Dos Airgram Flying Saucers Myth

FORRMUSEONlY HANOI-INC;INOIC...TOR .:WCLASSIFIED AlongarticleinMoskovskiyKornsomoletsofFebruary16,1968,byVilJ LYUSTIBZRG,ScienoeEditorofthe~ovostiPressAgency,debunksflyir.~ saucerscompletely.flying'saucers,saysLyustiberg,appeartothcst whobelieve:tilthem,butpersistentlystay4!.IS-Yfromairobservatio14 posts,meteorol.ogistsandastronomers.Lyustiberg,infact,isquite emphaticthroughouthisarticlethatunidentifiedflyingobjeots(UFO: dor.otexist.l,Hemakesnoattempttosquarethisbeliefliith12~jlYio-;.: ~1>~i$hed.Sov:iet:":aI-ticles;-iiicJ.udiilgthat"r'ati;lers <j:."~,~1l1~.a c:. pt~ilyfor:U.S.consumption.inSoviet.Lifp.l(seereference) :D~ARTMEllTOFSTATE :AmEmbassyMOOCO\:T1\:...pATE:l1arch SUBJECT:FlyingSaucersAreaMyt~(0(''n\'aC..\'be.d(\'\,\~h;5) U1~CLASSIF!ED Enc1.osut"e:"Fl}-ingSaucers? Cll~ttaQ\.C:s./ -Hill:'ECS\{:!nk~.-., 'Enclo3uret.o Koscow A-1221 Tuesday.Maroh12,1968 Tuosday,~nrch12,1968 Woknowofstoriesaboutencounter~'3ndeven~nd-to handfightswithpilotsof'craft'landingfromotherplanets. Theywereahotat"but~i~bputsuocess Anabandoned.silverydis~wasfoundinthedeeproc~ coalseamsinNorv:~g1ancoal~1nesonSpitzbergen.Itwas pieroedand,markedbymicrometeorimpactsan~borealltraces ofhavingperform!dalongspacevoyage.~twas lysistothepentagonanddisappearedthere. -,A aauoeroutdownatreeonth:!Alta~onR~erahoraand disappearedintheturbidstream.Itwasneverrabovered AnotherSaucerglidedovertheearthlikeaninjuredbirdand '.~0:.v.-::.''.'.al:nostorashedbaforetheo::yesofwitnesses.But"having .:".~.spitout"severa.lpiecesofmetal,itlevelledout'itscourae .:.andflewoff,Deli\'oredtothepolice,themetlllprovedto beo~dinarytin.! '"'HewCanTheyBeStudied'? Itiseasiertoaskthisquestion,thantoanswer TheseflY1~gsaucers--theyarelikeOurLady:theyappear tothosewhobelievein~hem.Andtheypersistentlyfailto showthemselvestoairobservationposts,~eteorolcgisteand astronomers,i.e.preciselytothosewhocangiveusacc~ra teinfcrmationandtrustwor~hydescriptions'otaflyingobject Experiment3thatdonotrepeat'~hemselves,erthechance appearanoeofgphenomenonalwayseitherhandicapthepossibility ofinvestigationconslderablyorexcludeitaltogether Nothingbutasaucerputoutofoommiseionahigh-voltage powertransmissionlinein1965andthusplungedaeverallarge .Americanoitiesintodarknessforsixhours. Butthemos~thrillingmasterpieceofthis'sortwas probablythe"InterviewwithaManfromVenusIIpublishedat .theoloseof1967bytheWestGeTm3nsternmagazine.This ."materializedblue-eyed"superman!',aversIonofN1etzs:::he's "blondbeast",provedtobe asecrat,aer~iceagentofthe?entason. HeWaS190cmtall,spokeexcellentEnglish(itwas~glish, ' indeedl)andcouldbreathetr~elyinouratmospherew~tcout anydcv10ea.His~odestfibresUitcaseoon~ain~d~ur.us~al silverysuit,flexiblelikesilkand,sohardth~tadiamo~ddr~ll brokeoffit.,,;.:.''.'.' ,'ThemanfromVenussaidthathe'couldwalkfr~elyinauoh asuitoverthesurfaoeoftheho~taststars,~gr~oringall .powerfUlgraVitationalfields Maybethese"facts"willdo? .Nowhereinthewo:-ldis'thereEVnTmme:rustiTorthy B~oreoBoopiophotogr~phmakingitposs~ble~otraoetree o pointesimult~ncouslytheoutlinesoraso11d.41yingobject olearly.Allphotogr~phsthatexisthovebeencadewitheingle- lensoamerasandalways.leave8margintordoub~. Aseriesotsuohphotographsamazinglyrcs~cblesastraw hatwith8blac:ksilkri'bbonJth:'crtnintotheai:!'.Other6 .un4oub~edlyprovetobe1nterneg3t1vesobtainedfromtwo 'oomb eds11destforinstance.t tof3landso eandthat of8str~ngelydesignedcraft'dr~wnonwhitepape:!'