State Department UAP Cable 002

Kazakhstan, January 31, 1994

Unclassified diplomatic cable from the US Department of State.

Official description

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.

Reproduced verbatim from the releasing agency.

AI summary

This diplomatic cable details a 1994 encounter over Kazakhstan where a Tajik pilot and three American citizens observed a UAP while flying at 41,000 feet. The object displayed unusual flight maneuvers and was noted to emit a bright light, raising questions about its nature and capabilities.