On January 16 of this year, almost all the newspapers in our country echoed the same remarkable news item from
Moscow, carried by the prestigious EFE news agency.
The agency in question disclosed certain controversial statements made by Russian astrophysicist Boris Rodionov to
Moscow's Komsomolskaya Pravda, in which he claimed to have proof of the existence of "a highly developed
extraterrestrial civilization on one of the satellites of the planet Jupiter".
[Editor's note: Boris Rodionov was professor of micro-and Space Physics at Russia's esteemed Moscow State
Engineering Physics Institute]
The astrophysicist also claimed that the enigmatic "flying saucer" phenomenon which has stimulated popular
imagination worldwide could well be "outriders for this civilization."
Wielding a vast amount of scientific data and photographs transmitted by NASA's "Galileo" probe, Rodionov, a
tenured professor of Microphysics and Cosmophysics of the State Institute of Physical Engineering, stated that
Europa, smallest of Jupiter's four main satellites, "was inhabited by an ancient and technologically advanced
civilization." Through the use of a high-powered computer and sophisticated photographic analysis technology, the
scientist managed to obtain a close-up with a record-breaking resolution of nine kilometers from the satellite's
surface, enabling him to make out the contours of what he calls pipes, tunnels and spherical domes. The photo clearly
shows--according to Rodionov--that the lines formerly considered as mere fissures by the scientific community
actually cross over each other like a knot of expressways.
Moscow, carried by the prestigious EFE news agency.
The agency in question disclosed certain controversial statements made by Russian astrophysicist Boris Rodionov to
Moscow's Komsomolskaya Pravda, in which he claimed to have proof of the existence of "a highly developed
extraterrestrial civilization on one of the satellites of the planet Jupiter".
[Editor's note: Boris Rodionov was professor of micro-and Space Physics at Russia's esteemed Moscow State
Engineering Physics Institute]
The astrophysicist also claimed that the enigmatic "flying saucer" phenomenon which has stimulated popular
imagination worldwide could well be "outriders for this civilization."
Wielding a vast amount of scientific data and photographs transmitted by NASA's "Galileo" probe, Rodionov, a
tenured professor of Microphysics and Cosmophysics of the State Institute of Physical Engineering, stated that
Europa, smallest of Jupiter's four main satellites, "was inhabited by an ancient and technologically advanced
civilization." Through the use of a high-powered computer and sophisticated photographic analysis technology, the
scientist managed to obtain a close-up with a record-breaking resolution of nine kilometers from the satellite's
surface, enabling him to make out the contours of what he calls pipes, tunnels and spherical domes. The photo clearly
shows--according to Rodionov--that the lines formerly considered as mere fissures by the scientific community
actually cross over each other like a knot of expressways.
UFOs, ASTROPHYSICS AND THE MIR SPACE STATION by Rubén Sobrino
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According to Rodionov, the variety of "pipelines" and
"tunnels", having a diameter similar to the "Chunnel" that
crosses the English Channel, is surprising. "There are 100
kilometer segments, as well as other pipelines having
immense junctures or orifices between them."
Anyone may join the controversy, since the image in which
Rodionov claims to see the aforementioned pipelines and
tunnels is available to anyone having Internet access and a
simple photo retouching program capable of analyzing it.
This photo, which is available from the NASA/JPL net server
that provides images for the "Galileo" mission, in fact
portrays a number of lines (fissures, in fact) which cross
each other but never at different elevations, as the scientist
has claimed. Having a width of 20 to 40 kilometers and
thousands of kilometers in length, it is believed that the
fissures are attributable to a period of global expansion on
Europa, caused by volcanic eruptions or geysers under its
"tunnels", having a diameter similar to the "Chunnel" that
crosses the English Channel, is surprising. "There are 100
kilometer segments, as well as other pipelines having
immense junctures or orifices between them."
Anyone may join the controversy, since the image in which
Rodionov claims to see the aforementioned pipelines and
tunnels is available to anyone having Internet access and a
simple photo retouching program capable of analyzing it.
This photo, which is available from the NASA/JPL net server
that provides images for the "Galileo" mission, in fact
portrays a number of lines (fissures, in fact) which cross
each other but never at different elevations, as the scientist
has claimed. Having a width of 20 to 40 kilometers and
thousands of kilometers in length, it is believed that the
fissures are attributable to a period of global expansion on
Europa, caused by volcanic eruptions or geysers under its
frosty surface, creating a series of fractures on the ice crust.
