Monday, 24. March 2003

Topic: LOST FOUND - on March 24, 2003 at 9:38:27 PM CET

KGB chief ordered 4m soldiers to keep watching the skies for UFOs

Yuri Andropov, the former Soviet leader and long-time head of the KGB, had an acute personal interest in UFOs and ordered a 13-year programme that required every soldier in the military to monitor sightings over Russian territory, according to new revelations.

Andropov shunned the splendour enjoyed by many Soviet leaders to live in a sparse flat throughout his 15 years as KGB chief and one year as Secretary-General of the Communist Party.

¬> The Observer

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