C00386415
 *** Document 320 of 54 - r FBIS ***
 DOCN 000041720
 CLAS UNCLAS 3D/FAX
 SERI SERIAL:   pM0608150792
 PASS PASS:
 COUN COUNTRY: RUSSIA
 SUBJ SUBJ:     SEARCH FOR MISSING SU-27 CONTINUES
 SOUR-SOURCE:     MOSCOW KRASNAYA ZVEZDA IN RUSSIAN 6 AUG 92 P 2
 TEXT TEXT:
 //((RIA REPORT:   "SEARCH FOR FIGHTER CONTINUES"))
 ((TEXT))   AIRCRAFT,  HELICOPTERS,  AND TEAMS ON THE GROUND ARE
 CONDUCTING AN INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR THE SU-27 FIGHTER WHICH
 DISAPPEARED 25 JULY DURING A PLANNED FLIGHT.   THE SEARCH HAS BEEN
 COMPLICATED -BY A CYCLONE IN THE AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED.
 AT 0500 MOSCOW TIME ON 24 JULY THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ON THE
 RADAR SCREEN, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7,500 METERS.   CONTACT WITH IT WAS
 THEN LOST.
 THE FAR EAST AIR DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS HAS DRAWN ATTENTION TO' ONE
 *MYSTERIOUS FACT -- A UFO HAD BEEN SITED IN THE CRASH AREA DURING
 THE SU-27'S FLIGHT.  ALSO STRANGE IS THE FACT THAT THE SEARCH
 GROUPS HAVE STILL NOT DISCOVERED ANY TRACE OF THE CRASH -- EVEN THE
 RADIO BEACON WHICH INDICATES WHERE THE PILOT LANDED OR DITCHED.
 (ENDALL)  6 AUG                   06/1617Z AUG
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 approved for Rein.",
 MAY  2000