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This is an FBIS London translation of a TASS report by correspondent V. Belousov, published in Krasnaya Zvezda on 4 September 1990 and relayed through Joint Staff channels. It was later approved for release in August 1997. The report says that on 2 September a large illuminated ball appeared over Murmansk, moving slowly from the sea toward the Kola Peninsula. Air defense staff described the object as resembling a large airship flying at 25 km altitude and said their troops were keeping it under observation.
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INQUIRE=DOC11D ITEM NO=00693219 ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX780 MCN = 90247/14138 TOR = 902471401 RTTUZYUW RUEKJCS7194 2471402-UUUU--RUEALGX. ZNR UUUUU HEADER R 041402Z SEP 90 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEALGX/SAFE R 041347Z SEP 90 FM FBIS LONDON UK TO RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA RUDKMKB/FBIS LONDON UK//BBC// RUEBHAA/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//INR/SEE/SI// RUEKJCS/DEFINTAGNCY WASH DC RUEOACC/CDR PSYOPGP FT BRAGG NC//ASOF-POG-SB// RUETIAV/MPC FT GEO G MEADE MD RUFHVOA/VOA MUNICH GE ACCT FBLD-EWDK BT CONTROLS UNCLAS 3S/FAX SERIAL: PM0409134790 BODY PASS: COPY TO UD COUNTRY: USSR SUBJ: AIRSHIP-LIKE UFO SIGHTED OVER MURMANSK SOURCE: MOSCOW KRASNAYA ZVEZDA IN RUSSIAN 4 SEP 90 FIRST EDITION P 4 TEXT: //((TASS CORRESPONDENT V. BELOUSOV REPORT: "UFO OVER MURMANSK")) ((TEXT)) MURMANSK, 2 SEP -- AN UNUSUAL EVENT FOR INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH OCCURRED TONIGHT, WHILE RESIDENTS OF THE POLAR CITY OF MURMANSK WERE WATCHING THE "VREMYA" PROGRAM. A LARGE ILLUMINATED BALL SUDDENLY APPEARED ABOVE THE CITY, SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD THE KOLA PENINSULA FROM THE SEA. THE TASS CORRESPONDENT WAS TOLD AT THE AIR DEFENSE STAFF THAT THE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT RESEMBLES A LARGE AIRSHIP AND IS FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 25 KM. THE AIR DEFENSE SOLDIERS ARE KEEPING IT UNDER OBSERVATION. ADMIN (ENDALL) 4 SEP 04/1400Z SEP BT Approved for Release Date AUG 1997
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