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 "slug": "059uap00011",
 "title": "059UAP00011",
 "agency": "Other",
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 "source_page": "https://wearenotalone.space/document/059uap00011/",
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   "text": "COt~FIDEMTIAL\nIUNCLASSI Fl ED\nCONFIDENTIAL\nMRN:\n01 MOSCOW 13169\nDate/DTG:\nOct 30, 2001 / 3000002 Oct 01\nFrom:\nAMEMBASSY MOSCOW\nAction:\nWASHDC, SECSTATE ROUTINE\nE.0.:\nUnknown\nTAGS:\nPREL, MARR, KCFE, UN, OSCE, GG, RS\nReference:\n(A) MOSCOW 13072 (B) TBILISI 3087\nSubject:\nUFOS OVER GEORGIA: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS OF AN MFA KIND\ncormDEIHIAL\nPTQ6889\nPAGE 01\nMOSCOW 13169 01 OF 02 3017542\nACTION 10-00\nINFO LOG-00 NP-00 AID-00 ACQ-00 CIAE-00 DOEE-00 DOTE-00\nSRPP-00 DS-00\nEB-00\nEUR-00 OIGO-00 FAAE-00 FBIE-00\nVC-00\nH-01\nTEDE-00 INR-00 LAB-01 L-00\nVCE-00\nMOFM-05 MOF-03 M-00\nAC-01\nDCP-01 NRRC-00 NSAE-00\nNSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-00\nPC-01\nPM-00\nPRS-00\nACE-00 P-00\nSCT-00 SP-00\nSS-00\nTRSE-00 T-00\nUSIE-00 SA-00\nBBG-00 SNIS-00 NISC-00 SSD-00 PMB-00\nDSCC-00 PRM-00 DRL-02 G-00\nNFAT-00 SAS-00 SWCl-00\n/018W\n--3782F8 3017542/38\nP 3017412 OCT 01\nFM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1142\nINFO AMEMBASSY TBILISI PRIORITY\nUSMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY\nMOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE\nAMEMBASSY BAKU\nAMEMBASSY YEREVAN\nUSMISSION USOSCE\nSECDEF WASHDC\nJOINT STAFF WASHDC\nCO Pd FIDE Pd TI AL SECTION 01 OF 02 MOSCOW 013169\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/21\nTAGS: PREL, MARR, KCFE, UN, OSCE, GG, RS\nSUBJECT: UFOS OVER GEORGIA: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS OF AN MFA\nCOPdFIDEIHIAL\nPAGE 02\nMOSCOW 13169 01 OF 02 3017542\nDeclassified in Full / Release in Full\nJohn Powers, Acting-Director\nUS Department of State\n2/25/2026\nIUNCLASSI Fl ED\nCOMFIDEMTIAL\nPagel of 5"
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   "text": "CQtqflDDHIAL\nIUNCLASSI FlED\nKIND\nCLASSIFIED BY POLMINCOUNS GEORGE KROL. REASON 1.5 (B/D).\nREF: (A) MOSCOW 13072 (B) TBILISI 3087\n1. J,f2'[ SUMMARY: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MAMEDOV TOLD\nAMBASSADOR VERSHBOW OCTOBER 30 THAT ACCORDING TO THE\nRUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, NO RUSSIAN PLANES FLEW OVER OR\nBOMBED POSITIONS IN THE KODORI GORGE OCTOBER 28-29, DESPITE\nGEORGIAN ACCUSATIONS TO THE CONTRARY. MFA GEORGIA DESK\nCHIEF TEREOKEN ECHOED MAMEDOV'S STATEMENT. TEREOKEN\nFURTHER CONFIRMED THAT ONE RAILWAY CAR FULL OF RUSSIAN\nMILITARY EQUIPMENT LEFT GUDAUTA BASE AND ENTERED RUSSIA\nOCTOBER 29 (REF A) AND THAT TWO OTHER RAILWAY CARS ARE\nLOADED AND AWAITING ABKHAZ PERMISSION TO LEAVE FOR RUSSIA.\nTHERE ARE NO PLANS TO WITHDRAW PERSONNEL UNTIL TBILISI\nAGREES THAT APPROXIMATELY 340 RUSSIAN \"GUARDS\" CAN REMAIN\nAT GUDAUTA. TEREOKEN SAID THAT ABKHAZ AUTHORITIES WOULD\nNOT ALLOW ANY OUTSIDE OBSERVERS TO WITNESS THE WITHDRAWAL.