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.
Scientific validation axis from the AATIP framework. Checks whether the record references characteristics that would constitute evidence of anomalous technology.
Hovering or lift without conventional means
Acceleration defying known physics
The crew watched the object for approximately 40 minutes 'as it maneuvered in circles, corkscrews and made 90-degree turns at rapid rates of speed and under very high G's.' The 90-degree turns at rapid speed, combined with the crew's assessment of speed and maneuverability as beyond any known aircraft or natural phenomenon, strongly indicates instantaneous acceleration and direction change far beyond conventional aircraft capability.
High speed without expected physical effects
The object approached 'at a great rate of speed' from the horizon and later 'adopted a horizontal high-speed course and disappeared over the horizon.' Rhodes estimated the object's contrails at approximately 100,000 feet altitude, noting 'there is too little air/moisture at that extreme altitude to enable the creation of contrails by the propulsion mechanisms of ordinary aircraft which might be able to reach that height.' The crew reported no sonic boom and characterized the object's performance as beyond any known aircraft. The contrails at 100,000 feet tracing circles, corkscrews and 90-degree turns at high speed, with the object described as emitting a 'bow wave' like a bullet in flight, collectively indicate hypersonic-level performance. No sonic boom, heat warning, or other expected high-speed signatures were mentioned by the crew despite the extreme speeds implied.
Evading or confounding sensor systems
Transitioning between air, water, or space
Physiological effects on witnesses or organisms
