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it was the mysterious and unexplained

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nature of UFO sightings that led the

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Soviet government to establish an

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official inquiry into the youthful

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phenomenon 20 years ago it involved both

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the armed forces and the prestigious

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Moscow Academy of Sciences

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no the reason that the Soviet Union

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began this project was the fact that a

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huge number of sightings and reports of

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strange phenomena were received by The

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Academy of Sciences most of the time we

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were unable to offer any convincing

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explanation no one knew what it was that

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people were seeing

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a directive was issued to all units of

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the Soviet armed forces that any UFO

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incident should be the subject of an

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I worked from September 1977 to June

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1989 and I used to get daily

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intelligence records in connection with

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any incidents that might have occurred

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throughout this period I eventually

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discovered that the official number of

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one of these cases occurred in the town

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of tavare outside Moscow and close to a

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military base

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the incident was caught on camera by two

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school boys it was then reported to the

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military authorities who launched an

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official investigation under major

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on the 4th of November in 1991 at about

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two o'clock in the afternoon a UFO

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appeared towards the right-hand side of

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the village

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it first of all flew past the river

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Volga and then hovered around this sign

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it made a turn and then banked several

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times until it changed Direction and

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after that it took off and flew away in

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two schoolboys took in the order of 11

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I've studied those events and

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investigated them thoroughly

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I took the negatives and sworn

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statements to Moscow for expert opinion

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result of all this was that the sighting

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there were two things in particular that

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attracted the attention of military

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Specialists when observing the behavior

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of the UFOs the question of the

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extraordinary maneuverability of the

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flying objects always came up

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irrespective of wherever the sighting

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took place that is they could alter

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their trajectory literally like an

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insect in flight

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this was all highly significant if our

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planes could move like that not a single

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American fighter will be able to catch

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during the Cold War rocket tests

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undoubtedly accounted for some sightings

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reported by the public

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but there were a number of cases that

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could never be explained even by the

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military

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award in the end because we could not

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explain everything we felt that the

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scientific research into these phenomena

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should be continued the fact that there

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weren't many examples maybe five or ten

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cases that were inexplicable didn't mean

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that they weren't important

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in fact they were probably much more

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important than those thousands of

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sightings which did have a rational

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explanation yeah in other words it was

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felt that there was a great need for the

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research to be continued at a serious

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one scientist to assist the military in

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researching the youthful phenomenon is

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Yuri Sim Yakov a professor of marine

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biology in Moscow

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he has investigated several incidents of

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alleged UFO Landings across the country

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analyzing soil samples and vegetation to

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find out if there is any noticeable

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we studied more than 12 Landing sites in

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the vicinity of Moscow and I also

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examined a number of sites from which

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samples were actually brought

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one incident which semiakov studied in

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detail occurred at podrashkova near

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an extraordinary event took place here

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10 years ago

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we visited this site several times

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because of reports that a UFO landed

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there was a train passing by and two

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people saw this UFO and they were

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astounded by what they saw

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after that we came here and studied the

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site I personally supervised several

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I brought some insects here ants flies

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and even worms and studied how they

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reacted to the site that is did they

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something very interesting happened to

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the vegetation it dried up now of course

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it has grown again and covered

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everything over but at the time the

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trees withered immediately and quickly

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turned yellow and now all that is left

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are tree stumps

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and further away over there the trees

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after more than 10 years of scientific

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study what conclusions can be drawn in

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this is an extremely difficult question

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to answer I can't just say they were

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alien spacecraft although such an

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explanation cannot be ruled out

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it's possible as many people think that

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there are several different solutions to

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this entire phenomenon

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while scientists like Yuri samyakov

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continue to collaborate with the

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military in the search for possible

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solutions to the youthful phenomenon a

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surprising conclusion was reached by a

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separate investigation that the Russian

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one officer who was closely involved

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with this special investigation is

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General vasili alexeyev

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today he is in charge of space

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Communications

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General Alexia was ordered to review all

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reports on you for incidents that had

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occurred at secret military bases in the

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I can say one thing briefly and clearly

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this investigation was carried out by

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our military forces with the assistance

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of the Academy of Sciences and the

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secret services

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this took place at one of the secret

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bases in the Volga step a location where

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the phenomenon itself was frequently

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seen

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it was proved conclusively and also

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reported that in the end there could be

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no question of secret weapon tests they

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were not yet that far advanced

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which leaves the question as to what all

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this could be

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despite the fact that there was a great

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deal of apprehension about using this

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phrase the officials who were

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responsible for this high-level

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commission felt obliged to report that

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in the end there probably was an alien

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civilization present the commission came

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to this conclusion even though it was

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realized at the time that such an idea

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was a difficult one to put forward I

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give you my word as an officer that with

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the exception of information relating to

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the location of military sites and

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intelligence which might have National

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Security implications

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I am discussing everything else

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associated with this phenomenon with a

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completely open heart

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UFOs are extraterrestrial in origin even

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if it were the final conclusion of the

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secret Volga investigation is it an

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answer that a high-ranking general can

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seriously

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supportive well I think I've confirmed

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several times that I do actually support

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the notion that these objects appear to

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be of an extraterrestrial origin

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the age of us I would also like to point

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out that if you take all the available

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evidence and the reported spaces then