A CIA report relays a green ring-shaped light over the Soviet Sary Shagan missile range
August 1973 · Sary Shagan test range, Kazakh SSR · Sighting · Secondary sources only
A CIA intelligence report, released in the second PURSUE batch on 22 May 2026 (CIA-UAP-D001), relays a former Soviet citizen's account. One evening in late summer 1973 at Site 7 of the Sary Shagan weapons range, he saw a bright green circular mass in the western sky that silently widened into several concentric green rings and vanished within minutes.
Why it matters (3/5)
A Cold War intelligence report from inside a Soviet weapons range, formally released in 2026.
Caveats
It is a single secondhand account given to US intelligence, and the reporter's role is partly redacted. The exact date is not given. The PDF was not opened; this entry rests on a news summary.
Sources
- Pentagon UFO files add CIA report on Kazakhstan's Sary-Shagan range (The Times of Central Asia), context