AUTHOR: Mardzhanishvili, M. ORG: none TITLE: Hypothesis about flying plates [Hypothesis about unidentified flying objects] SOURCE: Leninskaya smena, no. 22, 31 Jan 68, p. 4, col. 5-7 TOPIC TAGS: astronautic conference, unidentified flying object, atmospheric optic phenomenon ABSTRACT: Originally published in the Hungarian newspaper "Magyar Ifjusag," this article reviews various British, Russian, Yugoslav and U.S. eyewitness accounts of UFO's. Statements by the West German ufologist Professor H. Oberst are also quoted. It is noted that a worldwide conference on UFO's will be held in Vienna in August 1968. Soviet astronomer F. Zigel is quoted as stating that UFO's may be optical illusions, flying objects created on earth, unknown natural phenomena, or objects from other planets. This last hypothesis is supported by the fact that UFO's exhibit a tremendous speed, which presupposes highly developed remote control. However, this is yet to be proved. Unfortunately, most UFO's have left no traces, and only a few photographs of them exist.