KGB Blue Folder
On October 24, 1991, the KGB released a 124-page 'Blue Folder' covering Soviet UAP observations from 1982 to 1990 across 17 regions, including military depositions, informer notes, and witness sketches. Test pilot Colonel Marina Popovich separately stated Soviet crews had logged 3,000 sightings and that five craft fragments were in state custody.
On October 24, 1991, the KGB released a 124-page 'Blue Folder' covering Soviet UAP observations from 1982 to 1990 across 17 regions, including military depositions, informer notes, and witness sketches.
Brief
On October 24, 1991, the KGB released a 124-page 'Blue Folder' covering Soviet UAP observations from 1982 to 1990 across 17 regions, including military depositions, informer notes, and witness sketches. Test pilot Colonel Marina Popovich separately stated Soviet crews had logged 3,000 sightings and that five craft fragments were in state custody. The file was delivered to cosmonaut General Pavel Popovich 63 days before the Soviet Union dissolved. Marina Popovich, colonel and legendary MiG test pilot, campaigned publicly for continued investigation and published research on the phenomenon. The documents were later broadcast in the West by investigative journalist George Knapp. The release came under Gorbachev-era glasnost policies that allowed limited disclosure of previously classified military anomaly data.
Metadata
- Date
- 1991-10-24
- Year
- 1991
- Location
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
- Region
- Russia / USSR
- Status
- confirmed
- Tag
- civilian claim
- Primary
- KGB's secret UFO files finally made public
- Source type
- html
- Sources
- 3
Key Points
- On October 24, 1991, the KGB released a 124-page 'Blue Folder' covering Soviet UAP observations from 1982 to 1990 across 17 regions, including military depositions, informer notes, and witness sketches.
- Test pilot Colonel Marina Popovich separately stated Soviet crews had logged 3,000 sightings and that five craft fragments were in state custody.
- The file was delivered to cosmonaut General Pavel Popovich 63 days before the Soviet Union dissolved.
- Marina Popovich, colonel and legendary MiG test pilot, campaigned publicly for continued investigation and published research on the phenomenon.
Most Interesting
- On October 24, 1991, the KGB released a 124-page 'Blue Folder' covering Soviet UAP observations from 1982 to 1990 across 17 regions, including military depositions, informer notes, and witness sketches.
- Test pilot Colonel Marina Popovich separately stated Soviet crews had logged 3,000 sightings and that five craft fragments were in state custody.
- The file was delivered to cosmonaut General Pavel Popovich 63 days before the Soviet Union dissolved.
Timeline
- 1991-10-24 · Encounter
On October 24, 1991, the KGB released a 124-page 'Blue Folder' covering Soviet UAP observations from 1982 to 1990 across 17 regions, including military depositions, informer notes, and witness sketches.
- 2006 · Source record
KGB's secret UFO files finally made public is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- KGB's secret UFO files finally made publicPravda (English edition), 2006
- Soviet KGB Files on UFOs Reveal Moscow Recovered 5 UFO FragmentsCuriosmos, 2021
- Marina PopovichWikipedia, 2024
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