Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Further Details on Blast at Biysk Oleum Plant
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A 1990 FBIS report details a fatal explosion at the Biysk Oleum Plant in the USSR. The government commission investigating the incident explicitly ruled out sabotage or 'flying saucers' as causes, attributing the blast to a likely technological failure.
This document is a daily report from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) dated November 16, 1990, detailing an explosion at the Biysk Oleum Plant in the Altay Kray region. The report, authored by S. Kuzmin and sourced from KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA, describes the tragedy as having a significant impact on the local population, noting that the facility was a defense plant. According to the report, the municipal emergency commission initially refused to provide details, but a government commission later confirmed that 11 workers, mostly women, were killed, with several others injured and one person still trapped in the wreckage. The material damage was described as substantial. While the exact cause of the explosion remained unclear at the time of the report, the government commission explicitly dismissed theories involving sabotage or 'flying saucers,' suggesting instead that a technological breach or a chemical reaction leading to a temperature rise was the likely cause. Experts from the State Committee for Environmental Protection provided assurances that the accident would not have a harmful environmental impact on the city.
The government commission states: ''Saboteurs and flying saucers have nothing to do with this. There was most likely a breach of technology somewhere. A chemical reaction may have begun in one of the units. Then the temperature rose.''
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Official Assessment
The government commission stated: ''Saboteurs and flying saucers have nothing to do with this. There was most likely a breach of technology somewhere. A chemical reaction may have begun in one of the units. Then the temperature rose.''
The explosion at the Biysk Oleum Plant resulted in 11 worker deaths, primarily women, and several injuries. The cause remains officially unclear, though a government commission attributed it to a potential technological breach and chemical reaction, explicitly ruling out sabotage or flying saucers.
Key Persons
- S. KuzminAuthor/Reporter