SEARCH FOR MISSING SU-27 CONTINUES
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Summary: This document is a report from the Russian news agency RIA about the ongoing search for a missing SU-27 fighter aircraft. The search is being conducted by aircraft, helicopters, and ground teams, but has been complicated by a cyclone in the area. The aircraft was last seen on radar at an altitude of 7,500 meters, but contact was lost. The Far East Air Defense Headquarters has noted a mysterious fact that a UFO was sighted in the crash area during the flight. Despite the search efforts, no trace of the crash has been found, including the radio beacon that indicates where the pilot may have landed or ditched.
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*** Document 320 of 54 - r FBIS ***
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.
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approved for Rein.",
MAY 2000