CIA C05516709 Concatenated PROD Reports 1988-1994

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Concatenated PROD Reports, 1988 - 1994
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Report Type: Foreign Press Note Report Date:
Report Nullber: FB PN 90-123 UDC Nullber:
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Headline: USSR: UPO SIGBTINGS NO. 2 -- GENERAL KALTSEV COMMENTS
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1. Leading Soviet newspapers have continued to carry numerous
reports on UPO sightings in the Soviet Union (see Foreign Press Note
FB PN 89-292 dated 22 November 1989 entitled "USSR: Media Report
Multitude of UPO Sightings"). This coverage reached a new level when
the 19 April issue of RABOCBAYA TRIBUNA carried a lengthy report on
UPO sightings on 21 March, including comments by ColGen of Aviation
Igor Maltsev, chief of the Main Staff of the Soviet Air Defense
Forces.
2. The report in RABOCBAYA TRIBUNA consists of excerpts of
"documents" submitted by Colonel General Maltsev reporting "visual
observations" of UFO sightings on 21 March, as well as two
photographs; the paper was able to publish excerpts from only a few
of the "more than 100 visual observations" compiled by the commanders
of several air defense units of the Moscow Military District. After
radar stations and aircraft assigned to the Air Defense Forces were
placed on alert on 21 March and ordered to attempt to detect and
identify an object or objects flying in the area of
Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, a pilot made the following report:
3. "I, Lt Col A.A. Semenchenko, received the command to go on an
alert exercise. At 2138, I received the command to take off. Once
in the air, in the region of Pereslavl, I received my task of
detecting and identifying a target at an altitude of 2,000 meters.
Following a true course of 220 degrees, I visually detected the
target, designated by two flashing white lights, at 2205; it was
ahead and to the right, at an angle of 10 degrees. The target
altered its altitude by distances of up to 1,000 meters and altered
its direction of flight. Vith the permission of the command post, I
locked my sights onto the radiation after checking to be sure that my
weaponry was switched off.
4. "The target did not respond to the 'identify--friend or foe'
request. In addition to the target, three or four regularly
scheduled airliners could be seen on the screen. As ordered by the
command post, I carried out a banked turn. Vhile completing the
turn, I observed a luminous phenomenon, reminiscent of the Aurora
Borealis but with weak intensity, to the north and northwest. I
approached the target to within a range of about 500-600 meters and
passed above it, trying to define its character •. I saw only two
bright flashing white lights. I briefly saw the silhouette of the
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