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This Central Intelligence Agency biographical brief, dated 21 March 1977, profiles Soviet biologist Inal Akoyev, who has done military-related research on non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation standards since at least 1972. It traces his earlier work on the biological effects of radiation, space radiation studies, and a fungi experiment during the 1975 Apollo Soyuz Test Project that U.S. scientists regarded as technically invalid. It notes his 1976 study of phosphenes seen by Aeroflot pilots, which it calls a possible cause of UFO claims, and his visits to the United States.
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SEQUENCE NR: *** CONFIDENTIAL ]*** (b) (3) MILITARY RELATED RESEARCH ON NIEMR SINCE AT LEAST 1972). BEFORE HIS INVOLVEMENT IN NIEMR STANDARDS, INAL AKOYEV WAS KNOWN FOR RESEARCH ON THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF RADIATION. IN 1966 HE PUBLISHED A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF THYROIDIN IN ERYTHROPOIESIS IN IRRADIATED ANIMALS. FROM 1966 TO HIS CURRENT ASSIGNMENT, INAL AKOYEV APPLIED HIS RESEARCH TO SPACE RELATED TOPICS, REPORTING ON BLOOD RESTORATION IN MEN EXPOSED TO WHOLE BODY IRRADIATION, THE BIOLOGICAL DANGER OF EXTREME HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES OF SPACE RADIATION AND THE BIORYTHYM OF ZONE FORMING FUNGI (AN EXPERIMENT DONE DURING THE 1975 APOLLO SCYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP)). U.S. SCIENTISTS REGARDED HIS ASTP EXPERIMENT AS TECHNICALLY INVALID. IN 1976 INAL AKCYEV WAS STUCYING COSMIC RAY PARTICLES CALLED PHOSPHENES, WHICH WERE CAUSING AEROFLOT PILOTS TO SEE FLASHES OF LIGHT WHILE FLYING AT NIGHT (PHENOMENA SHARED BY U.S. ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE AND A POSSIBLE CAUSE CF UFO CLAIMS). BCRM ON 17 APRIL 1922 IN MOSCOW, INAL AKCYEV WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED IN TASHKENT, UZBEK SSR. IN 1957 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, LENINGRAD VETERINARY INSTITUTE, WHERE HE STUDIED THE VASCULAR SYSTEM OF HORSES. IN ADDITION TO HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1976, INAL AKOYEV VISITED THIS COUNTRY TWICE IN 1975 IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASTP EXPERIMENT. HE SPEAKS ENGLISH SLOWLY BUT *** CONFIDENTIAL [ ] *** (6)(3) PAGE 145 SEQUENCE NR: *** CONFIDENTIAL 7*** (b) (3) READS IT QUITE WELL. DOCTOR OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES INAL AKOYEV (PRONOUNCED AHKOHYEF) HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SPACE RELATED TOPICS SINCE 1966, REPORTING ON BLOOD RESTORATION IN MEN EXPOSED TO WHOLE BCDY IRRADIATION, THE BIOLOGICAL DANGER OF EXTREME HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES OF SPACE RADIATION AND THE BIORYTHM OF ZONE FORMING FUNGI (AN EXPERIMENT DONE DURING THE 1975 APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP)). INAL AKOYEV WAS BGRN CN 17 APRIL 1922 IN MOSCOW. IN 1957 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, LENINGRAD VETERINARY INSTITUTE, WHERE HE STUDIED THE VASCULAR SYSTEM OF HORSES. HE VISITED THE UNITED STATES TWICE IN 1975 IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASTP EXPERIMENT. IN OCTOBER 1976 AKOYEV AND COLLEAGUE VLADIMIR TYAZHELOV ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE ON THE BICLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION HELD IN AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS. *** CONFIRMENTIAL [ ] *** (b)(3)
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