SEARCH FOR MISSING SU-27 CONTINUES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005517758
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: August 6, 1992

C00386415
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DOCN 000041720
CLAS UNCLAS 3D/FAX
SERI SERIAL: pM0608150792
PASS PASS:
COUN COUNTRY: RUSSIA
SUBJ SUBJ: SEARCH FOR MISSING SU-27 CONTINUES
SOUR-SOURCE: MOSCOW KRASNAYA ZVEZDA IN RUSSIAN 6 AUG 92 P 2
TEXT TEXT:
//((RIA REPORT: "SEARCH FOR FIGHTER CONTINUES"))
((TEXT)) AIRCRAFT, HELICOPTERS, AND TEAMS ON THE GROUND ARE
CONDUCTING AN INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR THE SU-27 FIGHTER WHICH
DISAPPEARED 25 JULY DURING A PLANNED FLIGHT. THE SEARCH HAS BEEN
COMPLICATED -BY A CYCLONE IN THE AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED.
AT 0500 MOSCOW TIME ON 24 JULY THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ON THE
RADAR SCREEN, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7,500 METERS. CONTACT WITH IT WAS
THEN LOST.
THE FAR EAST AIR DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS HAS DRAWN ATTENTION TO' ONE
*MYSTERIOUS FACT -- A UFO HAD BEEN SITED IN THE CRASH AREA DURING
THE SU-27'S FLIGHT. ALSO STRANGE IS THE FACT THAT THE SEARCH
GROUPS HAVE STILL NOT DISCOVERED ANY TRACE OF THE CRASH -- EVEN THE
RADIO BEACON WHICH INDICATES WHERE THE PILOT LANDED OR DITCHED.
(ENDALL) 6 AUG 06/1617Z AUG
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approved for Rein.",
MAY 2000