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Agency CIAFiled JUL 18 · 2026Runtime 3 min

1955 01 6965176 30mileseast Cochise N M

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated July 18, 2026

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1955-01-6965176-30milesEast-Cochise-N-M, a UFO sighting report from the FBI's Aerial Phenomena Research Project, January 1955. The document is notable for detailing a military pilot's encounter with an unidentified flying object. This document was released through The Black Vault, a website that provides access to declassified government records.

Agency
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date
JUL 18 · 2026
Release
Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
Source document
View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1955-01-6965176-30milesEast-Cochise-N-M
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1955-01-6965176-30milesEast-Cochise-N-M, a UFO sighting report from the FBI's Aerial Phenomena Research Project, January 1955. The document is notable for detailing a military pilot's encounter with an unidentified flying object. This document was released through The Black Vault, a website that…

Source document: https://archive.org/details/1955-01-6965176-30milesEast-Cochise-N-M

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What was 1955 01 6965176 30mileseast Cochise N M about?
1955-01-6965176-30milesEast-Cochise-N-M, a UFO sighting report from the FBI's Aerial Phenomena Research Project, January 1955. The document is notable for detailing a military pilot's encounter with an unidentified flying object. This document was released through The Black Vault, a website that provides access to declassified government records.
Why was this case declassified?
This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.
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