State Department UAP Cable 004, Ashgabat: "Turkmenistan, Civil Society and UFOs," Nov. 12, 2004
- Date
- Nov. 12, 2004 (cable); meeting Nov. 5, 2004
- Location
- Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan (as stated)
- Agency
- Department of State
- Release
- Release 01 (May 8, 2026)
- Type
- document
Summary
The U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat reports that the Union of UFOlogists of Turkmenabat, a registered NGO, has become a reliable U.S. grant partner helping other NGOs register under a 2003 law. The cable says the group began by studying life on other planets but most members had "limited or no interest in the subject"; its president said military and government authorities had consulted him about mysterious occurrences in Turkmen airspace but "there had been no confirmed sightings of UFOs in Turkmenistan."
Note
A civil-society cable; UFOs are incidental. Not in the index.