This news item would not go beyond being an amusing anecdote, were it not for the fact that it is the first time that a
person related to the armed forces or the Russian Space Agency made similar statements to the press.
On December 23, 1998, another news item pertaining to the UFO phenomenon appeared in a number of papers. As
with the preceding one, it also came from Moscow, but in this event, the source was cosmonaut Alexandr Baladin.
Baladin stated that "flying saucers" have come into close proximity to the MIR space station as well as the Baikonur
Cosmodrome, further adding there is sufficient evidence in existence to warrant a scientific study of the phenomenon,
and that it is time that world governments officially acknowledge the UFO phenomenon's existence.
"General Vladimir Ivanov, former commander of Russia's Military Space Forces, recalls that three objects flew at a
considerable altitude over the Baikonur Cosmodrome and were picked up on radar. There is no way they could have
been airplanes." insisted the cosmonaut.
Baladin also disclosed at Brazil's First International Ufology Forum that he himself had been the protagonist of a
disturbing experience (along with fellow cosmonaut Musa Manarov) during his second space mission. While the
docking operations between his space capsule and MIR were underway, Baladin became aware of a glowing object
gyrating a short distance away.
Manarov managed to capture the strange phenomenon on videotape, which was also shown during the UFO congress
in question. Baladin claimed that the recording, along with other evidence presented during the Congress, "must be
studied by an international scientific commission."
Baladin insisted that the Russian military has a great contribution to make to UFO research, giving as an example the
multiple-witness case at the Kaputsin Yar missile base, whose personnel sighted a semi-circular object flying at low
altitude and lighting up all of the base's depots and magazines with a powerful searchlight in June 1989. "Many of my
old comrades, who are now working at top-secret military facilities, acknowledge having seen unidentified flying
objects over manufacturing centers, gunnery ranges and military facilities."
In any event, Baladin made it clear that "not all that can be seen should be taken for a UFO, since it is very possible
that we may be facing natural phenomena which have not been properly studied."
All of these explosive and unexpected statements should at least cause us to ask many questions about what is
happening in the former USSR on the ufological level. Questions which shall invariably remain unanswered...or will
they?
This news item would not go beyond being an amusing anecdote, were it not for the fact that it is the first time that a
person related to the armed forces or the Russian Space Agency made similar statements to the press.
On December 23, 1998, another news item pertaining to the UFO phenomenon appeared in a number of papers. As
with the preceding one, it also came from Moscow, but in this event, the source was cosmonaut Alexandr Baladin.
Baladin stated that "flying saucers" have come into close proximity to the MIR space station as well as the Baikonur
Cosmodrome, further adding there is sufficient evidence in existence to warrant a scientific study of the phenomenon,
and that it is time that world governments officially acknowledge the UFO phenomenon's existence.
"General Vladimir Ivanov, former commander of Russia's Military Space Forces, recalls that three objects flew at a
considerable altitude over the Baikonur Cosmodrome and were picked up on radar. There is no way they could have
been airplanes." insisted the cosmonaut.
Baladin also disclosed at Brazil's First International Ufology Forum that he himself had been the protagonist of a
disturbing experience (along with fellow cosmonaut Musa Manarov) during his second space mission. While the
docking operations between his space capsule and MIR were underway, Baladin became aware of a glowing object
gyrating a short distance away.
Manarov managed to capture the strange phenomenon on videotape, which was also shown during the UFO congress
in question. Baladin claimed that the recording, along with other evidence presented during the Congress, "must be
studied by an international scientific commission."
Baladin insisted that the Russian military has a great contribution to make to UFO research, giving as an example the
multiple-witness case at the Kaputsin Yar missile base, whose personnel sighted a semi-circular object flying at low
altitude and lighting up all of the base's depots and magazines with a powerful searchlight in June 1989. "Many of my
old comrades, who are now working at top-secret military facilities, acknowledge having seen unidentified flying
objects over manufacturing centers, gunnery ranges and military facilities."
In any event, Baladin made it clear that "not all that can be seen should be taken for a UFO, since it is very possible
that we may be facing natural phenomena which have not been properly studied."
All of these explosive and unexpected statements should at least cause us to ask many questions about what is
happening in the former USSR on the ufological level. Questions which shall invariably remain unanswered...or will
they?
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