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UFO and UAP Incidents in the Central Asia

Name: PURSUE Release 01 — Declassified UAP File Catalog
Creator: UAP.WATCH
Published: 2026-05-08
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

2 declassified incidents in the Central Asia, spanning 1973 to 1994. All entries sourced from the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog (war.gov/UFO/).

Overview

The Central Asia region contains 2 declassified UAP incidents on the UAP.WATCH index, spanning 1973, 1994. Source agencies for this region include Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State. Status breakdown: 0 resolved, 1 unresolved, 1 anomalous, 0 corroborated.

All Central Asia incidents

Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range, USSR — SUMMER 1973 (PURSUE-029 · UNRESOLVED · Central Intelligence Agency)
CIA human-source intelligence report describes a bright green circular object observed at Site 7 of the Sary Shagan Soviet ABM weapons testing range in summer 1973. The object widened into 'several green concentric circles' before fading without sound.
Tajikistan / Kazakhstan border airspace — MAR 1994 (PURSUE-004 · ANOMALOUS · U.S. Department of State)
PanAm crew at 41,000 ft observed object in 'circles, corkscrews, 90-degree turns' under high G's.

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