Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Teletyped Information Report: Unidentified Object Observed in the Sky
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1956 report of an unidentified object over India, initially suspected to be Sputnik III. Intelligence analysis confirmed the object was not Sputnik III and later suggested it 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 source described the object as having a continuous brightness of magnitude 3, comparable to the Belt of Orion. The object was observed moving from north to south while the source was observing Mars. The report notes that there was no sign of disintegration, smoke, flames, or noise. The source did not photograph the object but believed it to be Sputnik III. Subsequent analysis by the Air and OSI determined that Sputnik III was not within the area of visibility at that time, and the observed trajectory did not align with computed orbits. The report further notes that the carrier rocket for Sputnik III had reentered the earth's atmosphere on 3 December 1956. A follow-up field comment in the document states that the object impacted prior to reaching the Caspian.
There was no sign of disintegration, smoke, flame, or noise.
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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.