A CIA report about a UAP sighting in the USSR.
Official description
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.
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AI summary
This CIA intelligence information report from 1973 discusses human intelligence gathering activities in the USSR and includes a specific incident of a luminous, green unidentified aerial phenomenon observed during the summer of that year. The report notes the visual characteristics of the object, including concentric circles forming around it, while emphasizing that the content is informational and not evaluated intelligence.