March 1, 1993🇺🇸Crash
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Russia/US: Journalists uncover Soviet UFO secrets
In March 1993, journalists Bryan Gresh and George Knapp visited Russia for 10 days, interviewing UFO researchers and obtaining classified documents on Soviet investigations, crashes, and contacts.
Background
Background
In March 1993, Bryan Gresh and George Knapp conducted extensive interviews in Russia. They spoke with scientists who had investigated Soviet UFO cases.
Key Witnesses
- Rimili Avramenko, developer of Russian beam weapons, claimed an exchange with extraterrestrials for technology.
- Rem Varlamov, a professor who had studied landing sites near Moscow for 30 years.
- Valeriy Burdakov, a scientist with knowledge of the crash near Roswell in 1947.
- The head of defence ministry studies on UFOs.
- Yuri Fomin, an author who spoke publicly about the phenomena.
Documents Received
They brought dozens of pages of secret papers back to the United States. These describe "Thread-3", a defence study running to 1995, Roswell 1947, a crash in 1950 on the Texas–Mexico border, contactees, US cover-ups, and cosmonaut sightings.
Significance
The disclosures point to serious Soviet UFO research, an exchange of technology, and continuing programmes mirroring Western efforts.