Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign Posturing
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A never before released July 2008 report on a UFO sighting at the Harare International Airport. Individuals debated if the sighting was an advanced reconnaissance device of a foreign government or of extraterrestrial origins.
Key points
- 🏛️ Official U.S. government release — batch 3 (Jun 12, 2026)
- Official file: CIA-UAP-017
- When: July, 2008
- Where: Harare, Zimbabwe
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CIA. (2008). Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign Posturing. https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/documents/CIA-UAP-017_Placement_on_High_Alert_Due_to_Perceived_Aggressive_Foreign_Posturing.pdfRelated records
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