Sighting Of Unconventional Aircraft
🏛️ CIA
This CIA information report from November 1955 describes a US national's eyewitness account of triangular aircraft with wing lights launch at a steep angle from an airfield near Baku, Azerbaijan on October 4, 1955. A redacted version of this report has been available on CIA's public website.
Key points
- 🏛️ Official U.S. government release — batch 3 (Jun 12, 2026)
- Official file: CIA-UAP-006
- When: November, 1955
- Where: Baku, Azerbaijan
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CIA. (1955). Sighting Of Unconventional Aircraft. https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/documents/CIA-UAP-006_Sighting_of_Unconventional_Aircraft.pdfRelated records
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