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This Current Intelligence Bulletin was issued by the Central Intelligence Agency on 15 October 1955 and released in 2019. Its first item passes on a US Air Force cable. The cable says Senator Richard Russell, Lt. Col. E. U. Hathaway and Ruben Efron, travelling by train in the Transcaucasus on 4 October 1955, saw two circular flying discs take off almost vertically near Alyat Station, with searchlights nearby. The bulletin's other items cover Morocco, Yugoslav and Soviet relations and a planned Peronista strike.
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Approved for Release: 2019/09/16 C03000973 %" “"' “"'“"““'“ 7‘-'7 1. REPORTED SIGHTING OF UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT IN USSR a The following is an excerpt from a cable received from the US Air Force: Three reliable US observers, Senator Richard Russell, Lt, C010 E. Ua Hathaway, Army, Mr. Ruben Efron, visited Prague 12-13 Octobero Arriving direct from Kiev, via Baku, Tif1is,_ Dnieper Petrovsk, Black Sea Area, (they reported following to USAIRA and USARMA; I / On 4 October 1955 at 1910 hours be- tween Atjaty (Alyat Station) and Adzhijabul (Kazi Magomed, 40-02 N, 48-56 E), 10 minutes by rail after departing r Atjaty in Transcaucasus Region, two mound (as received) and circular mconventional aircraft resembling flying discs AREA OF UNCONVENTIONAL ‘ Q Q AIRCRAFT SIGHTING Q v BAKU Q' <5 S KAZI MAGOMED U I , _ + AL AT+_H ST "Q" CASPIAN “R SEA \ t\ IRAN <4, 0 _ I0 20 so __ 40\ /' Cw STATUTE MILES 510:-1-2........... 55 or flying saucers were seen taking off almost vertically one minute apart. Disc aircraft ascended near dusk with outer surface revolving to the right slowly and with two 15 Oct 55 Current Intelligence Bulletin Page 3 Approved for Release: 2019/09/16 C03000973
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