UFO Tracked by U.S. Personnel at Soviet Border Near Rostov City
A short but striking CIA report, catalogued as DOC_0000015263 and titled "FLYING OBJECT OBSERVED AT ROSTOV," documents a Cold War-era UFO sighting near the strategic Soviet city of Rostov in 1951. The memo notes that U.S. personnel stationed in the region observed an...
How the CIA Built Teams to Interrogate, Indoctrinate and Erase
In 1951, as the Cold War tightened and intelligence agencies scrambled to understand the limits of human resistance, the CIA quietly began assembling field teams trained in behavioral control. The internal memo marked for BLUEBIRD operations reveals the contours of...
CIA Document Reveals J-58 Jet Engine Capabilities Tied to Partial Afterburning
A declassified technical memo, catalogued as DOC_0001465815 and titled "ESTIMATED PARTIAL AFTERBURNING PERFORMANCE J-58 ENGINE," provides an inside look at how the U.S. government assessed the operational limits and thrust potential of one of its most secretive Cold...
CIA Memo Catalogues Reports of "Flying Saucers or Unconventional Aircraft"
A declassified CIA document from the early Cold War era, catalogued as DOC_0000015382 and titled "SIGHTINGS OF FLYING SAUCERS OR UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT," reveals continued intelligence monitoring of unidentified aerial phenomena across several U.S. installations...
