INQUIRE=DOC12D ITEM NO=00253718 ENVELOPE CDSN= LGX782 MCN = 90278 TOR = 902781748 RTTUZYUW RUEKJCS6696 2781749-UUUU--RUEALGX. ZNR UUUUU HEADER R 051749Z OCT 90 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEALGX/SAFE R 051442Z OCT 90 FM FBIS LONDON UK TO RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA RUEBHAA/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEKJCS/DEFINTAGNCY WASH DC RUEOACC/CDR PSYOPGP FT BRAGG NC/ASOF-POG-SB// RUETIAV/MPC FT GEO G MEADE MD RUFHVOA/VOA MUNICH GE ACCT FBLD-EWDK BT CONTROLS UNCLAS 3L/WAVE SERIAL: PM0510144290 BODY PASS: COPY TO UD COUNTRY: USSR SUBJl UFO NEWS BULLETIN PUBLICATION PLANNED REF: LONDON MOSCOW NEWS IN ENGLISH NO. 18. 28 SEPT-4 OCT 90 P11 TEXT: //((D. SIDOROV REPORT: "UFO MAGAZINE HOPES MILITARY WON'T GAG THEIR EXCLUSIVES")) ((TEXT)) A MONTH BEFORE ITS PLANNED LAUNCH, A NEWS BULLETIN, UFO AND ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA, HAS YET TO BE SANCTIONED BY MOSCOW'S STATE SELL AND THAT THE NEWSSTANDS ARE FLOODED WITH SUCH INFORMATION," SAYS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SERGEY RYBAKOV. HOWEVER, THE BULETIN WILL BE CARRYING EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES WHICH ARE LIKELY TO ATTRACT A HEALTHY READERSHIP. THE FIRST ISSUE WILL FEATURE AN ARTICLE ENTITLED :WHAT THE COSMONAUTS SAW", WITH A TRANSCRIPT OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO SOVIET COSMONAUTS ABROAD SEPERATE SPACE STATIONS, DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW IN OUTER SPACE DURING THIER FLIGHTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A STORY ABOUT THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE. INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SOVIET RADIO OPERATOR WHO WORKED ON A SHIP IN THE AREA. UNCLASSIFIED (Stamped) Approved for Release Date ___AUG__1997___ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAGE:0115 THE BULLETIN IS INTENDED AS A SERIOUS VENTURE AND ALL THE INFORMATION IN IT WILL BE VERIFIED BEFORE PUBLICATION. THIS WILL INVOLVE CHECKING ON EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF UFO'S THROUGH CROSS- EXAMINATION OF THE WITNESSES. THREE OF THE TEN-STRONG EDITORIAL STAFF WILL COMPILE UP-TO-THE- MINUTE NEWS ITEMS AND WILL VISIT AREAS WHERE UFO SIGHTING HAVE BEEN REPORTED. "WE HAVE ENOUGH PAPER FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS," SAYS RYBAKOV. "AFTER THAT, WE'LL START HUNTING FOR MORE." NO PREMISES HAVE YET BEEN FOUND FOR THE EDITORIAL OFFICE. ANOTHER POSSIBLE OBSTACLE FACING THE BULLETIN IS THE MILITARY, WHO MIGHT USE THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AS A METHOD OF OBTAINING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT UFOS, AND PROHIBIT THEIR OPEN PUBLICATION AND SALE. RYBAKOV - WHO HAS NEVER HIMSELF SEEN AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT - STUDIED AT THE MOSCOW AVIATION INSTITUTE WHERE HE WAS A THE SOVIET UNION. HE THEN WENT TO WORK AT ONE OF MOSCOW'S CLOSED AVIATION DESIGN BUREAUS. BUT UFOS REMAINED A CONSUMMING INTEREST AND HE DID NOT HESITATE TO LEAVE HIS JOB WHEN THE INTERPRINT JOINT VENTURE SUGGESTED THAT HE ESTABLISHED A BULLETIN. FROM THE BEGINNING, THE PLAN HAS BEEN TO USE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE BULLETIN TO SET UP A RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF UFOS. HOWEVER, INTERPRINT WERE NOT PREPARED TO INVEST THE NECESSARY 100,000 ROUBLES REQUIRED TO START THE PROJECT, LEAVING RYBAKOV AS BOTH OWNER AND EDITOR. "IF THE PUBLICATION GOES BANKRUPT, I'LL TRY TO FIND SOME OTHER WELL-PAID JOB," HE SAYS/ HOWEVER, HE IS CONFIDENT THAT THE BULLETIN WILL SELL. ITS NEAREST RIVAL, THE BALTIC NEWSPAPER EMSKIY TRIANGLE, COSTS THREE ROUBLES, WHEREAS UFO AND ANOMALOUR PHENOMENA WILL COST ABOUT 30 KOPEKS. IF SOYUZPECHAT CONTINUE REFUSING TO DISTRIBUTE THE BULLETIN, THEN THE JOB WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS. "IF THINGS GO WELL, WE WANT TO ENTER THE WORLD MARKET, HE SAYS. "OUR PUBLICATION WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO SEVERAL LANGUAGES." ADMIN (ENDALL) 28-SEP-4 OCT-XXXXXXX 05/16422 OCT BT #6696 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED
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