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...
CIA Memo Logs UFO Sighting at Iran–Soviet Border
A brief declassified entry, catalogued as DOC_0000015251, records the sighting of an unidentified flying object observed along the border of Iran and the USSR. The document is succinct and contains no further description, but its inclusion in the CIA’s archive signals...
