Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Search Continues for Downed Su-27 Pilot
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This report details the 1992 disappearance of Russian pilot Captain Vladimir Molokanov and his Su-27 aircraft. Despite extensive searches and investigations, the cause remains unconfirmed, with theories ranging from mechanical failure to UFO abduction.
This document is a press report from the Khabarovsk Radio Khabarovsk Network, dated October 23, 1992, regarding the disappearance of a Russian military pilot, Captain Vladimir Molokanov. On July 24, 1992, Captain Molokanov was piloting an Su-27 aircraft returning from anti-aircraft and missile training in Chukotka. Contact with the aircraft was lost at noon local time near the Shantarskiye Islands off the Okhotsk Sea coast. Despite a three-month search effort led by Aleksandr Nosov, the pilot and the aircraft remain missing. The report notes that several theories have been proposed to explain the disappearance, including an accident, the pilot losing consciousness, the pilot escaping abroad, or abduction by a UFO. However, none of these theories have been confirmed. Intelligence and diplomatic investigations have failed to locate the aircraft in Japan, the United States, or South Korea. The report mentions that the most prevalent explanation remains an accident, possibly involving a failure in the regulators of both engines. This incident is noted as the second time a pilot has disappeared from this specific air regiment.
Various explanations for the incident have been offered -- an accident, loss of consciousness by the pilot, escape abroad, and abduction by a UFO. But none of these have been confirmed as yet.
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Official Assessment
The only prevalent explanation is an accident.
The search for Captain Vladimir Molokanov, who went missing on July 24, 1992, has been unsuccessful. While various theories including accident, pilot loss of consciousness, escape abroad, or UFO abduction have been suggested, none have been confirmed. An investigation by intelligence and diplomatic services found no trace of the aircraft in Japan, the United States, or South Korea.
Witnesses
- Vladimir MolokanovCaptain, pilot first classmilitary
Key Persons
- Aleksandr Nosovhead of the search team