CIA-UAP-010: Report on Conversations with Soviet Scientists on Subject of…
This released document records that the US scientist visited several astronomical observatories in the USSR in May 1967. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record. 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.
- File
- Document · Release 03
- Date
- August, 1967
- Location
- USSR
- Extent
- 2 pages
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Probed Assessment
This released document records that the US scientist visited several astronomical observatories in the USSR in May 1967. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record.
Key takeaways
- The source states that the US scientist visited several astronomical observatories in the USSR in May 1967.
- The source states that v.I. Moroz was noncommittal on the subject of UFOs.
- The source states that a radio astronomer stated he knew of no sightings of UFOs in the USSR.
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 document from August 1967 reports on conversations about UFO sightings with Soviet scientists during a US astrophysicist's trip to the USSR.
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File Context
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Tracker findings
Pulkovo astronomer mentioned unidentified-object sightings near Caucasus
The record states: An astronomer at Pulkovo Observatory mentioned sightings of unidentified objects near the Caucasus.
Soviet UFO reports were not printed in newspapers
The record states: Reports of UFO sightings are not printed in Soviet newspapers.
Astronomers saw a curious reddish object in the sky
The record states: I.K. Koval and other astronomers saw a curious, reddish object in the sky.
G.V. Idlis described the UFO question as still open
The record states: G.V. Idlis conceded that the UFO question was still open.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 03
- Official ID
- release-03-file-019-cia-uap-010-report-on-conversations-with-soviet-scientists-on-subject-of-unidentified-flying-obj
- Cleared
- Jun 12, 2026
Referenced Timeline
US scientist's trip to the USSR
A US scientist visited several astronomical observatories in the USSR.
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The report on conversations with Soviet scientists was distributed.
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
The US scientist visited several astronomical observatories in the USSR in May 1967.
This report is an account of conversational exchanges on the subject of UFO's during the course of a one-month trip of a US scientist through the USSR in the spring of 1967.
V.I. Moroz was noncommittal on the subject of UFOs.
He visited V.I. Moroz, Sternberg Institute, Moscow, who was noncommittal on the subject of UFO's.
An astronomer at Pulkovo Observatory mentioned sightings of unidentified objects near the Caucasus.
At the Pulkovo Observatory, Leningrad, one of the astronomers mentioned that she had heard of some sightings of unidentified objects near the Caucasus.
N.A. Kozyrev was interested in the UFO problem and did not accept Menzel's conclusions.
The US scientist's main visit was to N.A. Kozyrev, who was very interested in the problem. He had read Menzel's book (which has been translated into Russian), but did not accept its conclusions.
Reports of UFO sightings are not printed in Soviet newspapers.
Kozyrev knew of some sightings in the northern part of the USSR, but said that reports of such sightings are not printed in Soviet newspapers because they are not regarded as scientific observations.
The object seen by Koval and others might have been a fragment of a satellite or rocket.
However, their immediate interpretation was that this object might have been a fragment of a satellite or rocket returning from orbit, burning up in the atmosphere.
L.I. Galkin confirmed the observation of a peculiar object.
One of the astronomers, L.I. Galkin, was with the group mentioned by Koval and confirmed the observation of a peculiar object.
In northern Kazakhstan, sightings of ball lightning were actually reflections of automobile headlights.
Another astronomer mentioned that in the northern part of Kazakhstan there had been repeated sightings of ball lightning. The University in Alma Ata had sent a team out to investigate and discovered that what was being seen were reflections of automobile headlights from an inversion…
Source Material & Evidence
Report No. OO-B-321/23430-67
RELEASE-03-FILE-019-CIA-UAP-010-REPORT-ON-CONVERSATIONS-WITH-SOVIET-SCIENTISTS-ON-SUBJECT-OF-UNIDENTIFIED-FLYING-OBJ
Menzel's book
McDonald's critical study
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