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Puerto Rico aircraft report

February 1, 1965
Caribbean Sea, near Puerto Rico

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the From orbit page, not this specific sighting.

The official description

This file contains Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memoranda exchanged between the Assistant Director for Special Activities (AD/SA) and the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence (AD/SI) regarding an incident allegedly involving unidentified aircraft in the vicinity of Puerto Rico. The AD/SI was then-responsible for analyzing foreign scientific advancements and technological threats, such as Soviet nuclear, chemical, and ballistic missile capabilities. The AD/SA managed the CIA’s classified overhead reconnaissance operations, including the deployment of advanced aircraft like the U-2 and A-12 OXCART.

Quoted from the U.S. Department of War, PURSUE UAP releases. Read every file for this incident in Official files or at war.gov/UFO.

Witnesses

Not named in the files

Explanation

Unresolved

The official files offer no explanation.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of War, PURSUE UAP releases (war.gov/UFO)war.gov
  2. U.S. Department of War, Release 05: CIA-UAP-D022, Unidentified Flying Object Reported near Puerto Rico, 1965war.gov
  3. U.S. Department of War, Release 05: CIA-UAP-D023, Briefing Notes for Mr. Walter Elderwar.gov

From the U.S. Department of War PURSUE releases. The description is quoted from the official file.