Chetvertoye Izmereniye - 1998 No 10

Magazine Overview

This issue of 'ЧЕТВЕРТОЕ ИЗМЕРЕНИЕ И НЛО' (Fourth Dimension and UFO), issue number 10 (135), is published by the Yaroslavl Public UFO Center. The cover prominently features the headline 'Я ВИДЕЛ ФИЛЬМ О КАТАСТРОФЕ НЛО НА УРАЛЕ !' (I Saw a Film About a UFO Catastrophe on the Urals!). The price is listed as 'свободная' (free/unrestricted).

I Saw a Film About a UFO Catastrophe on the Urals!

The lead article details a 90-minute program by the American channel TNT titled 'Secret Materials of the KGB on UFOs,' commented on by Roger Moore. The author received a video cassette of this film from Philip Mantle, former director of BUFORA (British UFO Association). The film reportedly contains three segments shot by the onboard cameras of Soviet MiG aircraft. One segment shows a MiG seemingly pursuing two dark disc-shaped objects that merge into one. Another segment captures a UFO in the form of a disc descending behind a flying Air Force fighter jet in northern neutral waters near the USSR border. A third segment shows a cylindrical object flying above and then below the MiG, before rapidly accelerating and disappearing.

American UFO experts Stanton Friedman, Antonio Huneeus, and George Filer stated they had not seen these кадры before and that they warranted serious study.

The main surprise for the author was a film about a UFO crash in the USSR and the autopsy of a probable alien. Researcher Veniamin G. Vereshchagin recounted that in November 1968, five UFOs in the form of fiery balls maneuvered over Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). One object crashed in the taiga near the settlement of Berezovsky, east of Sverdlovsk, with a distinct explosion sound. Official authorities attributed the explosion to an incident at a grain storage facility, as reported in the newspaper 'Vecherniy Sverdlovsk.' However, according to Vereshchagin, a local villager discovered 'something' in the taiga, leading to a secret military operation to evacuate the object.

Through Vereshchagin, TNT obtained a 16mm color film shot by the military at the crash site. The film shows an elite military unit studying an object half-buried in the ground, standing opposite a tree. The object appears pale greenish, possibly due to fine-grained magnesium in its alloy, with a diameter of about four and a half meters. The film then shifts to an operating room in a secure facility where three pathologists conduct an autopsy on a humanoid. The object of the autopsy appears to be part of a body, possibly a torso, lacking a head or legs. One limb, resembling a four-fingered hand, lies alongside the torso. The author speculates that if it's a real body, it was severely injured before being autopsied.

Based on the setting and military attire, the film is believed to have been shot in the USSR in the 1960s. The autopsy scenes were likely filmed in the medical unit of a closed military town like Sverdlovsk-19, or a similar location where the injured alien body might have been taken before transport to Moscow. The crashed disc was probably also transported to a military unit near Moscow.

This film, along with Ray Santilli's controversial film about the Roswell alien autopsy, caused a sensation and heated debate in the West. Antonio Huneeus, a MUFON specialist studying UFOs and ufology in Russia, stated he had never heard of the events near Sverdlovsk or of V.G. Vereshchagin, but did not rule out the possibility that the information was credible, as was the presented film about a top-secret KGB operation involving personnel at the UFO crash site and the discovery of a dwarf humanoid.

The author notes that his family lived in Sverdlovsk at the time, where his relatives, including Professor P.F. Malafeyev and B.N. Yeltsin, worked in the regional party committee. However, even there, few people knew the full truth about the incident.

In Berezovsky, where acquaintances lived, the legend of the exploded grain storage facility was widely accepted. The disc was reportedly transported away at night to avoid witnesses.

On September 27th of the current year, researcher and journalist Cal K. Korff from San Jose, California, announced that he had received five metallic fragments from the alleged UFO crash site in Russia in 1969. These fragments were sent to both a private university laboratory and a US government laboratory for study and comparison. Korff stated that after the analysis, they would know for sure if the materials were of terrestrial human technology or not, and promised to publish the results. Discussion materials are currently appearing twice a week on his radio show on SKTB (Ontario, Canada) and on the internet (Glen Campbell's UFO-Mind).

The late sixties incident near Sverdlovsk is not the only reported UFO crash in the Urals. Ten years later, in 1979 (around July 25th), residents of the settlement of Asbestovsky in the Alapaevsky district (112 km northeast of Sverdlovsk) witnessed a disc-shaped UFO, about 22 meters in diameter, crash into the forest east of the settlement, near a lake. At that time, many local newspapers across the Soviet Union published articles by the head of the Yaroslavl UFO group, Yu.A. Smirnov, requesting data on UFO sightings. Following such an announcement, one resident of the Asbestovsky district wrote a letter to the Yaroslavl UFO group (the letter is unfortunately lost). The letter concerned a UFO crash and the work of special military groups at the crash site, who obliged witnesses to remain silent. The disc was evacuated by helicopter in an unknown direction. Given the size of the UFO, such a large disc could only be hidden at an isolated military training ground, likely east of Kapustin Yar (GCP No. 4, military unit 73790).

Well-known Ukrainian ufologist and author Alexander Kulsky from Donetsk, in his book 'At the Crossroads of the Universe' (Donetsk, 'Stalker,' 1997, pp. 237-238), wrote that in the spring of 1989, he had a confidential conversation with a general from NPO 'Energiya' (whose name cannot be mentioned due to etiquette) about a case where Soviet Air Force shot down a 'saucer' in the Urals. He mentioned a 'green room,' a special storage facility for deceased alien pilots. Perhaps the general was referring to the aforementioned incident near Sverdlovsk? Kulsky also notes that Colonel Yu.V. Lunev, who publicized data about the incident near Prokhladny, where a fighter jet shot down another 'saucer' (finding two humanoids inside and one alive), stated that he had received information from an exceptionally rational and honest military man. According to A.L. Kulsky, Russia currently holds at least 11-16 'saucers' in at least four locations.

Anton Anfalov, a specialist-researcher for MUFON in Ukraine, a member of BUFORA, and leading coordinator of UKUFAS, appeals to Azhazha and ufologists in Yekaterinburg to find out more about these events, noting that his letters have gone unanswered.

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Letters to the Editor

(No specific letters are detailed in this section, but the structure implies a section for reader correspondence).

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

This issue heavily focuses on alleged UFO crashes and cover-ups within the Soviet Union and Russia, particularly in the Ural region. It presents evidence from films, eyewitness accounts, and expert opinions, while also acknowledging the skepticism and ongoing debates surrounding these phenomena. The editorial stance appears to be one of open investigation into UFO phenomena, encouraging the sharing of information and the pursuit of truth, as indicated by the concluding remarks of the editor, Yu. Smirnov, and Anton Anfalov's quote about the eventual revelation of truth.