The UFO FilesDocument
CIA-UAP-006, Sighting Of Unconventional Aircraft
- Kind
- Document
- Agency
- CIA
- Incident date
- November, 1955
- Location
- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Released
- Jun 12, 2026
The file opens on war.gov, the Department of War's PURSUE site.
WHAT THE RECORD SAYS
The government's own description, as released.
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.
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