059UAP00011

Analysis Summary

Deputy FM Mamodov told Ambassador Vershbow on Oct 30 that Russian MoD says no Russian planes flew over or bombed Kodori Gorge on Oct 28‑29, contradicting Georgian accusations; MFA Georgia chief Tereoken echoed this, confirmed a railcar left Gudauta with Russian equipment on Oct 29 and said no withdrawal of the 340 Russian guards is planned until Tbilisi agrees, while denying reports of a forthcoming visit by Defense Minister Ivanov.

Structured Findings

Who: Deputy Foreign Minister Mamodov, Ambassador Vershbow, MFA Georgia desk chief Tereoken

What: Discussion of alleged UFO activity over Georgia and denial of Russian aircraft involvement, plus statements about Russian military equipment movements and diplomatic assurances

Score Notes: Limited detail, redacted, but contains diplomatic intrigue and UFO allegations.

Artifacts

• Source file: releases/release_01_documents/059UAP00011.pdf
• OCR report: unredaction/reports/059UAP00011_report.json
• AI reconstruction: unredaction/reconstructed/059UAP00011_RECONSTRUCTED.md

Extracted Text

COt~FIDEMTIAL 
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CONFIDENTIAL 
MRN: 
01 MOSCOW 13169 
Date/DTG: 
Oct 30, 2001 / 3000002 Oct 01 
From: 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
Action: 
WASHDC, SECSTATE ROUTINE 
E.0.: 
Unknown 
TAGS: 
PREL, MARR, KCFE, UN, OSCE, GG, RS 
Reference: 
(A) MOSCOW 13072 (B) TBILISI 3087 
Subject: 
UFOS OVER GEORGIA: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS OF AN MFA KIND 
cormDEIHIAL 
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PAGE 01 
MOSCOW 13169 01 OF 02 3017542 
ACTION 10-00 
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TEDE-00 INR-00 LAB-01 L-00 
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MOFM-05 MOF-03 M-00 
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NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-00 
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/018W 
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P 3017412 OCT 01 
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1142 
INFO AMEMBASSY TBILISI PRIORITY 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 
MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE 
AMEMBASSY BAKU 
AMEMBASSY YEREVAN 
USMISSION USOSCE 
SECDEF WASHDC 
JOINT STAFF WASHDC 
CO Pd FIDE Pd TI AL SECTION 01 OF 02 MOSCOW 013169 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/21 
TAGS: PREL, MARR, KCFE, UN, OSCE, GG, RS 
SUBJECT: UFOS OVER GEORGIA: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS OF AN MFA 
COPdFIDEIHIAL 
PAGE 02 
MOSCOW 13169 01 OF 02 3017542 
Declassified in Full / Release in Full 
John Powers, Acting-Director 
US Department of State 
2/25/2026 
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KIND 
CLASSIFIED BY POLMINCOUNS GEORGE KROL. REASON 1.5 (B/D). 
REF: (A) MOSCOW 13072 (B) TBILISI 3087 
1. J,f2'[ SUMMARY: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MAMEDOV TOLD 
AMBASSADOR VERSHBOW OCTOBER 30 THAT ACCORDING TO THE 
RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, NO RUSSIAN PLANES...