ET Or Not ET Baltic UFO Crash Raises Questions

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KLININGRAD, RUSSIA (Monday, April 21, 2003) The entire Russian Baltic Fleet and a larg number or residents of Kaliningrad (formerly Koenigsburg), a city of over 3 million inhabitants, in the Russian Baltic enclave on the Baltic Sea, watched in awe, last Friday, as an ultra-silent Unidentified Flying Object, moving at estimated super-sonic speeds, winged over rapidly and plunged into Kaliningrad Harbour at approximately 6:17 pm. Local Time.

The event was caught on videotape by a local RTR Russian State Television news crew, which was present on the massive naval base, filming a documentary segment on the fleet for airing on Russian television. It would now appear that some questions are being raised as to the origin of the craft, which was described as a "silver coloured flying wing".

While divers and a massive dredging operation have, as yet, failed to recover debris larger than approximately one meter in size, the recovery effort, continues. Divers at the scene report elevated water temperatures near the suspected impact site, which lead to speculation that a major portion of the craft might well be in tact. Also noted are elevated levels of background radiation, although these are not reported, by the Russian Navy, or Russian Ministry of Health as being in the "dangerous" range.

At the time of the crash, minor damage occurred to one Sovremini Class Destroyer, but no casualties have been reported. The craft appears to be a near total loss, and, as yet, no bodies have been found, or recovered. The craft was overflying the base of the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet. It is assumed that fleet radar interfered with the craft's guidance system. Naval personnel catagoricaly deny that the craft was shot down, or in any way deliberately interfered with.

As stated, by all witnesses present, the craft was completely silent, and even at speeds estimated at well in excess of Mach 2, did not create the characteristic "sonic boom" which accompanies all known aircraft at such speeds.

Questions arose as to the nature of the craft, when several letters were received regarding it's behaviour and appearence. Richard Garner, of WJTV in Atlanta, Georgia, forwarded the following response to his own inquiry, from Dennis XXXX, a source known to him, and considered to be "very reliable". The letter to Garner was headed "Importance High".

"Hi, Rick, The "flying wing" is actually an experimental spy plane belonging to the US. When it lost control it ditched into the water which will destroy all the electronics and gear inside the plane (security feature). This plane actually flies faster than the Aurora. Dennis".

For those who are unaware, "Aroura" is the "code name" for a supposedly secret "next generation" stealth fighter prototype, currently being produced by Boeing and Lockheed, and employing what is thought to be advanced anti-gravity technology.

Further correspondence was received by WinterSteel, directly, through it's forum, from a reader in Sweden. Mr. Kenneth XXXX states, "Dear Sirs, What is going on in the Kenigsberg harbour!? Is it Virginia desinfo because the US is about to go on the road again, this time towards Damascus... or maybe a desperate Russian counter-measure in full panic? Or is it just a bloody hoax? Anybody got some substance to give us? Regards, Kenneth".

One must wonder exactly what is being said in the Western media about the Russian Federation. Why, would the report of a downed Unidentified Flying Object, in a remote Russian harbour, have anything to do with the current war that the United States is waging in the Middle East? What kind of "counter measure" would Russia be attempting in a "full panic"? Since the policy of the Russian Federation, in the current Middle Eastern comflict has been, and continues to be full and impartial neutrallity, there is simply nothing to "counter". Russia is not at war with anyone, and has no intention of going to war with anyone, until, or unless it is directly attacked. There is, nor has there been any "panic", although the curriousity level surrounding this event is, in fact, rather high, causing continued coverage on both the RTR and NTV television networks.

With the current level of satallite intellegence gathering, and the state-of-the-art in that particular field of technology, one would certainly question the wisdom of any nation, particularlly the United States, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom or any other technologically advanced nation, overflying the base of primary fleet assets of a friendly, and neutral power, with completely undisclosed, extremely high-technology aviation assets. Stranger things, however, have been done.

Still, even the possibillity of the craft being of terrestrial, rather than extraterrestrial origin, leads to some interesting questions, with regard to the development of current aviation technology, in general. While one may examine the "standard" type aircraft, and see it's clear resemblence to aircraft of the past... all the way back to the original Wright Flyer of a century (this very year) ago, such a comparrison is difficult with regard to aircraft such as the F-117 "Stealth" Fighter, the Russian MiG 32 and the Boeing B-2 (lovingly called the "Bat Plane") "Stealth" Bomber. None of these aircraft bear any aerodynamic or design similarity to any "accepted" form of aircraft. Much less so, the Northrop "UCAV", the X-47A Pegasus UAV, or allegedly, the "Aroura" and Boeing F-3 "anti-gravity" project. There has, and is still much speculation surrounding the idea that all of these designs, which are fundamentally un-aerodynamic, and should be quite difficult to keep airborn and controlable, already employ some form of "anti-gravity" device to compensate for what wold appear to be chronic underpowering. Of course, any aeronautical engineer will say, without reservation, that a brick can be made to fly, given enough power... however, there is no evidence that any of these designs have sufficiently powerful engines to keep them airborn and maneuverable under what would be considered to be the accepted laws of physics.

Therefore, the question remains, regardless of the origin of the Kaliningrad craft, or any other craft of this nature, where, in fact, did the technology, itself come from? It certainly bears no resemblence to any known aircraft to this point in time.

The Russian Federation has a long and illustrious history of openness, with regard to Unidentified Flying Object research. Traditionally, reports of Unidentified Objects are treated quite seriously and investigated, immediately, with the results being open and available to the public. Pravda .ru, recently reported on an incident, occurring on October 9th, 1998 at 8:02 p.m. A pursuit plane with an experienced crew of two pilots encountered a red ball not far from the Misava base. As soon as pilots prepared to attack the object, the radio contact with the plane was lost. A rescue team managed to find a part of the wing and some documents on the water surface. The pilots of the plane are still considered to be missing.

In May, 2001, an RTR State Television crew recorded a "triangular" shaped Unidentified Flying Object flying over the White Sea coast, broadcasting live feed on a nationwide basis, as a "Special Report. Reconissance aircraft, dispatched to photograph the craft, approached within ten kilometers, at which point the craft increased speed and "shot straight upward" in the words of one of the persuing pilots.

Likewise, in October, 2002, an news crew covering military exercises on the Dagistani border tracked and filmed an Unidentified Flying object for over half an hour, including a fly-by by Russian Air Force MiG 29 reconnissance aircraft.

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