Broadcast Station in Cyprus Reported Middle East Instability to CIA in 1948
A declassified document dated September 1, 1948, from the Near East Broadcasting Station in Cyprus provides a rare snapshot of early CIA monitoring efforts in the Middle East-focused on radio transmissions, propaganda narratives, and regional public sentiment. The...
CIA Considered Using Pigeons for Deep Soviet Recon Missions
A 1975 CIA memo titled "AVIANS Project Evaluation" offers a clear snapshot of a bold Cold War concept: training birds to fly covert aerial photography missions inside the USSR. The memo-written after a demonstration by CIA contractors and evaluated by the Directorate...
CIA Logs Unconventional Flying Object Near Baku Azerbaijan
A declassified CIA document, catalogued as DOC_0000015386, records the tabulated transmission of an "unconventional flying object" sighted near Baku, the capital of Soviet Azerbaijan. Though the document contains only a title-"TRANSMITTAL OF TABULATION ON...
CIA Report Details Unidentified Flying Objects Seen Near Saransk
A brief declassified entry titled "FLYING OBJECTS SEEN IN SARANSK AREA", catalogued as DOC_0000015265, records an intelligence report concerning unusual aerial sightings over Saransk-then part of the Soviet Union. Though the document provides minimal descriptive...
