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CONFIDENT LAL (CLASSIFICATION) ¢ -. _AF FORW 112—PART APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. eae Woe om PAGES Air Force Section, Hq USFA DReLl14—50 | PAGE 1. A Soviet Army publication (name unknown) a magazine for technical news, allegedly the issue of February, 1950, published by the High Commissariat of the Armed Forces of the USSR, 25 Red Square, Moscow, USSR, under the patronage of Marshalis TOLBUCHIN and BERIA, contains an article about the "Flying Saucers", The magazine is classified "Secret" and is distributed to officers only. (Infor mant believes that distribution is permitted only to Majors and above.) 2. The description of subject apparatus (Discs) is as follows: (See also attached Exhibit "A") Diameter ot Disc; about +5 meters. Thickness of disc in its center; about 5e cn, Material of disc; Sheet metal of a special alloy (containing also steel) coated with a speciel aluminum paint. 3 The discs were allegedly designed and constructed by the Military Technical Experimental Institute in Leningrad, USSR. The operation of the discs is explained as a “remote control" experiment, with no military value attached to it for the time being. The Soviets claim to have reached heights of up to 25,000 meters with the discs. 4. In the same magazine an "ag" ~ bomb "500" is described which has allegedly 25 times the power of the bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima in 1945. The bomb uses atom "125", but the name of the atom could not be furnished. (See attached Exhibit "B".) 5. Contidential informant was able to read these articles while alone in the office of an MGB official. Attempts are currently being made to obtain this magazine which deals with subjects in a more detailed manner. AMY Ub: ke Ake WILLIS R LOZHR Capt USAR AMC ATLO NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U.S. C.— 31 AND 32, ASAMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. CONF IDENTIAL (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55570-1 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565