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This Central Intelligence Agency information report, numbered CS-3/429,841 and distributed on 9 March 1960, concerns the Kazakh SSR in the USSR. It relays a 1959 rumor from the town of Sary Ozek that glittering objects had often been seen flying at high speed over the desert west of the town, accompanied by explosive sounds. The report adds that many Kazakhs and Tajiks were believed to have left the area out of superstitious fear of the objects.
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与 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY COUNTRY USSR (Kazakh SSR) NO. CS-3/429,841 Pursored Unidentified Flying Objects in DATE DATE 9 March 1960 the Eary Creek Region REFERENCES RD DATE OF 1959 PLACE & DATE ACC. MIDDLE REPORT NO. QUEST According to a rumor in Bary Osk [E 44-23, E 77-51] in 1959, glittering objects flying at high speed and accompanied by explosive sounds had frequently been observed in the desert region west of the town. It was believed that many Karakhs and Tadshiks had left the area out of superstitious fear of these flying objects.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.