CIA-UAP-011: The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range
This released document records that the Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range includes facilities, work areas, security fencing, the regional headquarters (V/Ch 03080), and a warhead checkout unit (V/Ch 03142). 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
- December, 1973
- Location
- USSR
- Extent
- 3 pages
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Probed Assessment
This released document records that the Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range includes facilities, work areas, security fencing, the regional headquarters (V/Ch 03080), and a warhead checkout unit (V/Ch 03142). The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record.
Key takeaways
- The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range includes facilities, work areas, security fencing, the regional headquarters (V/Ch 03080), and a warhead checkout unit (V/Ch 03142).
- The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range is associated with System-75 (SA-2) and System-300/Aldan (ABM-1 GALOSH) warheads.
- There is rumored laser weapon research at the Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range.
Why it matters
CIA-UAP-011, The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range is an officially released 3-page record with searchable page text, page-specific claim locators, dated events where supported, and document-level provenance.
Corroboration
The release establishes official provenance for CIA-UAP-011, The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range, but its reported observations, judgments, and interpretations remain source claims unless supported by independent records.
Open questions
- • Which companion records or contemporaneous sources, if any, independently corroborate the document’s key claims?
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Official Description from War.gov
This CIA Intelligence Information Report from December 1973 provides information on the Soviet Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range, including details about its facilities, weapons systems (System-75 SA-2 and System-300/Aldan warheads), rumored laser weapon research, and unidentified aerial phenomenon observed at the site. A more redacted version of this report has been available on CIA's public website.
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Release provenance
- Release
- Release 03
- Official ID
- release-03-file-020-cia-uap-011-the-sary-shagan-weapons-testing-range
- Cleared
- Jun 12, 2026
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The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range includes facilities, work areas, security fencing, the regional headquarters (V/Ch 03080), and a warhead checkout unit (V/Ch 03142).
This report provides limited information on the Sary Shagan weapons testing range, to include facilities, work area, security fencing, the regional headquarters (V/Ch 03080), and a warhead checkout unit (V/Ch 03142).
The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range is associated with System-75 (SA-2) and System-300/Aldan (ABM-1 GALOSH) warheads.
Also included is limited information on the following: System-75 [SA-2) and System-300/ Aldan (ABM-1 GALOSH) warheads.
There is rumored laser weapon research at the Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range.
on the Sary Shagan weapons testing range, to include facilities, work sreas, security fencing, the regfonal headquarters (V/Ch 03080), and @ warhead checkout unit (V/Ch 03142). Also included is limited information on the following: System-75 [SA-2]} and System-300/ Aldan [ABM-1 GALOSH] warheads; rumored laser
Unidentified aerial phenomenon has been observed at the Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range.
range, to include facilities, work sreas, security fencing, the regfonal headquarters (V/Ch 03080), and @ warhead checkout unit (V/Ch 03142). Also included is limited information on the following: System-75 [SA-2]} and System-300/ Aldan [ABM-1 GALOSH] warheads; rumored laser resegrch; and an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
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