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UN General Assembly adopts decision 33/426 on UFOs

When: 18 Dec 1978
Where: New York, NY
Sources: 3 public sources

Grenada's prime minister Eric Gairy (with Jimmy Carter), who pressed the UN on UFOs White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

After Grenada's prime minister Eric Gairy pressed the issue, the UN General Assembly adopted decision 33/426 on unidentified flying objects. Grenada's draft resolution for a UN agency on UFOs was never put to a vote, and the decision led to no lasting UN body.

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OfficialDid the General Assembly ever consider unidentified flying objects? (Ask DAG) (opens in a new tab)United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library
OfficialGeneral Assembly, 33rd session: 87th plenary meeting, Monday, 18 December 1978 (A/33/PV.87) (opens in a new tab)United Nations Digital Library / 1978-12-18
OtherStatement by Eric M. Gairy, Prime Minister of Grenada, General Debate, A/33/PV.32 (opens in a new tab)UN General Debate corpus (un-project.org) / 1978-10-12

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