State Department UAP Cable 003
Tbilisi, Georgia, October 30, 2001
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Declassified Confidential diplomatic cable from the US Department of State.
Official description
On October 28-29, there was an incident alleged by the Georgian Foreign Ministry that Russian aircraft had violated Georgian airspace and bombed areas of the Kodori Gorge. Russians denied any of the claims and said that it could have been UFOs. Cable authors note that Russians typically engage in the “bold lie” when they wish to conceal actions.
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AI summary
This file details a UAP incident reported by the Georgian Foreign Ministry on October 28-29, 2001, in which it was claimed that Russian aircraft violated Georgian airspace. The Russians denied these claims, suggesting that the unidentified objects could have been UFOs, which reflects a possible tactic of misinformation by the Russian government.