Soviet UFO Secrets. The Summer 1994 issue of Flying Saucer Review contains an article entitled "Soviet UFO Secrets", by Bryan Gresh. The article also appeared in the MUFON UFO Journal for October 1993. Brian Gresh is stated as being the Senior Vice-President of Altamira Communications Group and an associate of George Knapp, described as a renowned UFO researcher. I am personally familiar with Knapp's work and as far as I am aware he is highly regarded. The article details information obtained by both men during a 10 day visit to Russia in March 1993. The entire article is too lengthy to reproduce, however, the following extracts contain the main substance of the article: The trip to Russia took seven months to set up and was arranged by our man in Moscow, Nikolai Kapranov. "We had 40 cases where our pilots encountered UFOs," said Sokolov. "They received an order to prepare the launch of the ICBMs," said Sokolov. As the now-60-something Burdakov relates, Joseph Stalin invited Korolyov to a meeting in 1948.
Ufo/conspiracy/paranormal/mysteries. Personal Development for Smart People Forums. New Zealand military releases UFO files. The New Zealand military released hundreds of previously classified reports Wednesday detailing claims of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings and alien encounters. The reports, dating from 1954 to 2009, were released under freedom of information laws after the New Zealand Defence Force removed names and other identifying material. In about 2,000 pages of documents, members of the public, military personnel and commercial pilots outline close encounters, mostly involving moving lights in the sky. Some of the accounts include drawings of flying saucers, descriptions of aliens wearing "pharaoh masks" and alleged examples of extraterrestrial writing.
Before their release, Air Force squadron leader Kavae Tamariki said the Defence Force did not have the resources to investigate UFO sightings and would not be commenting on the files' contents. "We've just been a collection point for the information.