RUMOR OF SOVIET ELECTRONIC WEAPON AGAINST AIRCRAFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003900510008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT Rumor of Soviet Electronic Weapon
Against Aircraft
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This Document contains information affecting the Na..
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT. IS TENTATIVE.
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5 April 1954
1. During 1953 the following rumor was being circulated around Moscow:
"The Soviets have developed a weapon which will prevent any
enemy aircraft from coming within a 200 mile radius of Moscow.
The weapon operates on the principle of the electric eye. It
will detect the aircraft and then by some electrical means destroy
the ability of the aircraft to fly."
2. Residents of Moscow believe that one of the reasons for making Moscow
University such a tall building was in order that this electronic apparatus
could be installed on top of the university building.
This rumor is obviously a layman's garble of the facts, but it is being
disseminated in the form in which it was received for whatever clues it
may contain to Soviet developments in anti-aircraft defense.
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