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Unexplained

Sighting in USSR, 1973

Russia

Item released by the US government (PURSUE, CIA): a document, "The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range". Incident: December, 1973, USSR. According to the government, no definitive determination could be made.

What happened

This CIA Intelligence Information Report from December 1973 provides information on the Soviet Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range, including details about its facilities, weapons systems (System-75 SA-2 and System-300/Aldan warheads), rumored laser weapon research, and unidentified aerial phenomenon observed at the site. A more redacted version of this report has been available on CIA's public website.

Summary written by AARO, the Pentagon's UAP office, and released by the US government (public domain).

Date
1973
Location
USSR · country only
Type of sighting
From the ground

Sources

Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.