.uode=n photograph1ngteohn1qu~sallowphotogr hstobeproducedI ~hiohnoexpertwilleverproveto counterfeit"Theyare real.Euttheydonotshowstrangersfroespace;theyshow quiteordinaryearthljcbjer.tsun ,p.ctedlyforeshor~ened-- pot~,pans,~Pfastictoys,~dthel e.. Aretherephotographswhichevoke nodoubtswhatsoever? Yes,thereare.Theyalwaysshowshiningobjectsofacircular orovalsha~ewithvagueoutlines.Mostlikelythesephoto- graphsShowballlightning.Incid~ntal1y,thenatureotthe latterhasnotbeenfullyelucidatedyeteither,duetothe .yaguenessottheplaceandtimeofi~sformatic~.Howev~r,no eve!thoughtofascri~ingacosmicorigintoit. ~.'Evenwithasuperficialanalysis,~ysteriousflareson oloudsprovedtobereflectionsofelectricwelding,warning lightsotairplanesintheareaof'airports,ordis~antsu~e:!' lightniIl.g.AndtheNovC!!!lcer1967"saucer"civerSofiaproved tobeah1gh-altitu~eNATOreconnaissancecalloon. Amongthe~ostseriousworksdevoted~caninvestigation oftheproblem,therearetwowhichoughttobementicned. Oneotthemisthehook."FlyingSaucers"byDonaldlde:lZel whoexplainsal~ostallcasesoftheirappearancebydisturbanoes inthe~arth'sorSun1satmosphere.ourplar.ettravelsinthe- upperlayer~oftheSun'satmosphe:!'ewhereclotsorhigh- temperaturepl~smp.~removingf:!'eely. otherisabook byPrar Edwar~s.Itisaoollection ofstatements,notes drecord~ofeye-witnesstes~imony olassifie11n~oseveralsections.True,~d~ardsorten qualitieshissourceasawitnessvhodidnotwinhtohavehis namementione~,butwho~ybetullytrusted,orthatthe trustuorthinessofthewitnessisoonfirmedbyn~erOU6ofh1s oo~ntryme~,buthecannotmentionhisn~esotarforanumber ofreaSon~.T t'snotveryconvincing,1s1t( For~homIsItNetaMyth? Theyarethosetorwhomscienceisabusiness.T~k1~g advantageof~helively1n~ere8tofpeopleforeverything thatisstr3nge~dunusual nu~ero~slecturarsi:theWest appearbeforeaudienceswithrepor~ea~dstories,invite eye-witnessest05uchlectures,anddemO:lstra:!:ephotograpr,s slices.Mestottheselecture=sarenoth1:lgbutordinary quaoks.True,th..=earepeoplewhe~=esincQ:!'elyconvinced inthetr~thc h~t~he7aretalkings:cut.TheystriVEto drawtheinter ofthe~u~lictocer 1nphnncmenabut,we aresorryto3ay,thereismoreharmt u9~in.phat. TheAmericansLesly.andAdllm3kiaretr.cmostoutrieht fraudsamongthem.Uflingtheir';goodfriendlyrelaticns"'l\"ith strangersfromother~lanets,theent~rpr1sine,~uzinessmen "visitcdllMars,theletjonendVenu~,lcarn"dfroec'J.rcoscic ne1ghhourstotreatbysicpleandaccbs31blemethodssuch diseasesascancer,glaucoma?hyper~ensionandotherswhi~h ,afflictthehumanrace.Thelrlectures,motion-p~ctures,ocoks andmedicalpracticehavebroughtthemmar.yhundredthous&nd dollarsoutofthepocketsoftrustinglistenersandpatients Tue~aQYt~archl~,19~8 Wemaytraceaolearlydefinedregularityintheappearanoe oflargenumbersofflyingsauoer~.And,strangeasit mightseem,thisregularityiscloselyconnectedwithearthly Thefirst'lloy-ole offouryearsbeganin1947.Then\l~ber ofsaucersalwaysgrowssharplyonthe~veofpresidential electionsintheUSA.Thisisdifficulttoex~lain.Maybe peopleonothe~planetslaybe~sasto~howl1iwininthe nextelections--thererub1ic~sorthadEmocrats.?erh~pE, th~sesnucersGppeerinoreertodivertth~voters fromtheagainnon-fulfilledpresidentalprogra~meand proli6isestomakethecountrya"E-reat"and"rospering"snciety. :Tterp.isanotherc7cle.True,itisnotdet~rminedbyti~e. Saucersfloodedtheearth1satmosphor~in1951inthe monthswhenthoAmarlcantroopswere"agingcruthless, a:lllihllating;;,aragainstth.:KorennPeopleISDcr:ocratlo Republic., '. Thenextinv~s1onof ucersW~3in1965-1966,when35 -Americanadvis~rsinSo~thVietn~mwarecuicklyrenlacedby _half-a-~illion-strc ar:yequippeuWith-the13tcstarmsand 1ntend1~torouttheNational-LiborationFrontwithintwo weeks~dwhenthe esiaentoftheUnitecstcto~cfA~erica, withoutdeclarin~w~rand'inv:olationtheconDti~ut1cncfhis O~cc~ntry,gavetheorderthatthepeaoefulpopulaticnof NorthVietnambesub~ectedtobrutalbombings. Itismuchnic~rtoresaaboutmyst~riousoraftfrc~ Ve sthantoth~r.kofthefuture,ofthewagefreeze?~f grow1n~pricesorunemploycent.Statesocninlmperialls~ countriesraF;orttoth~slIinformetion"qUitedcliber.:lt':lly.For th~mthefly gseucers.arunotamyth,butewell-cumo~flag~c meanstormi~1nformin~tr.epeople.,Andnothingbutthat. (MoskcvskyKc~so~o~e~s,Pecrua~y16.Infull.)