DeclassifiedDepartment of Statepdf Kazakhstan

State Department diplomatic cable detailing a UAP sighting over Kazakhstan in 1994

State Department UAP Cable 2, Kazakhstan, January 31, 1994

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— AI summary

This document is a diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe reporting a UAP sighting by a Tajik pilot and American citizens on January 27, 1994. The incident occurred while flying at 41,000 feet over Kazakhstan, where the pilots observed a bright light exhibiting extraordinary maneuverability. They characterized the object’s contrails as being at an altitude beyond that of ordinary aircraft.

— Editorial

The document contains a report from Tajik Air Chief Pilot Ed Rhodes and his two American pilot colleagues detailing an encounter with an unidentified flying object on January 27, 1994. The pilots were flying a Boeing 747 at an altitude of 41,000 feet over Kazakhstan when they observed a bright light approaching them at high speed from the east.

For approximately forty minutes, the pilots watched as the object maneuvered in a variety of patterns including circles, ovals, and corkscrews, making rapid 90-degree turns. Captain Rhodes took several photographs of the object with a camera and mentioned that they would be sent to the embassy if developed successfully. The object then took a horizontal course and disappeared over the horizon.

The pilots described the light as having a

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