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This unclassified CIA transcription of a Soviet broadcast, dated 13 October 1990, is the last of four parts covering the 5 October premiere of the "VID" television program. It describes the segments that aired after "Vzglyad": "Vedi" with historic film clips, Interfax news items, and "El Dorado". "El Dorado" reported on a 1989 UFO sighting in Georgia and interviewed a man who said aliens controlled him and left him with scars that later disappeared. The broadcast closed with MTV music videos.
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SERIAL=LD1310115790 UDN=U(45666) CLASS=UNCLAS 3L/PMU STV TAB/SU ACRUISE UNCLAS 3L/PMU STV TAB/SU ACRUISE SERIAL: LD1310115790 PASS: COPY TO UD, MOD (2), ESG, PROD TTP COUNTRY: USSR SUBJ: TAKE 4 OF 4 -- 'VID' PROGRAM PREMIERS 5 OCT REF: LD1310115490 EDITORIAL REPORT ON 'VID' PROGRAM PREMIERE//GMT, "VZGLYAD" ENDS. TEXT: ((EDITORIAL REPORT)) "VID" FOLLOWS "VZGLYAD" WITH A REVIEW OF THE REST OF THE PROGRAM, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT "VID" IS REGISTERED AT MOSCOW ISPOLKOM. AT 2110 GMT, "VEDI" BEGINS WITH VIDEO CLIPS FROM SEVERAL HISTORIC FILMS, INCLUDING FOOTAGE OF TROTSKIY WITHOUT COMMENTARY. AT 2120 GMT, "VEDI" REVIEWS FAMOUS EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON 5 OCTOBER IN THE PAST. AT 2125 GMT, "VEDI" ENDS. "VID" FOLLOWS "VEDI" WITH INTERFAX REPORTS ON: USSR SUPREME COURT WORKERS GATHERING POTATOES NEAR MOSCOW, A PRAVDA PARTY MEETING, AND AN EXPECTED PRESIDENTIAL DECREE DEVALUING THE ROUBLE. AT 2128 GMT, "EL DORADO" BEGINS WITH A REPORT ON YAKUTIA VOLUNTEER NURSES, FOLLOWED BY FOOTAGE OF AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN STICKING NEEDLES THROUGH HIS ARM. AT 2135 GMT, "EL DORADO" DETAILS REPORTS ON A 1989 UFO SIGHTING IN GEORGIA, INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH A MAN WHO CLAIMS HE WAS CONTROLLED BY ALIENS; SUSTAINED MYSTERIOUS SCARS THAT DISAPPEARED; AND WAS TOLD THAT, ALTHOUGH ALIENS THINK PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THEMSELVES, THE ALIENS FIND PEOPLE ON EARTH TO BE SPIRITUALLY UGLY. AT 2140 GMT, "EL DORADO" PREVIEWS FUTURE EDITIONS OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING A REPORT ON A MAN WHOSE PRESENCE ALONE AFFECTS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. AT 2143 GMT, "EL DORADO" ENDS. "VID" FOLLOWS "EL DORADO" WITH KRILLOV WARNING VIEWERS TO TURN DOWN THEIR TELEVISION SETS SINCE THE MTV MUSIC VIDEOS WILL APPEAR NEXT. AT 2144 GMT, "VID" BROADCASTS MTV MUSIC VIDEOS. AT 2237 GMT, "VID" ENDS. (ENDALL) 051937 13/1232Z OCT BT #8809 NNNN NNN Approved for Release 212010
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