PURSUE Release 03 — Sightings of Unidentified Flying Ojbects in Ladakh Nepal Sikkim and Bhutan (CIA-UAP-016)

Source: U.S. Department of War, PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters) — Release 03 (third tranche), published 12 June 2026. Document CIA-UAP-016.
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What this is: Sightings of Unidentified Flying Ojbects in Ladakh Nepal Sikkim and Bhutan. Index/analysis: ../../../sources/pursue-release-03-uap-records.

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Februar.r - March 1968

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ir,htings of
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in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan during the period 19 February - •
25 J.arch 1968.

Particulars of Bright Objects 3een Over South Ladakh, :iorth East Nepal,
!lorth Sikkim and Western Bhutan,
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Date

Local
Time

Area over
which seen·

Direction
of flight

?articulars
of the Cbiect

East to

One white
li[71t and
siriul taneously
two blasting
sounds were heard.
Also, one reddish
lir,ht followed by
whi 7,.1 smoke.

Lada}:h

4 March 1968

1300 hour1:.

Chang La, Fukch<.;
and Koyul

West

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Date

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Area over whi ...b
seer.

Lirtction of flight

Particulars of the
object

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19 February 1968

:2 c;~.;:~een

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Walur.gchur.g-c.::•
ar.d Ohurisa aro,

North-Eaet to Sou th

A taet-rnovl.r,g otject,

West

long ar,d thfr.t mitt'"k'
red and r i een l:rigr,

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ae br1.ght H

tc. cau~e d.&7•·
light. Thunder sound r....:rt.
after !f'!II eeconda ot i,ifhtq

of object.
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19 Fehru.ary l9o8

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Lachung, Lacl:t· ..
TI-.ar,gu, }h.1g-..: t:-.L i
and Chho lha.-::·...

Thii; j n!vM".&tion ill
rather ,·unful51r.g.
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ae be!. r:g .!rOl!l South
east to florth-wEcet ovej>
TI~.. gkarla, Lacl',ung,
L, . ·.r: i Y.uguU--.ar,g.

Over (. t.( Lhamo ar,d

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:,bject girtnc

1;,t, !ro!II tail.

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.·,1:ndflr &oUnd was heard

.~11,olnamu a.fter
Si&bt1r,g the obj~ct.

~eeie Le., the direction

wu reportedly trom
Uorth-east to SouUl
west. The latter
direction coincides
"1th the one over Nepal
and ia likely to be
more correct aince the
date and tim1111 of the

fiilbt of object also
coincide.

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21 February 1968

21.30

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East to West. However
since due east of
Thimpu there is nothing
but Indian terr"'-0ry
the direction o_ flight.
c0"1ld well be frox:.
North-east to South-west,
that is, f'ro111 the dirtc
tion of' Tibet.

A bluish colored object
moving at high speed wit.b
out any noise. It vas
bright enour-h to brighten
the area.

Ladakh

4 March 1968

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25 ¥.arch 1968

2150

Ane La area

Cbject wa~ following a
circular pa th. Left a
trail of mnoke behind
it.

Fllkche, Koyul,

Appeared from Chang La
side and waa eeen
moving towards Demochok,
i.e. from north to south.
Rocket-lil-:r- • :·.ject leaving
white-yel1
1ite.trail
about 20 y , long at a
height of 20-2SsOOO feet.

Demchok

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Parti,;ulars of th,·
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Kulci region 1n

NW Nep&l.

Appflared to be north
to south. A blazing

ob,1eot, tlaahina
1ntenn1ttently,

•~c~nied bf b11•
' mder eoand d1a1nte
'· i£ted over wlci

region. A hue• 111et.1Uc
diec-ahaped ob,1ect witb
• au-toot base and tav
ffft in height vu twnd

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in a crater at Baltichau.r,
ti ve 1111lH HE ot Polchara.
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