CIA-UAP-006: Sighting Of Unconventional Aircraft
A CIA report records one member of a four-person U.S. group describing a triangular, three-light object that spiraled upward from an airfield south of Baku on October 4, 1955; the witness compared the launch to missile ejection and said a companion reported a second launch. Release 04 files CIA-UAP-D020 and CIA-UAP-D021 preserve related debriefing and analysis of the same delegation’s observations.
- File
- Document · Release 03
- Date
- Oct 4, 1955
- Location
- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Extent
- 2 pages
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Probed Assessment
This released document records that 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. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record.
Key takeaways
- The source states that 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.
- The source states that the object was comparable in size to a US jet fighter and had a squat shape in the form of an equilateral triangle.
- The source states that the aircraft made not less than three and not more than seven fast spirals in the air before climbing at a 45 degree angle.
Why it matters
This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.
Corroboration
The release metadata and stored source material corroborate the file's provenance. Reported sightings, interpretations, and allegations remain attributed to the source unless independently supported by the cited evidence.
Open questions
- • What additional contemporaneous records or independent evidence could test the source account?
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Official Description from War.gov
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.
Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.
File Context
Related entities
Tracker findings
Witness compared the triangular object’s launch to missile ejection
CIA-UAP-006 records one member of a four-person U.S. group describing a triangular, three-light object that spiraled upward south of Baku. The witness emphasized that the departure resembled missile ejection, and a companion reportedly said it was the second launch in rapid succession.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 03
- Official ID
- release-03-file-015-cia-uap-006-sighting-of-unconventional-aircraft
- Cleared
- Jun 12, 2026
Referenced Timeline
Train group reported an unconventional-aircraft sighting
A four-person U.S. group traveling from Baku toward Tiflis reported seeing an object ascend from an airfield.
CIA information report distributed
The report header gives November 15, 1955 as its distribution date.
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
The reporting source traveled from Baku to Tiflis with three other U.S. nationals, making a four-person group.
I boarded a train at Baku for Tiflis in the company of three other US nationals
The witness described a squat equilateral-triangle object comparable in size to a U.S. jet fighter, with one light at each point.
The size of the object was comparable to that of a US jet fighter, with a squat shape and in the form of an equilateral triangle.
The report says the object made between three and seven fast spirals before climbing rapidly at about a 45-degree angle.
making not less than three and not more than seven fast spirals in the air, after which it climbed extremely fast at about a 45 degree angle
The witness emphasized that the departure resembled missile ejection rather than an ordinary takeoff.
this was no ordinary take-off but a launching procedure more like a missile ejection
A companion reportedly said the observed departure was the second launch in rapid succession.
Our companion from next door reported that this was the second launching in rapid succession.
The source reported that an MVD officer ordered the train blinds drawn while the group watched the object ascend.
the MVD man who had boarded the train at the moment of departure had ordered the blinds drawn
Source Material & Evidence
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