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SuBJcrLnterview with Senator Richard B. Russell shades. lo wusual attitule on the part of the guerd was noted but it was dark. This is in direct contradiction with the origlnal aispateh and the statenent of Mr. Gros.) Sonator Russell was not present when the dispatch was prepared and sent fron Progue and as a consequonce did not have a chance to verify the.contents. 3. During his trip the Senator.also made a motor trip between Moscoy and Borodino.During this ride be observed q only 150 yards from the rond he noted a radar on top of a mound with s. big egg beater object about ao feet away. lle thought he saw s similar installation further from the road on another occaslon. One of the caderns was about a mile away on the othor side of the road. There was considerable evidence of construetion although none that was obviously new He belioved that the radar that wos positively identiried was about 40 mlles rom Moscow f a map had been available this perhaps could have beon pinned dowm more cloaely).The Russlans were extrenely reluctent to allow Senntor Russell to mnke this trip and at one point it was actually concellod when Colonel Taylor or the Embassy requested permission to go along. However Senator Russell stated that he would publicly denounce the Ruaslan program of frec travel as being e farce umless he was allowed to make this trip.The pemission wes then egronted.Colonel Hathawny and Mr. Efron were aleo along with the Scnator on this trip 4.The testimny ot Senator Sussell does not in my opinion sport the theory that the Russians have developed saucer-lile or uconventional aircraft. It is quite possible that the objects scen were the cxhausts of normal jet aircrart in a stecp climb The fact that none were soen on the grod mlght indicate that the areraft wore in a dive followed by a sbarp pull-up in sucha way that nothing was seon until the cxhsusts were visible to the obeorvers on the train. llowever, it is possible that the aireraft were indeed of the short or almoet vertical take-off variety HERBERT SCOVILLE,JR. Assistant Director DISTRIBUPION Seientific Intelligence ALL LAC IEMBERS -Dept.of Ary 1-Dept.of Navy 1-Dept.of Air Force 1-JCS 1-AEC 1-Dept.of State 1-ORn/CA 1-OCI/CIA 1-DC/CIA T.B.L5h82Seres A -2-