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Grenada's Eric Gairy asks the UN General Assembly to study UFOs

When: 7 Oct 1977
Where: New York, NY
Sources: 1 public source

Grenada's Prime Minister Eric Gairy in 1977, the year he asked the UN to study UFOs White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

In a General Assembly address, Grenada's Prime Minister Eric Gairy urged the UN to set up an agency or ad hoc committee to study unidentified flying objects, said he had seen one himself, and noted Grenada had put the item on the session's agenda.

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OfficialGeneral Assembly, 32nd session, 25th plenary meeting, Official Records (A/32/PV.25) (opens in a new tab)United Nations / 1977-10-07

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