Cuba MiG Shootdown Attempt 1964

In March 1964, in the tense atmosphere following the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuban Air Force radar detected an unidentified disc-shaped contact over Cuban airspace. A MiG-21 interceptor was scrambled and the pilot, following orders from air defense command, fired his cannon at the craft. Ground control radar indicated the shells found their target — yet the craft showed no damage and continued to perform maneuvers. After the cannon burst, the craft executed a near-vertical acceleration and departed at extreme speed. US National Security Agency listening posts monitoring Cuban military communications as part of post-missile-crisis surveillance captured the entire exchange between the MiG pilot and Cuban Air Defense Command in real time. The NSA transcript — classified at the highest level — was processed by the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson AFB, which maintained a special program for documenting foreign nation military UAP encounters. The case became one of the most specific documented instances of a UAP apparently shrugging off a direct weapons hit.