Solved: The 1967 Soviet Union ڙCrescents-in-the-Skyښ Wave ...

[Pages:144]Solved: The 1967 Soviet Union "Crescents-in-the-Sky" Wave [and why American intelligence agencies were so interested]

James Oberg December 31, 2016

FINAL DRAFT

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THIS IS NOT A STORY ABOUT SPACE ALIENS & UFOs

? It IS about human spacecraft and the globe-spanning paths they follow ? It IS about human witnesses to extraordinary spectacles in the sky ? It IS about human analysts and historians who seek to understand

? ...and mostly is about the astonishingly synergistic way in which these unrelated threads wove themselves together into a tapestry of mystery and anxiety, puzzlement and elucidation, elaborate mathematical manipulations and sudden epiphanies, to contribute to the HUMAN cultural enrichment as a consequence of the arrival of the Space Age.

What happened fifty years ago.....

? In 1967-8 the USSR was `visited' by a very specific sky apparition ? A `crescent' [or `sickle'] shaped thing crossed from west to east across

southern Russia and the lower Volga region, again and again and again ? It sparked the most massive UFO excitement in Russian history ? It led to official `Academy of Sciences' endorsement of `anomalies' ? Western UFO experts touted it as overwhelming evidence for the reality of

an unexplainable phenomenon in the skies [and many still do] ? BUT -- The sightings coincided in time, space, and motion with test flights

of a top secret Soviet military space-to-ground nuclear attack system which US experts named the `Fractional Orbit Bombardment System" [FOBS] ? The eyewitness narratives contained clear descriptions of the weapon's attack profile that might have provided critical operational data to the US ? as long as the Soviets never realized why the CIA studied `UFO reports'

Why understanding this is important TODAY

? Identifying this aerospace mystery is extremely satisfying from the perspectives of accurate and thorough space history research

? Assessing how and WHY the USSR tried to keep the system secret explains many of their publicity actions in related areas [including UFO reports]

? Showing how the US State Department self-contorted to insist it was NOT a violation of existing treaties against stationing weapons of mass destruction in space is a study in arms control reality-avoidance not unknown even today

? Such events demonstrates exactly WHY the US military intelligence services SHOULD have paid close attention to USSR-region UFO reports

? .... And why such interest SHOULD have been kept as secret as possible ? Studying eyewitness reports can help calibrate UFO reports in general ? Studying fallacious assessments by leading `UFOlogists' pinpoints main

conceptual and logical flaws which continue to impede current thinking ? New launch profiles now being introduced may replicate this apparition

leading to a new generation of sighting reports of `crescent clouds'

"shaped like a sickle or crescent moon..."

NOT THE `SICKLE' ? BUT THIS UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT CONTRAIL SHOWS VAGUE SIMILARITIES WITH WITNESS DESCRIPTIONS

... BUT ACTUAL WITNESS DRAWINGS ? NOT TO MENTION PHOTOGRAPHS ? SEEM RARE.

The only known authentic drawing? Or two?

SUGGESTIVELY SIMILAR ARTIST CONCEPT [?] FROM RUSSIAN WEBSITE, UNKNOWN ORIGIN

"LEADER" (DISTANCE FROM THE `SICKLE' NOT TO SCALE).

Figure 21. SKETCH OF THE `SICKLE' MADE BY NIKOLAY V.

Similar shapes, but connection is obscure

HISTORY CHANNEL artist impression of 1967 `crescent'

UNIDENTIFED PHENOMENON, UNDISCLOSED PLACE AND TIME



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