CIA Report: Nocturnal Lights Over Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1947) Documented
A CIA Information Report dated February 11, 1952, documented nightly nocturnal lights observed near Tashkent, Uzbekistan from May to September 1947 — concurrent with the American flying saucer wave.
Background
An official CIA Information Report dated February 11, 1952, originated in the Uzbek Republic of the Soviet Union (later Uzbekistan). The report concerned events dating from May into September 1947. From a work camp 50 km southwest of the capital Tashkent, a worker claimed that three nocturnal lights moved across the sky about 15 minutes apart, between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m., nearly every night from May into September 1947. He implied it was common knowledge among the rest of the workers.
This is significant because the Kenneth Arnold sighting took place in the final week of June 1947 and the Roswell incident in early July 1947 — meaning the Soviet sightings were concurrent with the American flying saucer wave, undermining the theory that UFO reports were purely an American cultural phenomenon.