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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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# CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY COUNTRY USER (Karah SSR) REPORT NO. CS-3/429,841 SUBJECT Fuzored Unidentified Flying Objects in the Eary Ozek Region DATE DISTR. 9 March 1960 NO. PAGES 2 INSPRICES : ED DATE OF 1959 NO. MACE & DATE ACQ. PROD REPORT NO. BOUeCb According to a rumor in Sary Osk [X 44-23, B 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 Karekhs 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.