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UFO 2004

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, November 5, 2004

Turkmenistan

Declassified U.S. government records document an unidentified object sighting over Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on November 5, 2004.

UFO 2003

Mexico, September 16, 2003

Mexico

Declassified records detail a 2003 Mexican Congressional hearing regarding UAP legislation, featuring testimony on alleged alien remains and pilot encounters.

UFO 2001

Tbilisi, Georgia, October 30, 2001

Georgia

A post-cold war case from Georgia. 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.

UFO 1994

Kazakhstan, January 31, 1994

Kazakhstan

Declassified diplomatic cables reveal a 1994 pilot sighting of an unidentified object over Kazakhstan, released via the PURSUE program in 2026.

Source document: State Department UAP Cable 1, Papua New Guinea, January 28, 1985

UFO 1985

Papua New Guinea, January 28, 1985 — January 24, 1985

Papua New Guinea

A 1985 U.S. diplomatic cable records a radar track of an unidentified object over Papua New Guinea, later released via the PURS_UE program.

A U.S. Department of State communication from the American Embassy in Rio de Janeiro regarding local reports of a crashed unidentified object.

UFO 1963

Diplomatic Cable, Brazil, November 20, 1963 — Department of State File

Bahia, Brazil

This document is a U.S. Department of State diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Office of the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 1963. This cable relays the findings of the scientific attaché at the American Consulate in Salvador, Bahia,…

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