KGB UFO Blue Folder Released After Soviet Dissolution, Cosmonaut Popovitch Requests Files

EVENT TITLE: KGB UFO Blue Folder Released After Soviet Dissolution, Cosmonaut Popovitch Requests Files
EVENT DATE: 1991-10-01
EVENT TYPE: disclosure
EXISTING SUMMARY: After Gorbachev dissolves the KGB by November 1991, many coveted files find their way abroad, including to the CIA. The KGB's UFO files — the infamous 'Blue Folder' — are released in October upon request of the famous cosmonaut Pavel Popovitch. The files are a bonanza, repeatedly confirming the real

SOURCE TEXT FROM RICHARD DOLAN "UFOs and the National Security State Vol.2":
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1974 appears to have been the year of an abortive attempt at releasing a
ufological bombshell on the public, by none other than the United States
Air Force. The story goes back to the previous May (1973), when film
makers Robert Emenegger and Alan Sandler were making a UFO
documentary. The two were contacted by Colonel Robert Coleman, a
former spokesperson for the defunct Project Blue Book, and Colonel
George Weinbrenner, who had previously commanded the Air Technical
Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson AFB.

The colonels told the producers that the government was planning to release
UFO information to the public, and that this documentary would be the first
step in that process. They said they could provide extraordinary documents
and images, including film footage of an alien accompanied by an Air Force
officer (the alien had survived a 1949 crash and was kept at a safe house in
Los Alamos until it died in 1952), a memo discussing an encounter between
six CIA officers and an alien by the name of “Affa,” secret photos of UFOs
taken by astronauts, and more. The colonels also promised 800 feet of film
showing an encounter between three aliens and officials at Holloman AFB
in New Mexico. This had allegedly occurred in May 1971 (although other
testimony has placed a landing there in April 1964).

The colonels then took Emenegger and Sandler – still in May 1973 – on a
tour of the CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), and
then the producers went to Norton AFB in California. While there, they met
with Paul Shartle, former head of security and chief of requirements for the
audiovisual program at the base. Shartle promised them that he would get
them the Holloman footage for their documentary.

But then nothing happened. Months went by, the colonels never followed
up, and the film makers were left wondering what happened. Meanwhile,
they continued making their film. Finally, Emenegger received a call from
Coleman, who told him that “the timing
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1. Following the dissolution of the KGB in November 1991, its UFO files, known as the "Blue Folder," were released. This release occurred in October 1991 at the request of cosmonaut Pavel Popovitch. The files were considered a significant disclosure, seemingly confirming the reality of UFO phenomena.

The Incident After the dissolution of the KGB by Mikhail Gorbachev in November 1991, many of its files became available. These files reportedly made their way abroad, including to the CIA. In October 1991, the KGB's UFO files, referred to as the "Blue Folder," were released upon the request of cosmonaut Pavel Popovitch.

Investigation The provided text does not detail any specific investigation into the release of the Blue Folder itself. It only mentions the release as a consequence of the KGB's dissolution.

Significance The release of the KGB's "Blue Folder" is significant within the UFO context as a potential disclosure event. The files were considered a "bonanza," suggesting they contained substantial evidence related to UFOs. The release, prompted by a prominent figure like cosmonaut Pavel Popovitch, adds further weight to its importance.