C00779618 *** Document 22 of 25 for FBS5 *** DOCN 093633693 PDTG R 151652Z NOV 00 FM FM FBIS RESTON VA TO TO RAYWAP/ATTORNEY GENERAL D BRANCH RHDLCNE/CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2// RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC//IN-1// RHEFJWC/JWAC DAHLGREN VA RHFPAAA/UTAIS RAMSTEIN AB GE//INOW// RHFTOSE/OSIA EUROPE RHEIN MAIN AB GE RHHJJAA/JICPAC HONOLULU HI RHHJJPI/PACOM IDHS HONOLULU HI RHHMUNA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI RUCEAAB/HQ AFSPC INTEL PETERSON AFB CO RUCXONI/ONINWASHINGTONEDC/W2140/NOTON / DC RUEAIIS/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//INR// RUEHOV/USMISSION GENEVA SZ RUEKDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC RUEOAYA/CDRNGIC CHARLOTTESVILLE VA RUEPMAX/LISA FT BRAGG NC RUEPPOO/CDR PSYOPGP FT BRAGG NC//ASOF-POG-SB// RUEPPOG/CDR4THPSYOPGP FT BRAGG NC//ADCP-POG-SB// RUEPWDC/DA AMHS WASHINGTON DC RUETIAA/NSACSS FT GEORGE 0 MEADE MD RUFGAID/USCINCEUR INTEL VAIHINGEN GE RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK RUHBABA/CG III NEF//O-2// RUHHAEA/NAIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OH RUKAESE/CDR USASETAF VICENZA IT//AESE-CMO// RUKTSWS/11SWS SCHRIEVER AFB CO//DOA// RUQVKEW/AFIWC KELLY AFB TX//OSKC// RUWCAAA/SMC LOS ANGELES AFS CA//IND// RUWOOHA/DEFENSE/SMAC FT MEADE NO RUNSMXI/AMC INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//INO// RUWSMXI/USCINCTRANS INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//J2-O/J2-J// RUYLKAD/3901S OKINAWA JA//DOT// RXFPSH/SHAPE BE//PIO// ACCT FBWA-EWDK BT CLAS UNCLAS WARN WARNINGS TOPIC: MILITARY SERI SERIAL: CEP20001115000290 COUN COUNTRY: RUSSIA SUBJ SUBJ: DAGESTAN UFO 'MAY HAVE BEEN' RUSSIAN 'DRONE' SOUR SOURCE: MOSCOW SEGODNYA IN RUSSIAN 15 NOV 00 P 3 TEXT TEXT: [REPORT BY ANDREY VIKTOROV: "ALIENS MAKING MISCHIEF. DAGESTANI BORDER GUARDS SEE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING INTRUDER""] [FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT] IN THE EARLY HOURS YESTERDAY MEN FROM DAGESTAN)ESUBUNITSBORDER HATCHEDGUARD A DETACHMENT LUMINOUSKOBJECTYFORYSEVERAL MINUTES AS IT MOVED SWIFTLY ACROSS THE SKY. WITNESSES CLAIMED THAT "THREE GLOWING LIGHTS TWO METERS ACROSS APPEARED OVER BY THE MOUNTAINS AND DISAPPEARED OVER BY THE SEA FOLLOWING A 10-DEGREE COURSE." YOUR SEGODNYA CORRESPONDENT WAS TOLD AT THE FPS [FEDERAL BORDER SERVICE] NORTH CAUCASUS REGIONAL DIRECTORATE THAT THE "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT WAS OBSERVED BY.BORDER DETAIL DUTY OFFICERS OF TWO DERBENT DETACHMENT SUBUNITS STATIONED NEAR THE SETTLEMENTS OF KAZMALYAR AND NOVYY FILYA AT 0145 HOURS." THE FAST-FLYING OBJECT APPEARED OVER BY THE MOUNTAINS AND MOVED TOWARD THE CASPIAN AT A HEIGHT OF AROUND 100 METERS. TWO MINUTES LATER THE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT DISAPPEARED. THE MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT WAS TREATED RATHER SERIOUSLY: IT WAS REPORTED TO THE LOCAL INTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTRY. BUT THE DAGESTANI POLICE'S VIEW OF THE INCIDENT WAS SOMEWHAT IRONICAL: AS ONE OF THEM TOLD YOUR SEGODNYA CORRESPONDENT, "WE OUGHT TO BE LOOKING INTO TERRESTRIAL MATTERS." THERE WERE PERSISTENT RUMORS YESTERDAY AMONG THE MILITARY THAT THE UFO WAS A MILITARY SATELLITE DESCENDING FROM ORBIT, WHILE THE APPROVED FOR RELEASE BATE)UL2002 C00779618 BORDER GUARDS EVEN SAID ROUGHLY WHERE IT HAD COME DOWN -- "SOMEWHERE IN ORENBURG OBLAST." BUT, AS STRATEGIC MISSILES FORCES SPECIALISTS TOLD YOUR SEGODNYA CORRESPONDENT, "AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME THE REGULAR TRACKING FACILITIES IN THE DAGESTAN AREA DID NOT PICK UP A SATELLITE." SEGODNYA WAS GIVEN A DIFFERENT VERSION BY EDVARD KONOVIVICH, HEAD OF THE MOSCOW BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ASTRONOMY AND GEODESY SOCIETY: HE CONCEDED THAT THE LUMINOUS OBJECT MIGHT WELL BE A LOW-FLYING METEOR, ALTHOUGH HE DID SAY THAT "IT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE A SOUND, UNEQUIVOCAL ANSWER ON THE BASIS OF THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION." THERE IS ANOTHER EXPLANATION, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED, FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE UFO IN THE SKIES OF DAGESTAN. THE "LUMINOUS OBJECT" MAY HAVE BEEN A RUSSIAN PCHELA OR SHMEL RECONNAISSANCE DRONE: ACTIVE USE HAS BEEN MADE OF THEM FOR AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE IN CHECHNYA. THEIR SIZE NEATLY FITS THE DIMENSIONS OF THE OBJECTS SPOTTED BY THE BORDER GUARDS. AND THE THREE "GLOWING LIGHTS" MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN THE INCANDESCENT EXHAUST FROM A DRONE'S JET ENGINES. [DESCRIPTION OF SOURCES MOSCOW SEGODNYA IN RUSSIAN -- DAILY NEWSPAPER OWNED BY VLADIMIR GUSINSKIY'S MEDIA-MOST GROUP.] THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS. (ENDALL) #8778 NNNN NNNN PPER (407) SERIAL NOT FOUND OR INCORRECTLY FORMATTED. ELST 407 - NONCRITICAL (PPER.L)s SERIAL NOT FOUND OR INCORRECTLY FORMATTED. EFLG NONCRITICALERROR ===EOD===