Department of War PURSUE File
CIA-UAP-006, Sighting Of Unconventional Aircraft
Baku, Azerbaijan·November, 1955
Editorial summary
This CIA Information Report describes a US national's eyewitness account of an unconventional aircraft seen near Baku in the Azerbaijan SSR on October 4, 1955. The source, a 41-year-old corporate executive traveling by train toward Tiflis, said that about two hours and forty minutes out of Baku he and companions watched a triangular object on an airfield. He reported it had three lights, was the size of a US jet fighter, and was ejected from a launch site in fast spirals before climbing steeply at about 45 degrees as a searchlight tracked it. He likened it to a missile ejection. The report is marked unevaluated information.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
This CIA information report from November 1955 describes a US national's eyewitness account of triangular aircraft with wing lights launch at a steep angle from an airfield near Baku, Azerbaijan on October 4, 1955. A redacted version of this report has been available on CIA's public website.
Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.
Originating agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Record type
Incident date
November, 1955
Incident location
Baku, Azerbaijan
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release