How the Soviet Navy Shifted to Nuclear Power & Missiles During the Cold War
A declassified U.S. intelligence document titled "Conversion of Soviet Naval Vessels to Nuclear Propulsion and Rocket Weapons" reveals how, by the late 1950s, the Soviet Union had begun an aggressive transformation of its navy into a nuclear-powered and...
A Flash in the Sky the CIA Wouldn’t Place on a Map
The location was removed. The witnesses were not named. But the object-fast, low-flying, and seen by multiple observers-was real enough for the CIA to file a report. In this one-page intelligence brief, titled simply "Observation of Flying Object Near [Deleted]," the...
Air Force Pilots Tracked an Unexplained Craft in the Early Cold War
Long before the term "UAP" was in vogue, U.S. military pilots were encountering-and failing to identify-objects in the sky that didn’t belong to any known arsenal. This document, a quiet yet sobering Air Force intelligence summary titled "Sightings of Unidentified...
Sighting of an Unconventional Aircraft Filed by the CIA
The skies above U.S. airspace during the Cold War were constantly monitored-for bombers, reconnaissance flights, and missiles. But occasionally, trained personnel saw something that didn’t belong to any known category. There’s no date. No follow-up. Just the...
