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Triangular Object Launch Near Baku, Azerbaijan

1955-10-04·Between train and Caspian Sea coast, Azerbaijan SSR, approximately 50-65 miles south of Baku·unresolved

A US tourist and three companions aboard a train near Baku, Azerbaijan observed a large triangular object with three lights on an airfield approximately two miles away. The object was illuminated by a searchlight, launched with multiple spirals, and climbed steeply at a 45-degree angle while the searchlight tracked it.

“A huge 1earch lir,ht 1 on the tield itselt, shar,e on a triangular obJect on the ground wich :i: would say was probably not more than tvo miles distant from the railroad . The eize ot the object was comparable to that ot a US Jet tighter, vith a squat shape and in the form of an equilateral tmngle . There were three lights on the obJect, one on each point of the triazigle, presumably two wing lights and a tail light. As we watched, it was eJected from its launching site, mak1ng not less than three anti not :more than seven fast spirals in the air, a:tter which it cl.im'bed extremely tut at about a 45 degree angle .”

Verbatim from CIA-UAP-006.pdf · View original on war.gov

Case details

Date
1955-10-04
Date exactness
Known to the day
Location
Between train and Caspian Sea coast, Azerbaijan SSR, approximately 50-65 miles south of Baku
Country
USSR
Region
Azerbaijan SSR
Sensors
eyewitness
Shape
Triangular, equilateral triangle form with squat shape
Size
Comparable to a US jet fighter

Source document

Agency: CIA

File: CIA-UAP-006.pdf

Case ID: 1955-CIA-E34C6D

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This sighting

Between train and Caspian Sea coast, Azerbaijan SSR, approximately 50-65 miles south of Baku / 1955

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