Kazakhstan 1994, Pilot Witness Cable
January 1994 State Department cable from the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe reporting a UAP encounter observed during a jet flight over Kazakhstan. A Tajik commercial pilot and three U.S. nationals on the aircraft described a brightly lit object performing 90-degree turns, corkscrew motions, and tight high-G circles.
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DOS-UAP-D2 · pdf · Release 01
Provenance metadataFields marked “not disclosed” are transparent gaps in the release, not omissions on our end.
- Coordinates
- Not disclosed in this release; over Kazakh airspace, eastbound from Dushanbe
- Altitude
- Commercial jet flight altitude, approximately 31,000-35,000 ft; object altitude not specified
- Sensor detail
- Naked-eye visual observation from commercial airliner cockpit and cabin; no radar or instrumented capture
- Encounter duration
- Not disclosed in this release
- Witness count
- 4 witnesses (1 Tajik commercial pilot named in cable, 3 US-national passengers)
- Operational context
- Commercial airliner flight; witnesses reported the encounter to Embassy Dushanbe on their return through post
- Weather / visibility
- Not disclosed in this release
- Chain of custody
- Passenger witnesses → US Embassy Dushanbe (upon return) → State cable to Department → State FOIA declassification → DOS-UAP-D2 in PURSUE Release 01
- Classification
- Originally CONFIDENTIAL, DECLASSIFIED for PURSUE Release 01, May 8, 2026
Official description
DOS-UAP-D2: cable originated by the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan because the U.S.-national witnesses reported the event upon return through that post; the geography of the sighting itself is over Kazakh airspace. Conveys witness statements regarding intensity, kinematics, and observation duration.
Editor's context
The 1994 timeframe places the incident in the early post-Soviet period when U.S. diplomatic posts in Central Asia had limited assets for follow-up and relied heavily on incidental witness reports. The reported behavior, sharp-angle turns and corkscrew flight at speeds and G-loads inconsistent with known aircraft of that era, is the kinematic signature most often cited in modern UAP literature.
In the margins
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- Stampp. 1U.S. EMBASSY DUSHANBE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE CABLE
- StampDOS-UAP-D2, JANUARY 1994
- AnnotationWitnesses: one Tajik commercial pilot (named in cable) and three U.S. nationals on the same aircraft. Reported the encounter upon return to Dushanbe through the U.S. embassy.
- AnnotationCable describes object behavior: 'high-intensity light source approaching from over the eastern horizon,' '90-degree turns and corkscrew flight,' 'tight circles indicating very high G-loads.'
- Redaction[Tajik pilot's name redacted under (b)(6)]
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U.S. Department of State. "Kazakhstan 1994, Pilot Witness Cable." Released via PURSUE program, 2026-05-08. File ID: DOS-UAP-D2. https://www.war.gov/UFO/. Accessed 2026-08-12 via Social Media for Aliens archive, https://socialmediaforaliens.com/files/kazakhstan-1994-cable.
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