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This is a JPRS translation, dated 16 June 1992, of an article by Vladimir Lagovskiy in the Moscow newspaper Rabochaya Tribuna. It covers work at the Scientific Production Association of Experimental Machine Building, which has military ties, on a saucer-shaped vehicle. The vehicle would be driven by a fast electron flux acting on a high-temperature superconductor. Researcher Vasiliy Shabetnik also claims an 'energy conversion' process that could power a round trip to Alpha Centauri in 12 years.
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## Concatenated JPRS Reports, 1992 Document 5 of 20 Page 5 plug our converter into an electric generator. So on the output you produce four times as much energy as it can generate operating in a traditional fashion. You use one-quarter of that for generator power supply and the remainder is available to you as a gift from the microcosm.' 32. Yet in reality, of course, everything is a lot more complicated. In essence, the energy converter consists of several simultaneously operating devices. Its principal elements are a closed superconductor and a control system. This is for terrestrial needs. But the electron accelerator connected into the circuit turns the converter into a space propulsor. Using it, one can reach the Alpha-Centaurus and return back to earth in 12 years. 33. ''Have you been able to replicate these processes at least experimentally?'' 34. 'Yes. Otherwise I wouldn't be telling you anything. In our estimates, the energy concealed in 1 kilogram of iron is quite sufficient for an interstellar journey.' 35. Well, the outlook is, shall we say it, quite fantastic. Even without flying to other worlds. After all, the energy converters will be quite suitable for earthly needs. It's about time to start dreaming not only about miracle generators capable of replacing nightmarish nuclear and fossil fuel power plants, but also about new means of conveyance. All our lives could be changed dramatically... 36.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 5 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.