Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Foreign Intelligence Information Report: UFO Phenomena
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A 1976 CIA intelligence report regarding UFO phenomena in the USSR, noting that 99 percent of sightings are attributed to natural or man-made causes.
This document is a Foreign Intelligence Information Report issued by the Central Intelligence Agency's Domestic Collection Division on November 16, 1976. The report concerns UFO phenomena within the USSR. The core content of the document is a brief account of an interaction where an unnamed individual was asked for their personal opinion regarding the nature of UFO phenomena. The individual provided an assessment stating that 99 percent of reported occurrences could be traced to natural or man-made phenomena, specifically citing celestial movement, aircraft, or artificial satellites. The remaining one percent of cases were described as unexplainable, with the suggestion that they might be attributed to hallucinations. Following this explanation, the individual was asked if it was possible that something could be coming from outer space.
He was told that 99 percent of these occurrences were traceable to either natural or man-made phenomena such as celestial movement, aircraft or artificial satellites, and that the other one percent cannot be explained--possibly an hallucination.
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Official Assessment
99 percent of these occurrences were traceable to either natural or man-made phenomena such as celestial movement, aircraft or artificial satellites, and that the other one percent cannot be explained--possibly an hallucination.
The document records an opinion provided to an unnamed individual regarding UFO phenomena, asserting that 99 percent of sightings are explainable by natural or man-made causes, while the remaining one percent is unexplained and potentially hallucinatory.
Key Persons
- [illegible]Individual asked for personal opinion on UFO phenomena