On December 26, 1966, the Soviet-developed interplanetary spacecraft Luna-13 transmitted to Earth a photo panorama of the lunar surface, on which objects resembling parts of apparent man-made origin can be seen. On 26 December 2025, the 59th anniversary of the Luna-13’s achievement, the Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation [RGANTD] published declassified documentsContinueContinue reading “December 1966: Man-Made Objects on the Lunar Surface! Soviet Luna-13 Spacecraft Sends Mysterious Photos to Earth, Scientists Offer Answers”
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Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 35
Approximately 5 November 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV After conversion training for the Cubans, weapons are to be handed over to Cuba within the following time frames: MSP [motorized rifle regiment] – 3-4 months; PVO [air defense] and VMF [Navy] – 8-10 months;ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 35”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 34
First week of November 1962 / Enciphered cable from Malinovskiy to Pliyev TOP SECRET TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV As regards the warheads for the Luna, FKR, and Il-28 aircraft, there has yet to be talk about removing them. We need to leave them in Cuba, at your disposal. DIRECTOR No. 76190/sh TranslatorContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 34”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 28
27 October 1962 / Order from Malinovskiy to Pliyev forbidding use of nuclear weapons without order from Moscow TOP SECRET (when filled in) Reproduction prohibited To TsK KPSS, Comrade A.K. SEROV COPY OF OUTGOING TELEGRAM No. 20076 TROSTNIK to Comrade PAVLOV Re: No. 8/154 It is expressly confirmed that employing nuclear weapons fromContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 28”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 9
8 September 1962 / Instructions to the Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba on the delivery of Il-28 airplanes and Luna installations TO THE COMMANDER OF THE GROUP OF SOVIET FORCES IN CUBA In order to reinforce the Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba and increase the capability to combat enemyContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 9”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 7
24 May 1962 – Report from Malinovskiy and Zakharov on Ministry of Defense proposals to reinforce the Group of Forces in Cuba Top Secret Especially Urgent To the Chairman of the Security Council Comrade N. S. Khrushchev I hereby report: I. On the possibility of sending reinforcements to Cuba via aircraftContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 7”
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