In the 13 million-page compilation of documents published by the US CIA, unexpected material was found. In 1968, the CIA reported six UFO sightings in the skies over the Indian regions of Ladakh and Sikkim, as well as the kingdoms of Bhutan and Nepal.
On February 19, 1968, a bright object moving at high speed was seen in the sky over northeastern Nepal and northern Sikkim at about 21:00 local time.
“The object was moving at high speed, had an elongated shape and emitted red and green rays. They were so powerful that they brightly illuminated the observation area. A few seconds after the object appeared, a loud sound was heard over the Cholamu settlement, reminiscent of a thunderclap,”the document says.
On February 21, 1968, the CIA reported another UFO sighting over the capital of Bhutan, Thimphu.
“The object, which gave off a bluish glow, moved absolutely silently. Bright radiation illuminated the entire observation area,”the report says. The document indicates that the object was moving from east to west from the direction of Tibet.
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On March 4, 1968, an unidentified object was spotted moving east-west from the Chang-La Pass. It flew over Fukche Indian Air Force Base and Coyul Village.
“A bright white emission was noticed, followed by two loud noises resembling explosions. There was also a reddish emission, followed by a white smoke trail,”the CIA writes.
Two more objects were sighted over Ladakh on March 4 and 25 of the same year. However, the report clarifies that the object, recorded on March 25, clearly resembled a rocket and left a noticeable smoke trail behind it.
The most interesting thing about this report is the observation made on March 25, 1968 in the Kaska area in northwestern Nepal.
“Moved from north to south. The object emitted a bright glow that pulsed in flashes. With a loud thunderclap sound, it disintegrated in the sky over the Kaska region. A large disc-shaped metal object six feet in diameter and four feet thick was found in a crater in Baltichaur, five miles northeast of Pokhara. Similar objects were found in Talakot and Turepasala,”the document says.
The report, prepared for "controlled distribution", was declassified in 2001. Its cover features photographs of Donald Keehou, who chaired the National Committee on Air Phenomena from 1957 to 1969, and nuclear physicist Edward Condon, head of the National Bureau of Standards.
Condon subsequently led the so-called Boulder UFO Project under the auspices of the United States Air Force. In his memoirs, he wrote that he agreed to become the head of the committee in order to remain in the civil service. His activities are negatively perceived by the overwhelming majority of ufologists, who believe that he did not take his duties seriously and studied the information provided superficially. The Condon report played a key role in the closure of all government programs to study the UFO phenomenon in the United States. It is unclear from the accompanying note of the CIA document, despite the photographs of the scientists, whether this report was prepared for Keehou and Condon.
Since 2016, the CIA has been regularly publicizing its internal secret documents related to the UFO phenomenon. One of them said that at least 20% of all observations have no scientific or everyday explanation.