State Department UAP Cable 2, Kazakhstan, January 31, 1994
Department of State · 1/27/94 · Kazakhstan · Document
State Department UAP Cable 2, Kazakhstan, January 31, 1994 is indexed as a Department of State record with incident date 1/27/94 and location Kazakhstan. This document is a U.S. Department of State diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan to the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C. on January 31, 1994. On January 27, 1994 one Tajik pilot and three American citizens encountered an UAP flying a 747 jet at 41,000 feet over Kazakhstan. Object was a bright light of enormous intensity and approached over the horizon to the east at great speed and a much higher altitude. Several pictures were taken of the craft making 90 degree turns, doing corkscrews and maneuvering in circles a great rates of speed. Object was reported as resembling a bullet in flight. Visual estimation of the contrails were at 100,000 feet, which was too high to leave contrails by ordinary aircraft.
Notable / anomalous element
- After some time, the object adopted a horizontal high-speed course and disappeared over the horizon. (native PDF text, page 2)
- A very small object gives off a much larger trailing wave of heat/light. (native PDF text, page 2)
- Tajik air chief pilot, amcit ed rhodes, and his two american pilot colleagues reported january 29 that, on january 27, they had encountered a UFO while fly ing at 41,000 feet in their boeing unclassified released in full john powers, acting-director us department of state 2/25/2026 unclassified pagel of 3 (native PDF text, page 1)
- Rhodes expressed the opinion, which his crew seemed to support, that the object was extraterrestrial and under intelligent control. (native PDF text, page 2)
Details
- Tajik air chief pilot, amcit ed rhodes, and his two american pilot colleagues reported january 29 that, on january 27, they had encountered a UFO while fly ing at 41,000 feet in their boeing unclassified released in full john powers, acting-director us department of state 2/25/2026 unclassified pagel of 3 (native PDF text, page 1)
- Captain rhodes took several photos with a pocket olympus camera and will send copies to the embassy and the tajikistan desk (lowry taylor) in the department, if they come out. (native PDF text, page 2)
- After some time, the object adopted a horizontal high-speed course and disappeared over the horizon. (native PDF text, page 2)
- The plane was making over 500 knots. (native PDF text, page 2)
- A very small object gives off a much larger trailing wave of heat/light. (native PDF text, page 2)
- This, they insisted, was nothing like a meteor. (native PDF text, page 2)
- Escudero unclassified unclassified page 2 of 3 (native PDF text, page 2)
- Rhodes expressed the opinion, which his crew seemed to support, that the object was extraterrestrial and under intelligent control. (native PDF text, page 2)
Tags: State Department, Kazakhstan, Lights, Aircraft