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Sighting Of Unidentified Flying Objects

Defense Intelligence Agency · 148 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Defense Intelligence Agency compilation brings together several Department of Defense intelligence information reports on UFO sightings from 1968 to 1976. It includes 1968 reports of UFOs over South China and the Taiwan Strait, a 1970 South Korean report on possible North Korean balloons, and a table of Spanish sightings from 1973 to 1974 taken from the local press. It also contains a Pakistani report of a light seen before an earthquake and the USDAO Tehran account of F-4 jets losing instruments while chasing a UFO in September 1976.

  • p. 141 …The facts cited in the article persuasively prove that cancellation of advanced basic research programmes delivers…

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CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 01 OF 03

SERIAL: (U)

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COUNTRY: (U) RUSSIA (RS).

SUBJ: /"VESTNIK VOZDUSHNOGO FLOTA," ("AIR FLEET HERALD,") ISSUES 1-2, 1996 (U)

WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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DOI: (U) 960402.

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SOURCE: (U)

SUMMARY: (U) REPORT FORWARDS NEWEST COPY OF "VESTNIK VOZDUSHNOGO FLOTA." HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE BRIEF ARTICLE BY GEN-COL DEYNEKIN; AN ARTICLE ON RUSSIAN STEALTH TECHNOLOGY, AND STATISTICS AND BACKGROUND DATA ON LEADING RUSSIAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. ENCLOSURE.

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1. (U) RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MOST RECENT EDITION OF "VESTNIK VOZDUSHNOGO FLOTA," OR "AIR FLEET HERALD," ON 960402. FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF SYNOPSES OF THE MORE INTERESTING ARTICLES.

2. (U) THE FIRST ARTICLE, WRITTEN BY AUTHORS V. ((SHULTZAS)) AND M. ((SOBKALOV)), IS ENTITLED "RUSSIAN EXPORT ACTIVITIES IN MILITARY AVIATION." THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES TRENDS IN WORLD ARMS SALES AND PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY RUSSIAN ARMS TRADERS. THE AUTHORS

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