2001-10-28 / Kodori Gorge, Georgia / unresolved
A confidential cable sent October 30, 2001, from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the State Department reports that Deputy Foreign Minister Mamedov, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, categorically denied that Russian planes flew over or bombed positions in the Kodori Gorge on October 28 and 29, despite Georgian accusations. MFA Georgia Desk Chief Tereoken echoed the denial but added that "any side" could have sent planes over Kodori, prompting the embassy to comment that "to posit that they could be UFOs would be humorous if it were not for the seriousness of the violations.
Unidentified planes alleged to have violated Georgian airspace and bombed positions in the Kodori Gorge on October 28,29, 2001