Source Library · SRC-V99-149 · Declassified CIA record (FBIS translation of a TASS dispatch)
FBIS Daily Report, 23 Sep 1977: TASS, 'Unusual natural phenomenon observed in Karelia' (Petrozavodsk, 20 Sep 1977), CIA document 0005515663
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (CIA), translating Moscow TASS International Service, 22 Sep 1977 (LD221326Y); released in the CIA reading room collection 'UFOs: Fact or Fiction?' · 1977-09-23
Record
- Author / institution
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (CIA), translating Moscow TASS International Service, 22 Sep 1977 (LD221326Y); released in the CIA reading room collection 'UFOs: Fact or Fiction?'
- Date
- 1977-09-23
- Source type
- Declassified CIA record (FBIS translation of a TASS dispatch)
- Used for
- CASE-077: p. 1 (FBIS p. U1): TASS's dispatch from Petrozavodsk: at about 0400 on 20 Sep a 'huge star' flared up, spread over the city 'in the form of a medusa', showered it with fine rays 'like pouring rain', then became a semicircle moving toward Lake Onega; 10-12 minutes. 2 pp.
- Limitations
- The official Soviet press report of the event, in a US government translation; it says nothing about the Academy of Sciences' response or Setka. cia.gov/readingroom/document/0005515663 redirected to the reading room's home page on 2026-11-12, so archive.org's mirror of CIA's file is linked. A US federal work, so it could be hosted later.
Link
https://archive.org/download/cia-readingroom-document-0005515663/0005515663.pdf