Soviet oceanographer and senior researcher at the Academy of Sciences. From the late 1970s a public advocate of scientific UAP study within the Soviet system; co-author with Pavel Popovich on the 1990s public commission and author of several Russian-language UAP volumes.
Soviet oceanographer and senior researcher at the Academy of Sciences. From the late 1970s a public advocate of scientific UAP study within the Soviet system; co-author with Pavel Popovich on the 1990s public commission and author of several Russian-language UAP volumes. Their main public affiliations include Soviet Academy of Sciences and All-Union Ufological Association. They are most often discussed in connection with research, case documentation, technical claims, or historical analysis.