Шпионские баллоны над Болгарией

The Soviet press has already reported about the interview of major General Bulgarian army Simeona Simeonova, where he announced that the unidentified flying object seen by many residents of Sofia in November last year, turned out to be one of reconnaissance tanks, send espionage centers of NATO in the airspace of foreign States. Below we provide a more detailed summary of responses Simeonova on questions of the correspondent of the newspaper "national front".

- Have you managed to see flying over Sofia the unknown object?

- Yes, I saw him. Our air defense was watching him on the outskirts of the border.

- What in this regard in your opinion?

In this case it was not a "flying saucer", as it seemed to some of our citizens, and reconnaissance tank.

- What scout like tanks?

They are mainly used to obtain the data needed missile troops, long-range, and to special military intelligence.

- What are the dimensions of these cylinders?

- Very different, but on average, from 70 to 140 m in diameter. They are made from synthetic materials, filled with light gases, which in the explosion hazardous to aircraft, opened fire on them.

- How fast you move the cylinders and how they are managed?

The cylinders are run by NATO countries with favorable air currents. They fly at a height of 15000-40000 M. Speed equal to the speed of air currents, sometimes reaching 600 km/h.

- Do you know what is provided with these cylinders?

Tanks military intelligence is equipped with special cameras for aerial photography. They are managed through the intelligence centers of NATO.

- Can be shot down like balloons?

- From 1952 to present, our air defense fighter aircraft shot down a lot of these cylinders. Considerable experience in this has our military pilot 1st class Colonel Savva Netsov. In all cases, he attacked the cylinders suddenly and down, not allowing them a warning system to receive the signal of approaching danger. Our defense has also exactly applicable anti-aircraft missile systems "earth-air" which can strike any target in the smallest and largest heights. The use of cylinders interest for those countries that seek to cover up his espionage activities links to meteorological studies conducted by all States. To achieve its expansionist objectives, the imperialists do not shun any means.

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