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This unclassified CIA-distributed JPRS translation, dated 1 December 1992, reproduces an article by Lieutenant Colonel V. Maksimovskiy from the Moscow journal Aviatsiya i Kosmonavtika. It describes V. Shabetnik's proposed propulsion method for a spherical craft covered in superconducting material and driven by electron accelerators rather than hydrocarbon fuel. It reports tests in March and May 1992 in which a small superconductor model developed more than 22.5 grams of force, and it notes that the models moved like flying saucers.
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## Document 2 of 4 Muhammad's coffin''). No less than three accelerators of high-velocity electrons will be positioned inside the hull, closer to the envelope. The accelerators should have the opportunity to move along the 'equator' of the spacecraft. One of the atomic reactors which have already operated in space may be used as the on-board source of energy. However, if a generator invented by the author of this suggestion is used, the entire system becomes completely safe and ecologically clean. Only one initial 'charge' of electricity will be needed from the generator, which will be developing energy by utilizing the effect of energy conversion mentioned and the continuous currents in the semiconductor. With an excess in the amount of energy obtained which is four times the amount consumed and accelerators with KPD [efficiency] equivalent to 30 percent, this generator should produce 20 percent of the energy 'pumped in' initially. ## 11. Operation of the System 12. The high-velocity electrons emitted by the accelerators 'fly out'' of the spacecraft along the superconducting envelope and induce an electrical current in it which supplies the generator. The movement takes place through the interaction of this induced current and another current-the flow of those same electrons that were emitted. An ampere force is developed that is proportionate to the product of force from the currents and the area of the semiconductor interacting with the field of electron flow and inversely proportionate to the distance between the currents. This distance is very small, because the electrons are moving along the length of the envelope. So Muhammad's coffin' flies as if it were repelled by the magnetic field created outside the spacecraft by the high-velocity electrons being emitted. The thrust is perpendicular to the direction of their movement. By controlling this movement and increasing the current, the direction and speed of flight may be controlled. 13. The inventor is convinced that such a craft does not constitute a closed system together with the electrons. After all, they are "'ejected'" by the accelerators into the surrounding space, and by creating a magnetic field and inducing current in the superconducting envelope, they do not belong to the spacecraft. That is, in his opinion, this is not a suitable analogy to the story about Munchhausen pulling himself out of a bog by his hair-the laws of physics apply. ## 14. The Possibilities 15. So the acceleration that such a spacecraft can achieve in space depends on the area of the superconductor's surface and the capacity
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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.