CIA-UAP-006, Sighting Of Unconventional Aircraft
This CIA information report from November 1955 describes a US national's eyewitness account of triangular aircraft with wing lights launch at a steep angle from an airfield near Baku, Azerbaijan on October 4, 1955. A redacted version of this report has been available on CIA's public website.
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- Unclassified
- Agency
- CIA
- Reference #
- RELEASE-03-FILE-015-CIA-UAP-006-SIGHTING-OF-UNCONVENTIONAL-AIRCRAFT
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- 2026-06-12
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- 2
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A US national witnessed a triangular aircraft with wing lights launch at a steep angle from an airfield near Baku, Azerbaijan on October 4, 1955.
On the letthand side ot the traill, between the train and the Caspian Sea coast, was a large air fieldo The evening we.a dark but clearo A huge 1earc:h lir,ht 1 on the tield itselt, shar,e on a triangular obJect on the ground wich :i: would say was probably not more than tvo miles distant from the railroad.
The object was comparable in size to a US jet fighter and had a squat shape in the form of an equilateral triangle.
i'b.e eize ot the object was comparable to that ot a US Jet tighter, vith a squat shape and in the form of an equilateral tmngle.
The aircraft made not less than three and not more than seven fast spirals in the air before climbing at a 45 degree angle.
As we watched, it was eJected from its launching site, mak1ng not less than three anti not :more than seven fast spirals in the air, a:tter which it cl.im'bed extremely tut at about a 45 degree angleo
The sighting occurred approximately 50 to 65 miles south of Baku.
I believe that the train at the time of the ai&}lting vu 'betveen 50 and 65 miles south ot Baku.
The MVD man ordered the train blinds to be drawn during the sighting.
the steward ~ ----i -rn and pulled d~e bllnO:so When I bepn to protest, the •tetard ---Jio"fii~etr"toward the rear ot the car and shook his head, 1D41c:ating to me that the MVD man who had boarded the train at the moaent ot departure had ordered the blinds drawno
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Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft
A US national witnessed a triangular aircraft launch from an airfield near Baku, Azerbaijan.
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