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This Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Information Report, distributed in December 1973, relays information from a former Soviet citizen about the Sary Shagan weapons testing range in the USSR. It covers the range's facilities, security, headquarters and warhead checkout unit, along with warheads for the System-75 (SA-2) and System-300/Aldan (ABM-1 GALOSH) missiles and rumored laser research. It also reports that in late summer 1973 the source saw a silent bright green circular object at Site 7 that formed concentric circles and faded within minutes.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-22 Incident: 12/20/73, USSR. Released with redactions. This document is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) intelligence information report (IIR) that describes human intelligence gathering activities in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This report characterizes its content as informational, not as finally evaluated intelligence. In section 14 of this document, the source describes an incident occurring in summer of 1973, where he allegedly observed an airborne, luminous, bright green, unidentified object. The source described concentric circles forming around the phenomenon over a period of several minutes, before it dissipated. The source also stated that no sound attended the observation. The source offered no opinion on the nature of the phenomenon and was unable to provide further details regarding the incident.
Approved for Release 2026 DIR!CIOUTC Of OP!UIIONS intelligence 1nrormanon Kcpon \\'Alll',;J:-;c; F\OTICE SENSITIVE lNT~LUC.lNC..:E SOUltCES A~D. MLl IIOJ>S 1:-.H>I.H,, C1uuit1ad bv Recordad ••porting Officer. hentpt fu,m General Dnlouifacohor. !i1ho6'1tl• of l.O. 116l'2 f • linpou1blw to determino dca1 ■ of ovlomolfc declouifiu,tocn. P;.(,E I u· THIS lS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED lt-:JTHLIGENCE CONE J DE ·tt TI AL REPORT NO. FIi< K- 3 11 / 0 l 6 ~ ~ · COUNTRY •USSR DATE DISTR. _1, [~ Dec emhl=' r 1 00 - • DOI November 19;2-N6vemher 1973 su~ECT The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range FIELD NO. ACQ Germany former So,·iet citi:en who Hrv,·.'.SOURCE This report! I Summary: This report· provides limited info:rza.tion on the Sarr shagan weapons testirtg r ge, to· in~lude facilities, ~o:rk 6:re~,. security fencing, the re onal headquarters (V/Ch 0.3080)_ ud ~ warhead checkout unit (V 03142). Also included ii U•i~ed information on the followin1: System-75 [SA·2) and Syt~ea--300/ Aldan [~BP:1-1 GAL~SH] "'arheads·; rumored laser reset"rch; and iua un1dent1f1ed aerial phenomenon. End of SU1111Ury. 5 4 3 -/ 2 l....CQNf I OitlTlAt
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