December 1, 1988🇷🇺Program
Organization
Leningrad: Commission on Anomalous Phenomena branch creates amateur UFO group Fakt
In December 1988, the Leningrad branch of the USSR Commission on Anomalous Phenomena created a separate amateur branch for UFO studies named Fakt to educate people on the phenomenon; it was disbanded in 1990.
Background
In December 1988, the Leningrad branch of the USSR Commission on Anomalous Phenomena created a separate amateur branch for UFO studies named Fakt, intended to educate people on the phenomenon. Fakt was disbanded in 1990, but part of its archives was saved. The entry relies on Mikhail Gershtein's 2024 overview of UFO research in the former Soviet Union. 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.