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CIA-UAP-016, Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan

Central Intelligence Agency · 1968 · 6 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Central Intelligence Agency information report, classified confidential and retrieved in a 1974 Foreign Technology Division records search, lists sightings of unidentified flying objects in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan between 19 February and 25 March 1968. Its tables give dates, times, areas, directions of flight and descriptions, including bright lights, thunder sounds and rocket-like trails. It notes that a metallic disc-shaped object was found in a crater near Pokhara, Nepal.

From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: 1968, Ladakh, Nepal | Sikkim, India | Bhutam. A 1968 report about UFO sightings in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan. Seven UFO sightings are listed that took place between 19 Feb. to 25 Mar. 1968. A more redacted version of the report has been available on CIA's public website.

  • p. 1 …sponsored civilian investigation of UFO's with headquarters at the University of Colorado in Boulder. 3

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He is convinced UFO's are intelligently controlled from Outer Space-Donald E. Keyoe, director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena.

He will try to find out-Dr. Edward Condon, former head of the National Bureau of Standards and recently named director of the Air Force-sponsored civilian investigation of UFO's with headquarters at the University of Colorado in Boulder. 3

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Official release, from the pursue 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. 6 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.