\nTEREOKEN TERMED GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ZVANIA'S\nOCTOBER 25-28 VISIT TO MOSCOW POSITIVE IN TONE BUT EMPTY OF\nRESULTS. ACCORDING TO THE GEORGIAN EMBASSY, ZVANIA AND\nRUSSIAN DUMA SPEAKER SELEZNEV AGREED THAT BOTH SIDES SHOULD\nAVOID RECRIMINATIONS. TEREOKEN DENIED MEDIA REPORTS THAT\nDEFENSE MINISTER SERGEY IVANOV WAS PLANNING TO VISIT\nTBILISI SOON BUT DID NOT RULE OUT A VISIT COMPLETELY. END\nSUMMARY\n2. ~\nON OCTOBER 30, DURING A PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED\nMEETING, AMBASSADOR VERSHBOW RAISED REFTEL B REPORTS\neer~FIBEl~TIAL\nPAGE 03\nMOSCOW 13169 01 OF 02 301754Z\nALLEGING RUSSIAN PLANES HAD VIOLATED GEORGIAN AIRSPACE AND\nBOMBEDAREASOFTHEKODORIGORGE. THEAMBASSADORSTRESSED\nTHAT SUCH INCIDENTS, IF TRUE, AND IF CONTINUED, COULD BE\nDISASTROUS FOR U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AND SPOIL THE\nUPCOMING SUMMIT MEETING OF OUR PRESIDENTS IN THE U.S.\nMAMEDOV AGREED THAT SUCH INCIDENTS WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE\nEFFECT ON THE SUMMIT, BUT QUOTED THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF\nDEFENSE AS CATEGORICALLY DENYING THAT RUSSIAN PLANS WERE\nINVOLVED IN ANY INCIDENTS IN GEORGIAN AIRSPACE.\n3. Jj&'J MFA GEORGIA DESK CHIEF TEREOKEN, ECHOING MAMEDOV'S\nCLAIMS, DENIED TO US OCTOBER 30 REPORTS OF RUSSIAN PLANES\nBOMBING KODORI GORGE IN ABKHAZIA. HE ALSO DENIED THAT\nTHERE WERE ANY RUSSIAN VIOLATIONS OF GEORGIAN AIRSPACE,\nSAYING THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO RUSSIAN PLANES FLYING NEAR\nTHE AREA ON EITHER OCTOBER 28 OR 29. ACCORDING TO\nTEREOKEN, THERE WERE CREDIBLE REPORTS OF ABKHAZ HELICOPTERS\nBOMBING THE AREAS \"WHERE THE TERRORISTS WERE\" BUT THAT\nREPORTS OF PLANES IN THE AREA MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN ABOUT\n\"UFOS.\" MOSCOW, HE EXPLAINED, DOES NOT HAVE THE TECHNICAL\nCAPABILITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WERE FOREIGN PLANES\nIN THE REGION. UNDERSCORING THAT HE \"WAS NOT ACCUSING\nIUNCLASSI FlED\nCOMFIDEMTIAL\nPage 2 of 5"
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   "text": "CQtqflDDHIAL\nIUNCLASSI FlED\nANYONE,\" TEREOKEN ADDED THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT \"ANY\nSIDE\" HAD SENT PLANES OVER KODORI.\n4. ~\nASKED ABOUT PLANS TO WITHDRAW FROM GUDAUT A (REF\nA), TEREOKEN CONFIRMED THAT ONE TRAINLOAD OF MILITARY\nEQUIPMENT HAD DEPARTED THE BASE AND HAD ENTERED RUSSIA THE\nMORNING OF OCTOBER 29. TWO MORE TRAINS HAVE BEEN LOADED\nAND ARE AWAITING PERMISSION FROM ABKHA2 AUTHORITIES TO MOVE\nTO RUSSIA. MEMBERS OF THE RUSSIAN GENERAL STAFF ARE IN\neorqflEJEM'rli\\L\nPAGE 04\nMOSCOW 13169 01 OF 02 3017542\nSUKHUMI TO COORDINATE THESE MOVES.\n5. j,{d'[WE ASKED WHY OUTSIDE OBSERVERS HAD NOT BEEN INVITED\nTO INSPECT THE WITHDRAWALS. TEREOKEN CLAIMED THAT THE\nABKHAZ AUTHORITIES LIKELY WOULD NOT TOLERATE THE PRESENCE\nOF OUTSIDERS GIVEN THE TENSE SITUATION WITH TBILISI. THE\nRUSSIANS, HE ADDED, HAD NO TIME TO INVITE OUTSIDE OBSERVERS\nBECAUSE \"WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE\" THAT THE\nWITHDRAWAL OF ONE TRAINLOAD OF EQUIPMENT WOULD PROCEED. WE\nARGUED THAT MOSCOW NOW HAS TIME IF IT HAS ALREADY LOADED\nTWO OTHER TRAINS BUT IS WAITING FOR ABKHAZ PERMISSION TO\nWITHDRAW. THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY MIGHT RAISE QUESTIONS\nABOUT THE GOR'S INTENTIONS, WE NOTED. WE ASKED ABOUT PLANS\nTO WITHDRAW TROOPS. TEREOKEN SAID THAT APPROXIMATELY 600\nRUSSIAN PERSONNEL REMAIN AT GUDAUTA. MOSCOW CONTINUES TO\nINSIST ON KEEPING ABOUT 340 THERE AS \"GUARDS.\" TBILISI, HE\nNOTED, CONTINUES TO WANT A MUCH LOWER FIGURE.\n6. Ge'.) WE ASKED TEREOKEN ABOUT GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARY\nSPEAKER 2URAB 2VANIA'S VISIT TO MOSCOW LAST WEEK. HE\nCONFIRMED THAT THE TONE OF 2VANIA'S VISIT WAS POSITIVE. HE\nNOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE VISIT \"HAD NO PRACTICAL OUTCOME.