Released record CIA-UAP-D001 · PDF

Intelligence Information Report, USSR, 1973

REDACTED IN PART

CIA / USSR

Intelligence Information Report, USSR, 1973

File
CIA-UAP-D001
Agency
CIA
Date
20 December 1973
Place
USSR
Format
PDF

This document is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) intelligence information report (IIR) that describes human intelligence gathering activities in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This report characterizes its content as informational, not as finally evaluated intelligence. In section 14 of this document, the source describes an incident occurring in summer of 1973, where he allegedly observed an airborne, luminous, bright green, unidentified object. The source described concentric circles forming around the phenomenon over a period of several minutes, before it dissipated. The source also stated that no sound attended the observation. The source offered no opinion on the nature of the phenomenon and was unable to provide further details regarding the incident.

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