Boris Sokolow

Boris Sokolow was a retired Colonel of the KGB (Committee for State Security) of the Soviet Union who became one of the first high-ranking Soviet intelligence officials to publicly confirm the existence of state-level UFO investigation programs. During his active service, he was involved in the Soviet military-intelligence apparatus that monitored and investigated unidentified aerial phenomena at strategic installations. He confirmed that systematic Soviet military investigations of UAP had continued for decades, describing incidents at military installations, nuclear facilities, and during military exercises where unidentified objects demonstrated capabilities far beyond known technology.

In 1993, Sokolow gave an unprecedented interview to American investigative journalist George Knapp, disclosing details of the Soviet Union's classified SETKA UFO research programs. His testimony marked a major breakthrough in Soviet secrecy, representing the first major breach in Soviet-era secrecy on UFO matters and providing Western researchers with rare insight into how the other superpower had approached the phenomenon.