Copyright 1996 The Russian Information Agency ITAR-TASS

TASS

July 24, 1996, Wednesday

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HEADLINE: KAZAKH AIR DEFENSE SPOTS SECOND UFO OVER CAPITAL IN ONE MONTH

BYLINE: BY VLADIMIR AKIMOV

DATELINE: ALMA ATA, JULY 24

THE TEAM OF OFFICERS ON DUTY AT THEAIR DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS OF KAZAKHSTAN OBSERVED FOR 100 MINUTES ANUNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT / UFO/ OVER THE CAPITAL

OF ALMA ATA ONWEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEIR CHIEF, ANATOLY DOBRYNIN, TOLD TASS IT LOOKEDLIKE A STEEL-COLOURED RHOMB. "THE UFO WAS VISUALLY SPOTTED AT 04:55 HOURS LOCAL TIME /21:55 GMTTUESDAY/ IN THE EASTERN SECTOR OF THE SKY OVER ALMA ATA", COLONELDOBRYNIN SAID. TASS, July 24, 1996 THE UFO WAS PERIODICALLY TRANSMITTING A THIN GREEN RAY TO THE EARTHAND DIM RED AND YELLOW LIGHTS WERE OCCASIONALLY GOING ON AND OUT ONBOARD,ACCORDING TO HIM. THE OBJECT DID NOT CHANGE ITS FORM, SIZE AND PLACE IN THE AIR UNTILIT DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY AT 06:35 HOURS LOCAL TIME, DOBRYNIN SAID. RADARS HAVE NOT REGISTERED THE UFO AND THE OFFICERS ON DUTY DID NOTORDER INTERCEPTOR JETS INTO THE SKY. THEY SAID THEY SAW NO REASONS FORTHAT AND LIMITED THEMSELVES ONLY TO A REPORT TO THE SUPERIORS AND THENATIONAL COMMITTEE

FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. KONSTANTIN KATAYEV, A SPOKESMAN OF THE EMERGENCIES COMMITTEE,CONFIRMED TO

TASS THAT SUCH INFORMATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THEMILITARY AND SAID THE "DATA WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR THE MOST THOROUGHANALYSIS". HE ADDED THAT AIR DEFENSE SERVICES WERE LIKELY TO GET STRICTRECOMMENDATIONS

ON HOW TO ACT IN SUCH A SITUATION.

THIS WAS THE SECOND UFO SPOTTED OVER ALMA ATA THIS MONTH. EARLY INJULY A GROUP OF RESIDENTS SAID THEY HAD SEEN A RED-BLUE BALL-LIKE OBJECTOVER THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CAPITAL. THE EYE WITNESSES WERE RETURNING TOALMAATA FROM ASS, July 24, 1996 THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THEIR CAR ENGINES DIED WHEN THE UFO FLEW OVER THE ROAD. THE WITNESSES SAID THEY HAD BEEN SEIZED WITH STRONG FEAR FOR SEVERAL MINUTES.

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