\"\nTHE GEORGIAN EMBASSY TOLD US OCTOBER 26 THAT GEORGIAN\nZVANIA'S VISIT WAS GOING WELL (NOTE: 2VANIA DEPARTED\nMOSCOW OCTOBER 28). ACCORDING TO GEORGIAN POLCOUNS\nCHKHEID2E, 2VANIA AND RUSSIAN DUMA SPEAKER GENNADIY\neormeerrnit1:t\neorqflEJElq'fli\\L\nPTQ6891\nPAGE 01\nMOSCOW 13169 02 OF 02 3017542\nACTION 10-00\nINFO LOG-00 NP-00 AID-00 ACQ-00 CIAE-00 DOEE-00 DOTE-00\nSRPP-00 DS-00\nEB-00\nEUR-00 OIGO-00 FAAE-00 FBIE-00\nVC-00\nH-01\nTEDE-00 INR-00 LAB-01 L-00\nVCE-00\nMOFM-05 MOF-03 M-00\nAC-01\nNRRC-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00\nOIC-02 OMB-01 PA-00\nPC-01\nPM-00\nPRS-00 ACE-00\nP-00\nSCT-00 SP-00\nSS-00 TRSE-00 T-00\nUSIE-00\nSA-00\nSNIS-00 NISC-00 SSD-00 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRM-00\nDRL-02 G-00\nNFAT-00 SAS-00 SWCl-00 /017W\n----378300 3017542/38\nP 3017412 OCT 01\n!UNCLASSIFIED\nCOMFIDEMTIAL\nPage 3 of 5"
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   "text": "CQtqflDDHIAL\n!UNCLASSIFIED\nFM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1143\nINFO AMEMBASSY TBILISI PRIORITY\nUSMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY\nMOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE\nAMEMBASSY BAKU\nAMEMBASSY YEREVAN\nUSMISSION USOSCE\nSECDEF WASHDC\nJOINT STAFF WASHDC\nCO fd FIDE fd TI AL JECTION 02 OF 02 MOSCOW 013169\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/21\nTAGS: PREL, MARR, KCFE, UN, OSCE, GG,RS\nSUBJECT: UFOS OVER GEORGIA: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS OF AN MFA\nKIND\nCOfdFIDEffflAL\nPAGE 02\nMOSCOW 13169 02 OF 02 301754Z\nSELEZNEV AGREED THAT BOTH COUNTRIES NEEDED TO DISCUSS THEIR\nDIFFERENCES CALMLY AND WORK ON A GENERAL TREATY.\n7. -\"3'J TEREOKEN DISMISSED PRESS REPORTS THAT DEFENSE\nMINISTER SERGEY IVANOV HAD AGREED TO VISIT TBILISI VERY\nSOON BUT NOTED HE COULD NOT ENTIRELY RULE OUT A VISIT IN\nTHE COMING WEEKS. HE CLAIMED THERE ARE PLANS FOR A\nPOSSIBLE MEETING BETWEEN SHEVARDNADZE AND PUTIN ON THE\nMARGINS OF THE NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 1 CIS SUMMIT IN MOSCOW,\nBUT NOTED NOTHING IS YET CONFIRMED.\n8. -\"3'J COMMENT: IT IS HARD TO ACCEPT OFFICIAL RUSSIAN\nDENIALS THAT RUSSIAN PLANES WERE NOT INVOLVED. TO POSIT\nTHAT THEY COULD BE UFOS WOULD BE HUMOROUS IF IT WERE NOT\nFOR THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATIONS. MOST LIKELY THE\nRUSSIANS WANT TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THE GEORGIANS AND THE\nCHECHENS IN THE GORGE IN AN UNSUBTLE EFFORT TO PREVENT\nTHESE GROUPS' MOVEMENT TO ABKHAZIA OR TO RUSSIA. THEIR\nOFFICIAL DENIALS REFLECT A TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN PENCHANT TO\nAVOID AN AWKWARD ADMISSION WITH A BOLD LIE. AS FOR\nGUDAUTA, THE GOR LIKELY IS USING THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF\nITS 600 TROOPS THERE AS A BARGAINING CHIP TO TRY TO GET\nCONCESSIONS FROM TBILISI ON BOTH THE BODEN PAPER ON\nABKHAZIA AND ON CLAMPING DOWN ON CHECH ENS INSIDE GEORGIA.\nVERSHBOW\nCOfdFIDDdTIAL\n« END OF DOCUMENT »\nInfo:\nTBILISI, AMEMBASSY ROUTINE\n!UNCLASSIFIED\nCOMFIDEMTIAL\nPage 4 of 5"
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   "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/059uap00011/p05.jpg",
   "text": "CQtqflDDHIAL\nINCLASSIFIED\nDissemination Rule:\nArchive Copy\nCONFIDEHTl>'lcL\nIUNCLASSI FlED\nCOMFIDEMTIAL\nPage 5 of 5"
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