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Dear Colleague,
My name is Alexander Beletsky. I am Vice-Director of Research Institute on
Anomalous Phenomena (RIAP) - an independent scientific- research body,
established in Kharkov (Ukraine) a few years ago. We aim at scientific
studies in the fields of the UFO problem and the SETI (Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence) question. The Institute makes its
investigations in close collaboration with the CIS Academy of Cosmonautics
and Russian Academy of Sciences. Please find here attached (as Appendix I)
a RIAP Information Leaflet, describing the Institute's research programs
in some detail.
To inform the international ufological community about the results of
investigations that are conducted by RIAP specialists and other scientists
in the territory of the former Soviet Union, we started, in 1994, a
special periodical: newsletter RIAP Bulletin (RB). It is the ONLY serious
anomalistic periodical in the Commonwealth of Independent States published
IN ENGLISH. There appear in RB research articles, short communications,
book reviews, letters to the Editor, etc.
RB Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4 - Vol. 4, Nos. 1-3 have been printed and sent to
subscribers. They contain, in particular, the papers "Post-Soviet Ufology:
a View from Inside" and "Alternative Science?", by V.V.Rubtsov; "UFOs as
Objects of Study by Terrestrial Physics", by V.A.Buerakov; "Search for
Alien Artifacts on the Moon: A Justification", by A.V.Arkhipov; "UFOs: a
Possible Mechanism of Formation, Behavior and Environmental Impact", by
V.I.Mazhuga; "The Petrozavodsk Phenomenon", by L.M.Gindilis &
Y.K.Kolpakov; "The Black Ball: a Supposed Extraterrestrial Artifact", by
V.N.Fomenko; "A Second UFO Landing on the River Mzha", by a group of RIAP
scientists, and others. We have also published the first really
comprehensive survey of anomalous features of the famous Tunguska
explosion ("The Tunguska Meteorite: A Dead-Lock or the Start of a New
Stage of Inquiry?"), written by the leading Russian specialist in this
problem - Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Member of Academy.
RIAP Bulletin is published four times per year. Subscription rates: a
life-long subscription - $100; 12 issues (three years) - $50; 8 issues
(two years) - $35; 4 issues (one year) - $20. Airmail postage included.
Back issues are still available in limited quantities ($5 per issue, $50 a
whole set - ten issues).
If you are interested in subscribing to RIAP Bulletin, please let me know.
I and my colleagues would be happy to inform you about advances and
prospects of ufological studies in this part of the world. There will
appear in the next RB issues, in particular, the following papers: "A
Possible Genetic Trace of the Tunguska Catastrophe of 1908", by
Y.G.Rychkov; "UFOs: False and Genuine", by the Russian academic UFO expert
Y.V.Platov; "Did the Maori Know About the Rings of Jupiter?", by
Y.N.Morozov, and many others.
With all my best wishes and warmest regards, I remain,
Sincerely yours, Alexander V. Beletsky, M.A., Vice-Director, RIAP
In the SETI field, there was realized, under the guidance of Alexey
V. Arkhipov, phase I of the program "Search for Alien Artifacts on the
Moon" (SAAM) and its results were presented on the pages of RIAP Bulletin.
Besides, we have been examining some enigmatic finds that can be
considered candidate extraterrestrial artifacts (ancient, or not so
ancient). These are the so-called "Kassimov ball" - a small (diameter some
4.5 cm) black ball of unknown origin, found in Central Russia in 1983 on
the depth 7 meters, in a layer of pure red clay, - and the remains of a
strange object that obviously originated from space and fell down near
Kharkov in 1994 (judging from its chemical composition, it is neither a
meteorite, nor terrestrial space junk).
The institute pays considerable attention to the problem of the
Tunguska explosion of 1908. We are studying statistical parameters of the
forest fall area, as well as the biogeochemical elemental and isotopic
anomalies and population-genetic effects, revealed in the area of the
catastrophe. A state-of-the-art collection of research papers on the
Tunguska problem is now under preparation.
The Scientific Council and Advisory Board of the Institute include
such Russian and Ukrainian specialists in the UFO problem and SETI field
as Dr. E.A.Ermilov (specialist in radio detection of aerial anomalous
phenomena), Dr. V.N.Fomenko (investigator of the famous Vashka find, as
well as other supposed ET artifacts), Y.A.Fomin (doyen of UFO studies in
Russia), Dr. L.M.Gindilis (astronomer and SETI expert), Dr. Y.V.Platov
(Vice-Chairman of the Academic UFO Study Group), Dr. V.K.Zhuravlev
(investigator of the Tunguska explosion), and others. The Advisory Board
comprehends also a group of well-known Western scientists, scholars and
engineers - V.-J.Ballester Olmos (Spain), Dr. T.E.Bullard (USA), Dr.
R.F.Haines (USA), Dr. A.Meessen (Belgium), et al. Dr. Vladimr V. Rubtsov,
Full Member of the CIS Academy of Cosmonautics and one of pioneers of
ufological studies in the former USSR, is Director of RIAP.
Institute mailing address:
RIAP, P.O.Box 4684, 310022 Kharkov-22, Ukraine
Internet e-mail address:
Research Institute on Anomalous Phenomena
Appendix IResearch Institute on Anomalous Phenomena
The principal trends of researches of the institute in the UFO field
are as follows: creation of an efficient system of reconstruction of a
real anomalous event on the basis of witnesses' testimonies; formation of
a unified CIS UFO data base (in collaboration with the Expert Group on
Anomalous Atmospheric Phenomena of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and a
computer expert system to identify genuine UFOs (GUFOs); development of
physical models of GUFOs; monitoring of a place of recurrent UFO landings
on the river Mzha, near Kharkov; studies in the hidden history of Soviet
ufology.
Kharkov, Ukraine
riap777@chat.ru
