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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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Date Local Time Area over which seen Direction of flight Particulars of the object Bhutan 21 February 1968 2130 Thimpu East to West. However since due east of Thimpu there is nothing but Indian territory the direction of flight could well be from North-east to South-west, that is, from the direction of Tibet. A bluish colored object moving at high speed without any noise. It was bright enough to brighten the area. Ladakh 4 March 1968 1300 Ane La area Object was following a circular path. Left a trail of smoke behind it. 25 March 1968 2150 Fukche, Koyul, Demchok Appeared from Chang La side and was seen moving towards Demochok, i.e. from north to south. Rocket-like object leaving white-yellow trail about 20 y long at a height of 20-25,000 feet.
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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.