It was then, and "burst out of the blue" (the expression of some ufologists). The newspaper "Mirror of the Week" from the 30 Victor December Voronyuk publishes an interview with the Chief of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Yuri Lunev, for the first time the public was deciphered mysterious term "anomalous atmospheric and cosmic phenomena". The article was titled "The aliens under surveillance". Under such a "yellow" wings of the title is very serious discussion on a serious topic. Summary of articles: for a long time in Ukraine the relevant services of the Ministry of Defence is monitoring the unidentified flying objects! But, the material is so interesting, do not bring it here word for word - it would be disrespectful to the subject of our conversation.
— Yuri, first of all I would like to clarify, why the study of UFOs come from the Ukrainian military?
— To be more precise, a service to our task is merely the observation of these objects, as well as their impact on the environment, technical and military installations. When the sky a UFO appears in Ukraine, these facts, we register them, and we report on the services of a higher.
— I know, What about UFO's have recently been issued and the appropriate order of the Minister of Defence…
— Really, such a document exists. But if you remember the old days, then in the former Soviet Union in the Armed Forces also operated a similar order. In particular,, observation of a UFO Defense engaged in meteorological, hydrometeorological Navy. When a document is formed by the Ukrainian armed forces, by chance, many of, indicated in previous papers, reflected.
Note, that the position of the Hydrometeorological Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine abnormal atmospheric and cosmic phenomena are divided into two groups: Local events, formations of the form of various geometric shapes with relatively sharp boundaries, and phenomena, observed simultaneously with a large area. In the same document set characteristics, that may have these facilities. Let us say, in the form of a sphere, cylinder, rectangle, disk with one or two convex sides, with domes, the presence of windows, hatches, divided into parts with subsequent separation, luminescence and other features. Upon detection of such anomalous phenomena we use all the technical means. We pay special attention to the fact, how the technique, how people feel, how it all affects on the environment.
— Judging from your words, Ministry of Defence is quite serious about the issues of UFOs. And how the main criterion for this guided military?
— Criterion, of course, one — safety of people, facilities and, the whole state. In a nutshell, then each flying somewhere in the body may fall. At the crash site may not be the person, house, plant or any military facility. On this basis, for air defense tasks assigned classification of the object and determine the threat, it poses to the state and its citizens.
— It would be interesting to hear about your equipment.
— On the hydrometeorological service in general in the regular full-time equipment, which defines the physical characteristics of the atmosphere, There are also modern radio systems, satellites. In general, equipment designed to monitor weather. But if the atmosphere there's some unidentified objects, We need to give advice or suggestions for their classification.
— Could you tell us more specifically about the cases of detection of UFOs?
— First of all, let me note, that the Department of Defense Chief hydrometeocenter our task to accumulate all the information coming from the war on UFOs. In 1994 year (in the past 1995 such cases in Ukraine have not yet registered. — V.) our experts have been discovered unidentified flying objects in the vicinity of Kiev and Voznesensk. The first one was very similar to the moon, although, of astronomical data, the moon had come up two hours later. UFOs seen over an hour, from two districts. Then he began to climb and shrink in size. The second object was reported upper-air station, that is Kiev. Because of the bright silvery light, and a considerable distance it was impossible to determine the shape. We observed a UFO over the 50 minute. Then he began to move in a southerly direction and disappeared.
— And what would you tell about the behavior of UFOs?