REPORT ON CONVERSATIONS WITH SOVIET SCIENTISTS ON SUBJECT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS IN THE USSR

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005515701
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: August 18, 1967

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2. no vasttei NOWWho, was seeeomlt?
cal on the subject a U70 s. st en&tst who sawed as translator,
a radio astronomer, emphatically vtated that he know of a sightinta
of UT0's to the USSR and added with a iausb that it they veto eoly sees
is the M. they must is at Sottet origin.
3. At the *roof the sutronosers mentioned
that she bad boas of some sightiags of unidentified objects sear the
Caucasus. She was unaware of any study being ands of them but was spen-
minded 0. the subject.
acted in the psoblles. M bad read via- a soak (ul+ieh has been trans-
lated into Russia) but did not accept his eoacluatsas. -knee
of seat st;htlagr to the northern part of the USSR. but said that re-
ports of Such ?tthttngs are not printed io Soviet newspapers because
they are not regarded as seteotilLe observations. Cecn.nti this is
interesting to view of the readiness of Soviet oewpapers to prtrt to.
they fsntastte reports of hypotheses Pad observations" suggested by the
sore tciginsttve oeabers of the scientific co ratty. Apparently sea
 3. tt the , hurls t.terast is .beer. u
the Ur0 queer s. sno that be and soeeral stbar aa?
tresoders bed bass art a t e saaeteretdo ass stoats; aid had aw a
crrtous. reddish object flashier thtosgh the air Chet thW wars aaavtssed
was sattber a sitelltte set a oteortta. iwaevet, theft tardtate ts?
terpretettos vac that this object Sight bi-s b.ee a fragsaat of a Betel.
lit* at teahet retrraiad ft.. Orbit, biratas up is the sties
theuht that h1fO's had been can is the VSR but he oseld got o sfeettls
as to locattoes and characteristics.
d. At the gals little interest
was .bawn. Oil e e aatieassir., 'pee with the group War-
tiered bylexpluad cpafttbad the eb..r t oa of a Peevtter object. Re
did not discuss the experience, to de ail but clearly bad bas scrock br
the possi-tltcy that the objset ai>th. Nave been s 'oeacot.?
7, at the t .re vas considerable interest.
The institute thaiu es prwidad ever b7
Rawaeer, the tat lei diseue a o the preblea was with
raatar of the tsatitua, bats ton tied Lead $.nt l'a
boot, bat eoaidersd it an adequate setsent of the subject which be
consequently felt was closed. So indicated that no ohaervatlegm of 17060
bad boas made by his staff said that they hid received so report. of sutb
observations. Bsuever. Mrs the reaseded to indicate the
results of McEs.ald'. aritissl at ? peoblon.~eeedhly can.
eedsd that thou misbt to dare to it mad caseluded by stating that It
was "clearly still as opo quevttaa.?
V. Another eatrooawr rc?'need that to the ssrtbera Part of.T.assUrta.
there had bass reptetcd riIbtt'Is of bell iisbtntns.
JMMMP%Od eswe r t.:ro .mt to taveetasate end dissevers at west sw.;~~
Ciao assn were safi.":oss of entasobtle badlt htc fteas an isvstatea
layer.
1. Later. a discussion was halt with Rs we not very Impressed
with Hese.l's book, but was also sot rae.ed with the significoee of
the phesoseam. It is poastbla that sere interest vas hdadlwd tb:t Might
lead to addittesel liveltigettose.
vas as i..atisftod with Basal'. boot and colt that
there was definitely as oppr-atity for additiehal research.
It. The general tooling ans gets is that so official treatment of the ltfD
problem has been given to the h1SSt. lsatsad people refer to the is
vary, prisaipait hisssel's book. to desonetrate the sbaonos et teal
scientific proble..a. Si the cos time, tbera it es shiest uatveraal
awareness of the history and ehatectertstta of the pbe"motaw efts as.
socteted with esnsiderable isterist. The result is that a aawiostraties
of the inadequacy of hhi Offietsl explanations coupled with assn proof of
tt.. re.l1ty of the abearvattens might excite emthtuiasa saes raptly
aaont Soviet astr+soners tun sent their IS eousterparts vhs are sera
.troagly influenced by the official ridicule associated with WO'e is