The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range
🏛️ CIA
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.
Key points
- 🏛️ Official U.S. government release — batch 3 (Jun 12, 2026)
- Official file: CIA-UAP-011
- When: December, 1973
- Where: USSR
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CIA. (1973). The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range. https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/documents/CIA-UAP-011-The_Sary_Shagan_Weapons_Testing_Range.pdfRelated records
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