CIA-UAP-D021 - CIA Analysis of Unconventional Aircraft Sightings (1955)
CIA-UAP-D021 - CIA Analysis of Unconventional Aircraft Sightings (1955) is a declassified Case File from Central Intelligence Agency. The record is dated 1955, was released in Release 04 on 2026-07-10 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file.
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CIA-UAP-D021 - CIA Analysis of Unconventional Aircraft Sightings (1955) is a declassified Case File from Central Intelligence Agency. The record is dated 1955, was released in Release 04 on 2026-07-10 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file.
A 1955 CIA analytical paper examining unconventional aircraft sighting reports. The companion piece to CIA-UAP-D020, it moves beyond routing procedure into assessment: what the reports described, how credible they were judged to be, and what explanations analysts favored at the time.
Key Facts
Analytical review of unconventional aircraft sightings prepared by the CIA in 1955.
Companion document to the CIA-UAP-D020 memorandum in the same release.
Released as part of PURSUE Release 04 on July 10, 2026.
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