CIA Report on Unidentified Flying Objects ("Flying Saucers")
This CIA-prepared and disseminated report, obtained from the agency's online Reading Room (DOC_0000015266), is titled 'Report of Unidentified Flying Objects' and is explicitly flagged as UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. The document is heavily degraded, with substantial OCR corruption, but its legible fragments indicate correspondence concerning the observation of 'flying saucers.' It references Kivu (associated with the Belgian Congo) and includes a writer asking American recipients to explain what the 'flying saucers' are and stating a need for an excellent telescope for personal observation, adding a note that any dust on the optics could ruin the telescope. Given the poor quality of the text, precise dates, named individuals, and full context cannot be reliably reconstructed. The file is preserved as part of the CIA's historical UFO-related records.
Description
A poorly-legible, two-page Central Intelligence Agency information report headed 'Report of Unidentified Flying Objects,' marked as UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. The garbled OCR text references Kivu (Belgian Congo/Belgium) and includes a correspondent's request for a high-quality telescope to observe so-called 'flying saucers,' cautioning that any dust or dirt on optics could ruin the instrument.
Claims
The document is a CIA information report on Unidentified Flying Objects marked as UNEVALUATED INFORMATION.
85%The report concerns unidentified flying objects and is classified by the CIA as UNEVALUATED INFORMATION.
80%The correspondent asks American contacts to explain what the objects called 'flying saucers' are and what they signify.
55%A correspondent requested an excellent telescope to personally observe so-called 'flying saucers.'
50%A correspondent, apparently in the Kivu region, requests an excellent telescope to aid personal astronomical observation.
50%The observation location is associated with Kivu (Belgian Congo/Belgium).
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Report of Unidentified Flying Objects
CIA information report compiling unevaluated correspondence about flying saucer observations, referencing Kivu and a request for a telescope.
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Extracted text (OCR)
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