Sensation: Flight to Alpha-Centaurus

This document, a JPRS report dated June 16, 1992, features an article by Vladimir Lagovskiy titled 'Sensation: Flight to Alpha-Centaurus,' originally published in the Russian newspaper Rabochaya Tribuna. The author claims that the Russian military-industrial complex, specifically the Scientific Production Association (NPO) of Experimental Machine Building, is actively researching 'flying saucers.' Lagovskiy references a specific document he claims to have seen, titled 'A Protocol of the Test Results of an Exploratory Flying Vehicle Motion Method,' which bears the signature of a military deputy commander and an official seal. According to the author, this protocol details experiments involving the assessment of bulk high-temperature superconductors under the influence of a fast electron flux, conducted as part of a flying vehicle research program. Lagovskiy argues that this research represents a serious technological breakthrough rather than a search for extraterrestrial life. He quotes Vasiliy Shabetnik, a senior fellow at the NPO and Candidate of Technical Sciences, who claims they have developed a 'principally new method of moving in space' and are prepared to demonstrate it.