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 PASS:     COPY TO
 COUNTRY:  USSR
 SUBJ:     UFO NEWS BULLETIN PUBLICATION PLANNED
 REF:      LONDON MOSCOW NEWS IN ENGLISH NO.  18,  28 SEP-4 OCT 90 P11
 TEXT:
 //((D.  SIDOROV REPORT:  "UFQ MAGAZINE HOPES MILITARY WON'T GAG'
 THEIR EXCLUSIVES"))
 ((TEXT))  A MONTH BEFORE ITS PLANNED LAUNCH,A NEWS BULLETIN,  UFO
 AND ANOMALOUS- PHENOMENA,  HAS YET TO BE SANCTIONED BY MOSCOW'S STATE
 NEWSPAPER AGENCY,     SOYUZPECHAT.   "THEY THINK THAT THE BULLETIN WON'T
 SELL AND THAT THE NEWSSTANDS ARE FLOODED WITH SUCH INFORMATION,
 SAYS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SERGEY RYBAKOV.
 . HOWEVER,     THE BULLETIN WILL BE CARRYING EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES WHICH
 ARE LIKELY TO ATTRACT A HEALTHY READERSHIP.   THE FIRST ISSUE WILL
 FEATURE AN ARTICLE ENTITLED "WHAT THE COSMONAUTS SAW",  WITH A
 TRANSCRIPT OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO SOVIET COSMONAUTS ABOARD
 SEPARATE SPACE STATIONS,  DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW IN OUTER SPACE
 DURING THEIR FLIGHTS.
 THERE WILL ALSO BE A STORY ABOUT THE THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
 INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH A SOVIET RADIO OPERATOR WHO WORKED ON A
 SHIP  IN  THE AREA.
 THE BULLETIN IS INTENDED AS A SERIOUS VENTURE, AND ALL THE
 INFORMATION IN IT WILL BE VERIFIED BEFORE PUBLICATION.   THIS.'WILL
 INVOLVE CHECKING ON EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF UFO'S THROUGH CROSS-
 EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES.
 THREE OF THE TEN-STRONG EDITORIAL STAFF WILL COMPILE UP-TO-THE-
 MINUTE NEWS ITEMS AND WILL VISIT AREAS WHERE UFO SIGHTING HAVE . BEEN
 REPORTED.
 "WE HAVE ENOUGH PAPER FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS," SAYS RYEEAKOV.
 "AF1ER THAT,  WE'LL START HUNTING FOR MORE."   NO PREMISES HAVE YET
 BEEN FOUND FOR  THE EDITORIAL  OFFICE.
 ANOTHER POSSIBLE OBSTACLE FACING THE BULLETIN IS THE MILITARY,
 WHO MIGHT USE THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AS A METHOD OF OBTAINING?NEW
 INFORMATION ABOUT UFOS,  AND PROHIBIT THEIR OPEN PUBLICATION AND
 SALE.
 RYBAKOV    WHO HAS NEVER HIMSELF SEEN AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING
 OBJECT - STUDIED AT THE MOSCOW AVIATION INSTITUTE WHERE HE WAS.A
 MEMBER OF A GROUP HEADED BY FELIX ZIGEL,  WHO FOUNDED UFO STUDIES IN
 THE SOVIET UNION.   HE THEN WENT TO WORK AT ONE OF MOSCOW'S CLOSED
 AVIATION DESIGN BUREAUS.
 BUT UFOS REMAINED A CONSUMMING  INTEREST AND HE DID NOT HESITATE
 TO LEAVE HIS JOB WHEN THE INTERPRINT JOINT VENTURE SUGGESTED THAT HE
 ESTABLISH A BULLETIN.   FROM THE BEGINNING,  THE PLAN HAS BEEN TO USE
 THE PROCEEDS FROM THE BULLETIN TO SET UP A RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE
 STUDY OF UFOS.
 HOWEVER,  INTEPRINT WERE NOT PREPARED TO INVEST THE NECESSARY
 100,000 ROUBLES REQUIRED TO START THE PROJECT,  LEAVING RYBAKOV AS
 BOTH OWNER AND EDITOR.   "IF THE PUBLICATION GOES BANKS.$p    I'LL TRY
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 TO FIND SOME OTHER WELL-PAID JOB," HE SAYS.
 HOWEVER,  HE IS CONFIDENT THAT THE BULLETIN WILL SELL.   ITS
 NEAREST RIVAL, THE BALTIC NEWSPAPER EMSKIY TRIANGLE,  COSTS THREE
 ROUBLES,  WHEREAS UFO AND ANOMALOUR PHENOMENA WILL COST' ABOUT 50
 KOPEKS.
 IF SOYUZPECHAT CONTINUE REFUSING TO DISTRIBUTE THE BULLETIN,  THEN
 THE JOB WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY PRIVIATE INDIVIDUALS.
 "IF THINGS GO WELL, WE WANT TO ENTER THE WORLD MARKET,  HE SAYS.
 "OUR PUBLICATION WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO SEVERAL LANGUAGES."
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