Russia - Flying Saucer Project

(30 Jun 1994) The Russians may soon have the whole world looking skyward for UFO’ this time, they may be real. Russian aerospace conversion officials have launched a search for foreign investors to fund a range of exotic hi-tech projects such as a flying saucer. The experimental craft is being built at the Saratov Aviation factory at a projected cost of billion USD. It is one of 12 projects approved by the Russian government at all levels with the stipulation that the project incurs no cost for the government to bear. The flying saucer, if it works, is expected to revolutionize many concepts of aerodynamics. It has no wings and requires no airfields, and will take off and land like a helicopter in very limited space. The prototype of the craft is small, approximately 20-25 metres, but in the final full-scale project, the saucer is expected to carry up to 2-thousand passengers in each trip offering stiff competition to Airbus and Boeing. SHOWS: SARATOV, RUSSIA (RECENT) wide view flying saucer in Saratov aviation factory various shots saucer on factory floor cu porthole in side of saucer engineers working on saucer engineers working inside saucer ends: Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: