RELEASE 02 / CIA-UAP-D001
CIA-UAP-D001, Intelligence Information Report, USSR, 1973
- File ID
- CIA-UAP-D001
- Agency
- CIA
- Release
- Release 02, 22 May 2026
- Event date
- 12/20/1973 (read as 20 Dec 1973; precision: day)
- Location
- USSR
- Type
- Redactions
- Yes, parts of the official copy are blacked out
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Official summary, as published
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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Independent civilian foreign intelligence service; convener of the Robertson Panel
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