This is an English translation of Soviet test pilot Col. Dr. Marina Popowitsch's's (1931-2017) long out of print 1989/1991 book UFO Glasnost. This book is a crucial snapshot of Soviet ufology, composed right before or during the USSR's collapse. In 1987, shortly before she started composing this book, she met with astronaut Edgar Mitchell. It is an incredible resource.
Wikipedia: "Popovich was a Soviet Air Forces colonel, engineer, and decorated Soviet test pilot. In 1964, she became the third woman and the first Soviet woman to break the sound barrier. Known as "Madame MiG", for her work in the Soviet fighter, she set more than one hundred aviation world records on over 40 types of aircraft over her career."
There is also a chapter on the founder of Russian ufology, Dr. Felix Ziegel.
This translation was done using chatgpt v4.0, one page at a time, from a high quality 400 DPI flatbed scan. I've tried to ensure the translation between pages is acceptable, and in a few cases I translated 2 pages at a time to ensure the sentences at the very end and beginning of each page were reasonable. I will be correcting translation errors as time permits.
Feel free to submit a PR if you see any obvious translation errors that need correction. I do not speak German, and have relied on GPT v4.0 and Twitter/X users to generate this English text.
Pages with formulas or complex charts were included as-is. All photographs in the book are included.
Alternate archive.org URL: https://archive.org/details/ufo-glasnost-marina-popowitsch-lq
This translation is dedicated to the memory and work of Col. Marina Popovich and the numerous Soviet scientists and researchers she collaborated with in the production of this book.
Note the copyright situation of this work is unclear, as Col. Popovich is deceased. This work is likely the property of her heirs or estate.