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THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED TnTEuTg ENCE
CO UNTRY USSR
DO I November 1972-November 1975
SUBJECT The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing 
Range
REPOST NO. FIX K' 511 /0 1 b S’- * 
DATE DI STR _y? f'Dec emb
FIELD NO.aCQ Germany
SOURCE
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Summary: This report provides limited information on the Sary 
Shaganweapons testing range, to include facilities, work areas, 
security fencing, the regional headquarters [V/Ch 03080), and a 
warhead checkout unit (V/t!h 03142). Also included is limited 
information on the following: System-75 (SA-2) and System-300/ 
A ldan [A BM -1 GA LOSH] warheads; rumored laser research; 
unidentified aerial phenomenon. End of Summary. and an
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10. Besides the System-75 SA -2] warheads, Site 4 also 
checked the warheads for- a missilefsj known as the System-300 
and/or A ldan. (Field Comment: Lource did not know if A ldan was 
another’name for the System-^0L- r.issllc, or :f they were two 
similar missiles.) The System- 3(-0/A ldan warheads after being 
checked at Site 4 were taken to SiteT5”~for launching. A ccording 
to rumor, the missile was for antimissile defense (protivo 
raketnaya oborona - PRO). (FieId Comment: Source "identified the 
System- 51)0/A ldan missile in avauTbie reierence material as the 
A BM -l/GA LOS?n
11. The warhead for the Sys tern-300/A Idan missile was about 
two meters long and 80 to 100 cer timeters in diameter. The war­
head weighed approximately 400 kilograms, and it contained an 
unrecalled number of black cassettes, 45 x 12 centimeters, which 
housed an unknown number of meta] bails (shariki). Warheads for 
the System-75 [SA -2] missile had approximately 100 grey cassettes, 
30 x 7 centimeters, each of which held about 200 to 300 metal balls 
each no more than 1.5 centimeters in diameter. (Field Comment: 
Source had no knowledge regarding nuclear warheads'? He opined 
that all systems could be equipped with nuclear warheads. However, 
Source stated all work done by his department was basically 
experimental (opytnaya)J _______________________
13. A ccording to hearsay, ecperiments involving laser weapons 
were being conducted at an unknown location at the range. Sup­
posedly, the tests involved powerful antennas (no further details).
14. On one evening in late Summer 1973, Source observed an


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unidentified phenomenon at Site 7. While watching a sport com­
petition between Canada and the USSR on television, he stepped 
outside for some air and observed an unidentified sharp (bright) 
green circular object or mass in the sky. The object was situated 
west of the site at an angle of sighting of approximately 70 
degrees. The altitude of the object was undeterminable. (Field 
Comment: A lthough there were no clouds in the sky that evening, 
Source believed that the green mass would have been higher than 
cloud level. Source could not estimate the diameter of the 
object.) Within 10 to 15 seconds of observation, the green circle 
widened and within a brief period of time several green concentric 
circles formed around the mass. Within minutes the coloring dis­
appeared. There was no sound, such as an explosion, associated 
with the phenomenon. (Field Comment: Source had no opinion as 
to what this phenomenon”was-. TheTe was no resultant rumors.
Source could not provide any further details.)