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Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Teletyped Information Report: Unidentified Object Observed in the Sky

📅 6 December 1956 📍 India 🏛 Air and OSI 📄 Teletyped Information Report
Sputnik IIIIndiaCaspianCIAUAP

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TL;DR

A 1956 report of an unidentified object over India, initially suspected to be Sputnik III. Agency analysis confirmed it was not Sputnik III, and a later note suggests the object impacted before reaching the Caspian.

This Central Intelligence Agency teletyped information report details a sighting of an unidentified artificial object observed in the sky over India on 6 December 1956. Between 1635 and 1640 local time, an unnamed source observed the object through a telescope. The object was described as having a continuous brightness of magnitude 3, comparable to the Belt of Orion. It was observed moving from north to south while the source was observing Mars. The source reported no signs of disintegration, smoke, flames, or noise. Although the source initially believed the object was Sputnik III, a preliminary check by the agency determined that Sputnik III was not within the area of visibility at that time, and the reported trajectory did not align with computed orbits. The report notes that the carrier rocket for Sputnik III had reentered the earth's atmosphere on 3 December 1956. A field comment added to the report states that the object impacted prior to reaching the Caspian.

There was no sign of disintegration, smoke, flame, or noise.

Official Assessment

A preliminary check showed that Sputnik III was not within source's area of visibility at the time indicated, nor is the direction cited in agreement with computed orbits.

The object was initially suspected to be Sputnik III, but orbital analysis ruled this out. A subsequent field comment notes the object impacted prior to reaching the Caspian.

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