Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Information Report: Possible Unidentified Flying Object
AI-Generated Summary
A CIA report from 1959 details a brief sighting of a luminous orange ball in the Ukrainian SSR. The object was observed in flight from a train and vanished shortly thereafter.
This Central Intelligence Agency information report, dated October 22, 1959, documents a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in the USSR, specifically within the Ukraine region. The incident occurred during the late evening hours, approximately at 2030, between late August and early September 1959. According to the report, a luminous orange ball was observed by an unspecified witness positioned on the left side of a train. The object appeared to be in flight before it vanished while still in the air. The observation lasted for a short duration, and the report explicitly states that no additional information regarding the nature or origin of the object was obtained.
At about 2030 hours a luminous orange ball was sighted on the left of the train. It appeared to be in flight and vanished while in the air.
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Official Assessment
A luminous orange ball was observed in flight near a train at approximately 2030 hours during late August or early September 1959. The object vanished in the air after a short duration, and no further information was obtained.