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Col. Boris Sokolov (Declassification)

DATE1 Jan 1989
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONSoviet Union
COORDINATES56.08°N, 38.08°E

During glasnost reforms, Soviet military officials broke decades of silence regarding UFO investigations. Col. Sokolov maintained ~386 UFO sighting reports from 1978-1988 filed with both Ministry and KGB.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // NEWSNATION · CTD-0297 ]

WITNESSES & UNITS

Col. Boris Sokolov

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Declassified archival release
Soviet Union, glasnost-era openness