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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.
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DIRECTOR NI/FTD CONFIDENTIAL XGDS 203708 ***CIRCOL OFFLINE OUTPUT - HQFTD/NIIB, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO*** 4.21.53 PM JUN 13,1974 - PAGE 14 *CIA ATTN: CRS/ISG/U/ RM 1H46 HQS WASH. D. C. 20505; I38501353 * 152 DOCUMENTS SATISFIED THIS SEARCH FOR LINDA; 304441 ACCESSNR I30501353 FILMNR 188+/0185 CLASSIF 1 DOWNGRAD 1 DATE 68 TEXT 0 0070 CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTIONS: CONTROLLED DISSEM NO FOREIGN DISSEM TITLE SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS IN LADAKH, NEPAL, SIKKIM AAND BHUTAN -C- AUTHOR NONE TOPIC TAGS -IN- -NP- -RT- -CH- 2 5 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT, AIRCRAFT ADDIENT DOCNR SOURCE DIRECTOR NI/FTD CONFIDENTIAL XGDS 203708 ***CIRCOL OFFLINE OUTPUT - HQFTD/NIIB, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO*** 4.21.53 PM JUN 18,1974 - PAGE 15 *CIA ATTN: CRS/ISG/U/ RM 1H46 HQS WASH. D. C. 20505; I38501353 * 152 DOCUMENTS SATISFIED THIS SEARCH FOR LINDA;
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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.