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CIA-UAP-017, Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign Posturing 
CIA PDF RELEASE 2026-06-12 INC. July, 2008 ⊙ Harare, Zimbabwe ⌥ 524 WORDS OCR

CIA-UAP-017, Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign Posturing 

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CIA-UAP-017 is a three-page SECRET/NOFORN CIA information report distributed on 3 July 2008, with a date of information of early July 2008, concerning an unidentified aerial object observed over Harare International Airport, Zimbabwe, on 2 July 2008. The report was disseminated broadly to the White House Situation Room, DNI, DIA, NSA, FBI, FAA, DHS, and numerous military commands. A redacted source reported an object hovering at high altitude over the airport, detected by both radar and optical means. The object was described as disc-shaped with a hollow center, bearing rotating lights on its underside that changed color before the object rapidly ascended out of visual range. "Beams" were also observed emanating from it.

The report is notable for explicitly documenting that informed observers debated whether the object was a foreign government's advanced reconnaissance platform or of extraterrestrial origin — framing both as live hypotheses. The redacted source identity is the primary gap. The incident triggered a Zimbabwean military high alert, elevating it beyond a routine sighting report. The wide distribution list indicates the CIA treated this as potentially significant to national security and foreign intelligence concerns, not merely an anomalous curiosity.

A never before released July 2008 report on a UFO sighting at the Harare International Airport. Individuals debated if the sighting was an advanced reconnaissance device of a foreign government or of extraterrestrial origins. 
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Trident https://www.trident.cia/DisplayDocument.do?documentView=original Approved for Release 2026 Under Section 1842 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 SEGRETHNOFORN SECRET NOFORN 031710Z. CIA WASHINGTON DC 455482 TO: WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM WASHINGTON DC, DNI WASHINGTON DC, SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//IR/DSITA//, NGA NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC, DIA WASHINGTON DC, JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC, DA AMHS WASHINGTON DC, DA WASHINGTON DC, ONI WASHINGTON DC, CNO WASHINGTON DC, DIRNAVCRIMINVSERV WASHINGTON DC//ATAC /0022//, CMC WASHINGTON DC, CSAF WASHINGTON DC, AFIAA AMHS BOLLING AFB DC, JWAC DAHLGREN VA//12//, DIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MD, ANCHORY FT GEORGE G MEADE MD, DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC, FBI WASHINGTON DC, US SECRET SERVICE WASHINGTON DC/ID//, NCTC WASHINGTON DC, FAA NATIONAL HQ WASHINGTON DC, DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON DC//S-60//, HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHINGTON DC, TSA HQ WASHINGTON DC, DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC, CDR USEUCOM INTEL VAIHINGEN GE//J-2//, JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK//DON/, US SURVEY DIV SHAPE BE, CDRUSAREUR DCSINT HEIDELBERG GE//AEAGB-IAD/, UTAIS RAMSTEIN AB GE//INO//, COMSIXTHFLT, SR JOIC NAPLES IT, CTF 67, CTF 69, COMSOCEUR VAIHINGEN GE, HQ USJFCOM NORFOLK VA, COMUSELTFORCOM NORFOLK VA, COMMARFORCOM, ACC IN LANGLEY AFB VA, CITF 6 FT BLISS TX//FCJT-J2/, COMSECONDFLT, USSTRATCOM INTEL DIRECTORATE OFFUTT AFB NE, CDR USTRANSCOM INTEL CELL SCOTT AFB IL, USSOCOM INTEL MACDILL AFB FL, COMJSOC FT BRAGG NC//J2//, HQ USAFRICOM STUTTGART GE . PASS: DIA FOR TERRORISM. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE WARNING: SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS. INVOLVED. ANY TRANSMISSION OR REVELATION OF THIS INFORMATION IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED. VIOLATORS MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, INCLUDING UNDER THE ESPIONAGE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. REPORT CLASS S E CR E T --NOFORN DIST: 3 JULY 2008 COUNTRY: ZIMBABWE TOPIC: DEPS/FMCC SUBJ: PLACEMENT ON HIGH ALERT DUE TO PERCEIVED AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POSTURING DOI: EARLY JULY 2008 SUMMARY: NONE TEXT: 1. 2. As of early July 2008,| SECREFHNOFORN 1 of 3 6/15/2009 2:05 PM

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Trident . https://www.trident.cia/DisplayDocument.do?documentView=original SECRETINOTORN was reporting from Zimbabwe regarding an unidentified object hovering at high altitude over the Harare International Airport. This object was observed, possibly by both radar and optical means, in the skies above Harare durina the afternoon of 2 July 2008. Reporting indicated that the object hovered at an undetermined altitude directly over the Harare airport. At one point during observation, "beams" were observed emanating from the object 3. Individuals aware of the incident had debated whether the object was an advanced reconnaissance device belonging to a government, or whether the object was an unidentified flying object of extraterrestrial origins. According to observers the object was disc-like in shape with a hollow center, and had a series of rotating lights on the underside of the airframe. After a period under observation from the ground, the rotating lights under the object shifted colors and the object quickly ascended to higher altitudes and out of visual range. Regardless of the origins, this incident, had resulted in the decision to place the Zimbabwe on high alert. SECRETINOFORN 2 of 3 6/15/2009 2:05 PM

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Trident https://www.trident.cia/DisplayDocument.do?documentView=original SEURETTNOFORN END OF MESSAGE SECRET SECRETINOFORN 3 of 3 6/15/2009 2:05 PM