CIA-UAP-D022, Unidentified Flying Object Reported near Puerto Rico, 1965
CIA · 2/1/65 · Caribbean Sea · Document
CIA-UAP-D022, Unidentified Flying Object Reported near Puerto Rico, 1965 is indexed as a CIA record with incident date 2/1/65 and location Caribbean Sea. This file contains Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memoranda exchanged between the Assistant Director for Special Activities (AD/SA) and the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence (AD/SI) regarding an incident allegedly involving unidentified aircraft in the vicinity of Puerto Rico. The AD/SI was then-responsible for analyzing foreign scientific advancements and technological threats, such as Soviet nuclear, chemical, and ballistic missile capabilities. The AD/SA managed the CIA s classified overhead reconnaissance operations, including the deployment of advanced aircraft like the U-2 and A-12 OXCART. Together, these offices ensured the United States could both gather critical intelligence over contested territories and accurately evaluate the technical capabilities of foreign adversaries during the Cold War. The memoranda refer to an incident on November 19, 1964, in which a U.S. Naval aviator described observing an unidentified object as delta-shaped, about the size of a jet fighter. The pilot visually estimated the object s velocity as Mach 3 (approximately 2,200 mph). A corresponding track from an AN/SPS-49 radar system aboard a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer in the area, USS Gyatt, measured the object s speed at 3,800 knots (approximately 4,373 mph). The memoranda indicate that, in the opinion of the AD/SI, the object was conceivably associated with foreign intelligence gathering activities, citing active missile testing within the AFWR, or Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range, as being an attractive reconnaissance target. The AD/SA and AD/SI also ruled out domestic experimental aircraft, such as the YF-12A OXCART, as a potential attribution. Redactions have been made to protect the identity of eyewitnesses, the location of government facilities, or potentially sensitive information about military sites not related to UAP. No redactions have been made to any files released under President Trump's directive concerning information about the nature or existence of any encounter reported as a UAP or related phenomena.
Notable / anomalous element
- Naval aviator described observing an unidentified object as delta-shaped, about the size of a jet fighter. (release metadata, no page)
- The pilot visually estimated the object s velocity as Mach 3 (approximately 2,200 mph). (release metadata, no page)
Details
- The AD/SI was then-responsible for analyzing foreign scientific advancements and technological threats, such as Soviet nuclear, chemical, and ballistic missile capabilities. (release metadata, no page)
- The AD/SA managed the CIA s classified overhead reconnaissance operations, including the deployment of advanced aircraft like the U-2 and A-12 OXCART. (release metadata, no page)
- Together, these offices ensured the United States could both gather critical intelligence over contested territories and accurately evaluate the technical capabilities of foreign adversaries during the Cold War. (release metadata, no page)
- Naval aviator described observing an unidentified object as delta-shaped, about the size of a jet fighter. (release metadata, no page)
- The pilot visually estimated the object s velocity as Mach 3 (approximately 2,200 mph). (release metadata, no page)
Tags: CIA, Caribbean Sea, Unidentified object, Nuclear facility, Aircraft, Missile, Soviet Union, Radar, Weapons