Releases / 3 / CIA-UAP-017

Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign Posturing

File: CIA-UAP-017
Type: Document, 3 pages
Agency: CIA
Date: July, 2008
Place: Harare, Zimbabwe
Released: Release 3, June 12, 2026

The government's description

A never before released July 2008 report on a UFO sighting at the Harare International Airport. Individuals debated if the sighting was an advanced reconnaissance device of a foreign government or of extraterrestrial origins.

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WARNING: SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS
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PROSECUTION, INCLUDING UNDER 11-IE ESPIONAGE LAWS OF
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REPORT CLASS S EC RE T --NOFORN
DIST: 3 JULY 2008
COUNTRY: ZIMBABWE
TOPIC: DEPS/FMCC__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
SUBJ: PLACEMEN'Ij'-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _pN HIGH
ALERT DUE TO PERCEIVED AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POSTURING
DOI· EARLY JULY 2008

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!regarding an unidentified object
~h~o=v~e~r~1=n~g~a~.t~=h1~g~h~~a~T~r~1~tude over the Harare International
Airport. This object was observed, possibly by both radar
and optical means, in the skies abo;;z.ec__li.ar_a_r_,e_ru;LLLna_-1:Jie__~
afternoon of 2 July 2008. Reporting
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directly over the Harare airport. At one point
during observation ''beams'' were observed emanating from
the ob'ec
3. Individuals~~==~~~~=~~~==~~~~ ho were
aware of the incident ha
e object was
'an advanced reconnaissance device belonging to a foreign
government, or whether the object was an unidentified
flying object of extraterrestrial origins. According to
observers ~----~the object was disc-like in shape with
a hollow center, and had a series of rotating lights on
the underside of the airframe. After a period under
observation from the ground, the rotating lights under
the object shifted colors and the object quickly ascended
to higher altitudes and out of visual ranue. Reuardless
of the orinins. this incident.I
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