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Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity

Central Intelligence Agency

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6004fb66d76ccf50c3f0729bd218efcd4485395e8491e88b1bf257fc2ea36733
Confidence
85%
Credibility
80%

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This document is a report from the CIA detailing unusual flying object sightings and associated scientific activities. It includes anecdotal evidence from a naturalized citizen and mentions high-speed aerial phenomena observed in 1955.

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Scientific ActivityUAPUFO sightings 1955aerial phenomenaCIAUFO

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Moscow Incident Location Unresolved Location of the naturalized citizen who reported the sightings.
Moscow Incident Location Unresolved Location of the naturalized citizen who reported the sightings.

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_____________________________ Approv e d for Re l ease 202 6 :---.--~- . ,-------""'s""E,.,.t'"'B"'o:::cr"'r"""""ok orPAG£' roB ADDITIONAL SPECIAL CONTROLS, JF ANY Coo&-ff f•f•JM! M [i'.«-fi lbls: m alG?kr.1 contalns iDfol'lllO't!9,a al.ftcti119 th~ National O.len.. ol the Unlud Slate• wilhla !ho Dle<lllln~ ol ~ E1ploruzcie Laws; 'Ill\e 18. U. S.C. INFORMATION f<EPORT 1 1 5eca, 793 and 794. Ibo ttanamlloloa. or ,e,-!.-::lon PREPARED ANO DISSEMINATED .BY o( which I.II CIIIJ man.n.r lo .... aaaulhor~~-!.>9'· 'O" la p rohlbllod by~-/),YSZ) ).') J/ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AG.ENCY RE.POAT NO, COUNTRY 00-B--93674 Jl\:m.sal'Y $VSJECT Report or Unusvsl. ~ng Ob.1ect Sightings and Attendant Scimif'ic ACJ't1Vity ~UPPU:M£NT TO H£f'0Rl -, 00/C, Guide O AT I' OF INFORMATION (Daro 01' da.t-, OD OJ' bo1w-•o.a. · wl.fdi, ctfeOU 01. cl>OdltfoAJ dCJ:etfbcd iD roi>olf uist,d) :Nov l\lar 55 THIS IS UNEVALUATED I NFORMATION souRc.E Naturalized UB· ci.tisen ot • an extraction. H:e corre 'Id.th t"lro .m:ecos livi in · at. 1. In Boi7elDl.1er' 19.55 I received ~ letter 1".rom '!!!,I niece in ~est.. rus l.etter contatllffll tM·follow:l.ng int&re.stdng i tent .['tree t.ttlnslatioy': "~e ao.-cel.lecl ':f~ simcere (r~ta) [sie7 for seY"eral wee~ kept the people 1n a nen-ous state. ~se ver, 'fast speedi.Ilg t.qers~t acienti:Uc: QOUJ?l}- Ve'Z'Y bus,r.. :t 0 m sure you heard. QJ.r~ frdl!I tho • p~, J:2 'tllowlawi km per hour was estimated on these !.eyers." 2. Inelw.d With the 1.e1;ter was the f'ol.J.9r,riJJg sketch 1ndieatillg the :formation and suspected course of tlte QC>Ve obJeets: 3. ~s .i..s the first t:lme IIV .niece bas mentio1ted such obJects 1ll her l.e1;ters. 4. .ffi.~le on loan f'rOlli CIA Li.brt:l.'ey is a ·i,b.otoatatic co_py at or1giml· letter .-'·tn.~i.9n-a:ii a.r., Ehgl:!."eh t1.·sn1:J.a.ti;or.r, ._The excex.l't quoted in "para.. l • i,:; .l!',a-,~ked 11'.l brackets in this le,~te1·, UNCLASSIFIED/-fL. J,..,L.,__,,:::f"' -<C,T'~p -, -eJld - 111nn1u ,,w111B1llfe "', ,..-....~o£s. ,..__ Bu&tpest· Moscow SFATi E ,o.vr I w • -~ • • ... • • • • .. •• - NOFOBN ,: NO DlSStM, ABIIOAD ~ WIIITED: Di.ssemination,li,njled to lv.ll•tim.e employees ;i ClJI.• .II.EC· a-nd FBI: qad. wJthi.ll Stat• and D~fen,c, to the JntcJUge::ce c.:ompone.ol:s* otber ollic-fts producing NJS elemenf.r.. and hl9bcr «chelo;,s with thell Immediate supp0rtinq stolJs. Not lo.he di.uem1nalod '° eon,s,:tltants, cnctor.naJ projc-:o,::. o.,r 103crl'4t personP~I on ff!ort rerm active duty l • xr.:eptlnq-J_ndJviduals who at• norm«lJy l&Jl-tl.mc empJoye~.t ol ClA, AEC, FBI, Stole or Dele.nse-) DJS"Sem nariort.up.lf!.ss !'1p•w:rlltkn p,!tminim:1 of t&o 4d9inotio9 olii~ h"" bcon ohltTiai:d,lhrough the Aulstant Director /or CoUcc:fior. end i CIA.