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Department of War PURSUE File

CIA-UAP-010, Report on Conversations with Soviet Scientists on Subject of Unidentified Flying Objects in the USSR

USSR·August, 1967

Declassified

Editorial summary

This CIA document, dated August 1967, reports on conversations about unidentified flying object sightings held with Soviet scientists during a US astrophysicist's trip to the USSR. The record captures discussion of the subject between the visiting scientist and Soviet researchers. No extracted document text accompanies this file, so the account rests on the government's description of the record.

Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.

Government description

This CIA document from August 1967 reports on conversations about UFO sightings with Soviet scientists during a US astrophysicist's trip to the USSR.

Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.

Originating agency

Central Intelligence Agency

Record type

PDF

Incident date

August, 1967

Incident location

USSR

Release tranche

Release 03 (May 8, 2026)

Distribution

Cleared for public release

Original document

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Source: war.gov/ufo · PURSUE Release 03

PURSUE = Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Records released by the U.S. Department of War on May 8, 2026 are unresolved cases for which the government cannot make a definitive determination, and the Department has invited private-sector analysis.