Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Unexplained Traveling Bright Light Seen in the Sky
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AI-Generated Summary
A report of an unidentified bright light with a black smoke trail observed in the USSR in 1958. The guide suggested it was a 'flying saucer,' but the nature of the object remained undetermined.
This Central Intelligence Agency information report details an observation made on the night of July 10, 1958. The witness, while traveling by train from Leningrad to Moscow, observed a bright light in the sky. The object was described as being accompanied by a long tail of black smoke. The witness estimated the object to be between five and fifteen miles distant and at an altitude of less than two thousand feet above the ground. The witness noted that the light was too bright to be a plane. Upon inquiring with their guide, a man identified as Ivanov who had accompanied the party on a previous trip, the witness was told that the object was likely a 'flying saucer.' The guide was unable to provide a definitive identification of the object. An editorial comment included in the report notes that this incident is also referenced in another source, document 00-B-3113696.
We inquired of our guide what it was but got only a humorous reply that it was probably a flying saucer.
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Official Assessment
The guide suggested it was probably a flying saucer.
An unidentified bright light with a black smoke trail was observed at night while traveling by train between Leningrad and Moscow. The guide, identified as Ivanov, could not determine the nature of the object.
Key Persons
- IvanovGuide