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State Department UAP Cable 002, Kazakhstan, January 31, 1994

U.S. Department of State · 1994-01-27 · 3 pages · text from the file's own layer

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From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 1/27/94, Kazakhstan. This document is a U.S. Department of State diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan to the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C. on January 31, 1994. On January 27, 1994 one Tajik pilot and three American citizens encountered an UAP flying a 747 jet at 41,000 feet over Kazakhstan. Object was a bright light of enormous intensity and approached over the horizon to the east at great speed and a much higher altitude. Several pictures were taken of the craft making 90 degree turns, doing corkscrews and maneuvering in circles a great rates of speed. Object was reported as resembling a bullet in flight. Visual estimation of the contrails were at 100,000 feet, which was too high to leave contrails by ordinary aircraft.

UNCLASSIFIED
CSP-2025-00040 B-00002707028 "UNCLASSIFIED" 3/2/2026
UNCLASSIFIED
MRN: 94 DUSHANBE 259
Date/DTG: Jan 31, 1994 / 310000Z Jan 94
From: AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE
Action: WASHDC, SECSTATE ROUTINE; MOSCOW, AMEMBASSY ROUTINE
E.O.: Unknown
TAGS: TSPA, EAIR, KZ, Tl, TAJIK AIR, (RHODES, ED)
Reference: n/a
Subject: TAJIK AIR PILOTS REPORT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
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PAGE 01 DUSHAN 00259 310310Z
ACTION OES-09
INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 OASY-00 DOTE-00 EAP-01 EB-01
EUR-01 FAAE-00 TEDE-00 INR-00 ADS-00 NSAE-00 SSO-00
SNIS-00 NISC-02 /016W
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R 310258Z JAN 94
FM AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2150
INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY TASHKENT
AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT
AMEMBASSY ALMATY
AMEMBASSY BEIJING
AMEMBASSY BISHKEK
CIA WASHDC 0224
DIA WASHDC 0232
UNCLAS DUSHANBE 00259
DEPARTMENTFOROESIB
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: TSAP, EAIR, Tl
SUBJECT: TAJIK AIR PILOTS REPORT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
1. TAJIK AIR CHIEF PILOT, AMCIT ED RHODES, AND HIS TWO AMERICAN
PILOT COLLEAGUES REPORTED JANUARY 29 THAT, ON JANUARY 27, THEY
HAD ENCOUNTERED A UFO WHILE FLYING AT 41,000 FEET IN THEIR BOEING
UNCLASSIFIED
Released in Full
John Powers, Acting-Director
US Department of State
2/25/2026
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