Cold War CIA Memo Reveals Mounting Concerns Over UFO Sightings

Cold War CIA Memo Reveals Mounting Concerns Over UFO Sightings

A declassified CIA memo from the early years of the Cold War reveals how deeply the U.S. intelligence community was concerned about the growing number of unidentified flying object reports-and how quickly that concern turned from investigation to suppression. The...
The 1953 Shakhty Sighting: An Unknown Craft Over Soviet Skies

The 1953 Shakhty Sighting: An Unknown Craft Over Soviet Skies

In the summer of 1953, Soviet officials in the city of Shakhty-located in the Rostov Oblast near the Ukrainian border-reported seeing unidentified flying objects in the night sky. The CIA intercepted and translated the report, filing it as part of its broader...