UNCLAS 3V/PMU/SU SPACE *** BEGIN MESSAGE 29 *** SERIAL=LD2004002591 UDN=X(55792) CLASS=UNCLAS 3V/PMU/SU SPACE UNCLAS 3V/PMU/SU SPACE SERIAL: LD2004002591 PASS: COPY TO [REDACTED] COUNTRY: USSR SUBJ: ALMA-ATA PATROLMEN REPORT UFO SIGHTING SOURCE: MOSCOW TASS IN ENGLISH 1603 GMT 19 APR 91 TEXT: //((BY TASS CORRESPONDENT VASILIY DANSHIN)) ((TEXT)) ALMA-ATA APRIL 19 TASS -- MILITIAMEN SIGHTED AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT WHILE ON PATROL IN ALMA-ATA, CAPITAL OF THE SOVIET CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN, THE NEWSPAPER VECHERNYA ALMA-ATA REPORTS TODAY. LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, WHILE APPROACHING THE KOK-TYUBE MOUNTAIN -- A RECREATION AREA FAVOURED BY LOCAL INHABITANTS -- THE PATROLMEN NOTICED A KIND OF FIRE AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. THEY WATCHED THE FLAMES GO UP AND DOWN THEN AN ARRAY OF RED RAYS BURST OUT OF THE CENTRE. OTHER MILITIAMEN ALSO NOTICED THE STRANGE OBJECT. THE DRIVER OF THE PATROL CAR SAID HE AND HIS COMRADES DROVE UP TO THE "FLAMING OBJECT", AND WHEN THEY WERE A MERE 200 METERS AWAY FROM THE HOVERING UFO, A FEW RAYS SWEPT ACROSS THE CAR AND IT STOPPED DEAD. WHEN THE MILITIAMEN MOVED TOWARDS THE UFO, IT DIMMED ITS "SEARCHLIGHTS" AND DISAPPEARED. UPON RETURNING TO THE POLICE STATION, THE PATROLMEN NOTICED THAT NONE COULD RECALL THE WAY BACK FROM THE MOUNTAIN -- ALL MEMORY OF THE PASSAGE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY OBLITERATED. RADIO TALKS CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT WERE RECORDED ON TAPE. THERE ARE IMPARTIAL WITNESSES TO THE EVENT. (ENDALL) 191603…