Moscow: Novosti commentator Lyustiberg declares flying saucers a myth, CIA analyzes it
On 16 February 1968, Novosti science commentator Villen Lyustiberg published "Flying Saucers? They're a Myth" in Moskovskij Komsomolets, explaining US reports as misobservations or media misreporting; Novosti released an English translation on 12 March and the CIA analyzed the piece in April.
Background
On 16 February 1968, Villen Lyustiberg, science commentator of the Soviet state news agency Novosti, published the article "Flying Saucers? They're a Myth" in the newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets. Novosti released an English translation on 12 March 1968. The article explained US UFO reports as either misobservations or misreporting by the media. The CIA addressed the piece in an analysis dated 9 April 1968 titled "Nothing But the Facts on UFOs, or Which Novosti Writer Do You Read?", contrasting it with other Novosti coverage. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.