← Open UAP
CIAJune 12, 2026PURSUE Release 03 (June 2026)

CIA-UAP-011, The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range

USSR

Summary

This CIA Intelligence Information Report from December 1973 provides information on the Soviet Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range, including details about its facilities, weapons systems (System-75 SA-2 and System-300/Aldan warheads), rumored laser weapon rese…

Key highlights

  • It mentions the System-75 and System-300/Aldan missile systems.p.2

    Besides the System-75 SA-2 warheads, Site 4 also checked the warheads for a missile(s) known as the System-300.
  • The System-300 missile's warhead weighed approximately 400 kilograms.p.2

    The warhead for the System-300 missile was about two meters long.
  • Experiments involving laser weapons were reportedly conducted at the range.p.2

    According to hearsay, experiments involving laser weapons were being conducted at an unknown location.
  • An unidentified green circular object was observed at Site 7.p.3

    Source observed an unidentified sharp (bright) green circular object or mass in the sky.

Outliers

  • The source could not estimate the diameter of the observed object.p.3

    Source could not estimate the diameter of the object.
  • There was no sound associated with the unidentified phenomenon.p.3

    There was no sound, such as an explosion, associated with the phenomenon.

Source

Department of War — PURSUE / CIA
Public domain (US Government work)
No known restrictions

View on Department of War — PURSUE / CIA

How records are sourced →

More from CIA

All CIA records