I will be uploading a rather large volume of Russian/Soviet material in the near future.
I want to start this new section with Mikhail Gershtein's "UFO НАВИГАТОР" (UFO Navigator) newsletter, because Mikhail has provided invaluable assistance to me (and many other UFO researchers) over the years behind the scenes. He deserves more recognition in the West for his hard work.
I have uploaded 105 issues from 2000 to 2007, and two further special issues, to the online archive (with Mikhail's kind permission) - with thanks to Mikhail and Igor Kalytyuk for the relevant PDFs.
Also, I don't think I've mentioned it in public before but - as a tangential sequel to the 2 million pages of automated transcripts of UFO podcasts/documentaries I released last year - I've been attempting to use various AI software tools to produce searchable automated English translations of the more serious UFO magazines from around the world in various languages (where I have obtained permission to upload material...). Yes, I do know the results of automated translations are far from perfect...
Some of the results are surprisingly readable.
Here is a sample in relation to Mikhail's Russian newsletter:
[BEGIN SAMPLE OF AUTOMATED TRANSLATION]
Russian ufological digest October 2000 - N 1 (0001)
Welcome to our website - the first weekly review in Russia current Russian and foreign ufological news.
Only here you will learn without the slightest delay everything that is said and are written by UFO researchers in Russia and abroad, all the latest sensations, discoveries and exposure.
A selection and analysis of news is conducted by Mikhail Gershtein, one of the leading Russian ufologists with many years of experience, an experienced expert, author of hundreds of articles in magazines "UFO", "Miracles and Adventures" and various newspapers.
Only here you will get acquainted with sensational investigations, materials from expeditions and from serious ufological conferences.
Here, and only here - never published or little-known facts
from ufological archives, translations, unique illustrations.
At your service - weekly updated illustrated ufological
a dictionary that will later be turned into a single hypertext.
A critical review of recent UFO books, newspapers and magazines will allow you
navigate the sea of paper products. You will be warned in time about
"newspaper ducks" about what is worth reading and what is not, save your time and
money!!!
[END SAMPLE OF AUTOMATED TRANSLATION]
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