November 11, 1967🇸🇺programmatic
Soviet Union Establishes Official UFO Commission with 200 Personnel and 18 Scientists
On November 11, 1967, the establishment of the Russian UFO Commission was announced. It consisted of a network of observatories with 200 personnel, including eighteen scientists and military officers, led by a major general. A group of Russian scientists had convened in Moscow on May 17 to form an unofficial investigating team.
Background
A group of Russian scientists convened in Moscow on May 17, 1967 to form an unofficial scientific UFO investigating team. Several months later, on November 11, the establishment of the Russian UFO Commission was announced.
It consisted of a network of observatories with 200 personnel, including eighteen scientists and military officers, led by a major general.