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This Central Intelligence Agency transcript, dated 4 October 1990, reproduces a Moscow News report on a planned Soviet news bulletin, UFO and Anomalous Phenomena. Editor-in-chief Sergey Rybakov, who studied in Felix Zigel's group at the Moscow Aviation Institute, says the distributor Soyuzpechat had not yet approved it. The first issue was to include a transcript of two cosmonauts describing what they saw in space and a Bermuda Triangle story. The report notes funding troubles and fears that the military might block publication.
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SERIAL=PM0510144290 UDN=U（37677） CLASS=UNCLAS 3L/WAVE UNCLAS 3L/WAVE SERIAL: PM0510144290 PASS: COPY TO COUNTRY: USSR SUBJ: UFO NEWS BULLETIN PUBLICATION PLANNED REF: LONDON MOSCOW NEWS IN ENGLISH NO. 18, 28 SEP-4 OCT 90 P11 TEXT: //((D. SIDOROV REPORT: "UFQ MAGAZINE HOPES MILITARY WON'T GAG THEIR EXCLUSIVES")) (/TEXT)) A MONTH BEFORE ((TEXT)) A MONTH BEFORE ITS PLANNED LAUNCH, A NEWS BULLETIN, UFO AND ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA, HAS YET TO BE SANCTIONED BY MOSCOW'S STATE NEWSPAPER AGENCY, SOYUZPECHAT. "THEY THINK THAT THE BULLETIN WON'T SELL AND THAT THE NEWSSTANDS ARE FLOODED WITH SUCH INFORMATION," SAYS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SERGEY RYBAKOV. HOWEVER, THE BULLETIN WILL BE CARRYING EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES WHICH ARE LIKELY TO ATTRACT A HEALTHY READERSHIP. THE FIRST ISSUE WILL FEATURE AN ARTICLE ENTITLED "WHAT THE COSMONAUTS SAW", WITH A TRANSCRIPT OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO SOVIET COSMONAUTS ABOARD SEPARATE SPACE STATIONS, DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW IN OUTER SPACE DURING THEIR FLIGHTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A STORY ABOUT THE THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE, INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH A SOVIET RADIO OPERATOR WHO WORKED ON A SHIP IN THE AREA. THE BULLETIN IS INTENDED AS A THE BULLETIN IS INTENDED AS A SERIOUS VENTURE, AND ALL THE INFORMATION IN IT WILL BE VERIFIED BEFORE PUBLICATION. THIS WILL INVOLVE CHECKING ON EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF UFO'S THROUGH CROSS- EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES. THREE OF THE TEN-STRONG EDITORIAL STAFF WILL COMPILE UP-TG-THE MINUTE NEWS ITEMS AND WILL VISIT AREAS WHERE UFO SIGHTING HAVE BEEN REPORTED. "WE HAVE ENOUGH PAPER FOR THE NEWS "WE HAVE ENOUGH PAPER FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS," SAYS RYBAKOV. "AFTER THAT, WE'LL START HUNTING FOR MORE." NO PREMISES HAVE YET BEEN FOUND FOR THE EDITORIAL OFFICE. ANOTHER POSSIBLE OBSTACLE FACING THE ANOTHER POSSIBLE OBSTACLE FACING THE BULLETIN IS THE MILITARY, WHO MIGHT USE THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AS A METHOD OF OBTAINING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT UFOS, AND PROHIBIT THEIR OPEN PUBLICATION AND SALE. RYBAKOV - WHO HAS NEVER HIMSELF SEEN AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT - STUDIED AT THE MOSCOW AVIATION INSTITUTE WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF A GROUP HEADED BY FELIX ZIGEL, WHO FOUNDED UFO STUDIES IN THE SOVIET UNION. HE THEN WENT TO WORK AT ONE OF MOSCOW'S CLOSED AVIATION DESIGN BUREAUS. BUT UFOS REMAINED A CONSUMING BUT UFOS REMAINED A CONSUMMING INTEREST AND HE DID NOT HESITATE TO LEAVE HIS JOB WHEN THE INTERPRINT JOINT VENTURE SUGGESTED THAT HE ESTABLISH A BULLETIN. FROM THE BEGINNING, THE PLAN HAS BEEN TO USE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE BULLETIN TO SET UP A RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF UFOS. HOWEVER, INTEPRINT WERE NOT PREPARED TO INVEST THE NECESSARY 100,000 ROUBLES REQUIRED TO START THE PROJECT, LEAVING RYBAKOV AS BOTH OWNER AND EDITOR. "IF THE PUBLICATION GOES BANKRUPT I'LL TRY UNCLAS 3L/WAVE UNCLAS 3L/WAVE Date MAY 2009 (1) (3) 62
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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. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.