article reported by FBI Legal Attache. Two civilian witnesses with no stated credentials. No radar or physical evidence. No follow-up investigation. OCR quality is good for this section.

Provenance

Source document65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_9.pdf

Document typecorrespondence collection

Reporting agencyFBI

Source pages290

DeclassifiedFirst public at this release (2026)

Held classified~69 years (≥, to this release)

Extraction confidence LowHow cleanly this record could be parsed from the source — driven by legibility & redaction. It is not a measure of how credible or anomalous the sighting is.