war.gov PURSUE Release 02 – CIA IIR: UAP over Soviet Nuclear Weapons Facility Sary Shagan (Summer 1973)

CIA Intelligence Information Report (IIR) FIRK-311/01638-77, distributed on 20 December 1977, information period November 1972 – November 1973. A former Soviet citizen who served at the Sary Shagan nuclear weapons testing facility reported a UAP sighting during a CIA debriefing. Original quote (Section 14): 'On one evening in late Summer 1973, Source observed an unidentified phenomenon at Site 7. While watching a sport competition between Canada and the USSR on television, he stepped outside for some air and observed an unidentified sharp (bright) green circular object or mass in the sky.' Geometry: 'The object was situated west of the site at an angle of sighting of approximately 70 degrees.' Development: 'Within 10 to 15 seconds of observation, the green circle widened and within a brief period of time several green concentric circles formed around the mass. Within minutes the coloring disappeared. There was no sound.' Significance: The document is a CIA Directorate of Operations report – not a UAP report, but rather a HUMINT report on Soviet nuclear weapons, in which the UAP sighting is listed as a regular item in the source's statement. Distribution list: NSA, DIA, STATE, FBI, NPIC. Source: CIA-UAP-D001, war.gov Release 02, pursueindex.com.