SEARCH CONTINUES FOR DOWNED SU-27 PILOT

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005516728
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: October 23, 1992

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APSN OV0111135692
DDAT 921023
SLIN Khabarovsk Radio Khabarovsk Network in Russian 0945 GMT 23 Oct 92
SUBS [From the "Kray News" program
SUBJ Search Continues for Downed Su-27 Pilot
Full Text Superzone of Message
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2 [Text] The fruitless search for Vladimir Molokanov, a military pilot who
went missing on 24 July near the Okhotsk Sea coast, has been going on for
three months. On that day, Captain Molokanov, pilot first class, was
returning in an Su-27 from the site of anti aircraft and missile training
in Chukotka. However, he did not reach his regiments's airfield in
Komsomolsk-Na-Anure. Contact with the interceptor was suddenly lost at
noon local time, when it was in the area of the Shantarskiye Islands.
Various explanations for the incident have been offered -- an accident,
loss of consciousness by the pilot, escape abroad, and abduction by a UFO.
But none of these have been confirmed as yet.
3 Aleksandr Nosov, head of the search team, said that the search in the area
where the supposed accident occurred, an analysis of radio exchanges with
the pilot, and an examination of the extraordinary event by experts so far
have yielded no results. The only prevalent explanation is an accident.
On its way home the jet suffered a failure in the regulators of both
engines, but since it was possible to continue flight with such a
malfunction, this was what Molokanov was advised to do. No confirmation
for any other explanation has been found.
4 As for an escape abroad, both foreign and military intelligence and the
diplomatic corps have carried out an investigation. No trace was found of
the vanished Su-27 in Japan, the United States or South Korea.
5 This is the second time that a military p as disappeared
from this air regiment. (endall) 230945 130111.011
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