[FPSPACE] Was Popovich really as flaky as this article suggests?

[Rex Hall]

For many years Popovich led a special commission looking into UFO in the
Soviet Union. Hr nade many comments on this area mainly saying there is no
proof etc but he could not explain some events.

I doubt the use of the nickname Aggressor. He did test the gun but I doubt
if Skylab was even on the horizon as a target. It sounds as if they were
going to be solar pirates. There were soviet fears the the US Military might
target space stations in the event of war with unmanned satellites exploding
near space assets. The Americans had the same fears of the Soviets. The gun
was a reaction flown once , fired once and discarded,

Popovich was a warm generous person. I once shared a car with him where he
sang Russian and Ukrainian songs for a couple of hours and telling stories.

Every public figure some story can be told.
Rex


On 11/11/09 04:30, "Jim Davis" <jimdavis2 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> The article at:
> 
> http://english.pravda.ru/science/mysteries/110346-0/
> 
> paints a disturbing portrait of the late cosmonaut Pavel Popovich.
> 
> A few quotes:
> 
> "One of the tasks was to capture the American Skylab station with three
> astronauts aboard. The Americans had a special nickname for Popovich:
> ³Aggressor²."
> 
> "In 2006, Pavel Popovich gave an interview to Bul¹var Gordona, a
> Ukrainian magazine. (Issue 31[67]). He said that the inhabitants of
> Phaeton or Moonah (an ancient planet with advanced civilization,
> believed to exist next to Earth ages ago, but perished due to nuclear
> explosions) probably visit Earth from time to time."
> 
> Does this article fairly portray Popovich as a sort of Russian
> counterpart to Gordon Cooper?
> 
> Or is it just sensational tabloid type fodder that has been put in the
> mouth of a recently deceased public figure?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim Davis
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