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 abroad.
The document confirms that reports of strange, unexplained objects in the sky-often referred to as "flying saucers"-were being actively collected, documented, and circulated through intelligence channels.
✈️ Unconventional Craft Over U.S. Bases
While the memo does not list specific cases in detail, its title and distribution indicate a deliberate effort to treat sightings of non-standard aircraft as intelligence-relevant events.
The language used implies multiple incidents and suggests these were more than just isolated curiosities.
It reflects the CIA’s policy at the time: log credible sightings, evaluate them against known foreign capabilities, and forward any significant patterns to higher command or technical review centers.
The title alone-combining "flying saucers" with "unconventional aircraft"-shows that U.S. intelligence was keeping both possibilities in view: unknown technology and unconventional appearances, potentially from foreign powers or unknown origins.
🧭 No Dismissal, Just Collection
The document provides no conclusion, analysis, or debunking.
It serves purely as a record that such sightings were happening and being reported with enough frequency to merit documentation.
This memo represents one part of a wider bureaucratic paper trail: a quiet acknowledgement that, in multiple locations, something unexplained was being seen-and that the right people were being notified.
