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CIA-UAP-008, Speculative Paper By N Kardashev and A Sakharov on Charged Mass in Space at Conference on Origins Of Life, Armenia, 6-8 September 1971/Low Scientific Level Of Other Soviet Papers

Date of account: 1972
Source: uap_archive
Record updated: 2026-10-10

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This 1972 CIA Intelligence Information Report summarizes a US attendee's observations of a speculative paper regarding charged mass behavior in space presented by Soviet scientists N.S. Kardashev and A. Sakharov at a conference in Armenia. A more redacted version of this report has been available on CIA's public website.

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------------------ App r oved f o r Re l ease 202 6 . .• DIIECTOIATI Of INTWIOOICI ··- ··-- ---- --- ------ ----- --~- . ···-··- - --· -- -• ----.. ------___....,._ Intelligence Information Report COUNTRY USSH REPOP.TNO. 00-B-'321/0770')-72 · 10Apr72SUBJECT Specw.ati ve Paper by li KardubeY and DATE OISTlt. /\ Sakharov on Charged Hus in Cpa.;.,e nt Cont'erenee on Orici,'13 or Lite, NO. PAGH 2 Armenia, 6-6 September 1971/IAw Scientific Level ot' Other S~v:let DCS Cue ST,026 Pnpers DATE Of INFO. 6-8 September 1911 PLACE &DATE ACQ. BY SOURCE Yerevan/6-6 September 1971 THr4i IS UNEVAWATEO INFORMATION SOURCE US cithen! fni1a report consists or edited abstracts trom a 1 etter recel ved from a reliable colleague who attended the Yerevan Conference, .. l, 2. At the Conference on the Origins of Lite in Yerevo.n, Armenia, $SR, 6-8 Septemher 1971, NS ~.ardashev, Ins titute for Sp~c~ Research, Moscov, r ead an interesting but highly Dpeculative paper he had prepared on r.enera.l relativity and the possibility of a bod;f collap3inc into a black hole in apace. His co-author vas tbe internationally f81110us theoretica.l. physicist, Andrei D Su.harov. Y..o.rda.ohev iD very much like hi s superior and former teacher at the Institute, IS Shklovskiy, in his cq>proaeh to acientific problems. Ile is not at'raid to speculate in his effort to find a solution, The Kardnshev-Sakharov paper concerned the authors' study of vhat hnpp ene when a charged mass or bod,v collapses in space. Knrdn.:.hcv stnteci that, if it \·~re not cha.ri;ed, the mass would Just collnpse pas t the point of ~ravitational singularity and be gone forever. In other words, the mass vould close in on itself and have no more contact with t he outside ' i I l ·1 I I I I I I world. 'l'he Soviets speculated on what vould happen 1 f the mass were charged. '!'hey stated that t hen the mnse vould be o.ble to boW1ce. It would collapse but boW1ce back out. Hovcver, the mass will come back into n different part of space time. 3. After his presentation, Kardashev told a US attendee that Sakharov vo.s mo~tly interested in this charced mass phenomenon study because it in d.i.catcs that the structure of space may be much more complicate d than i s preae ntly thought. Kardashev vas interest ed i n the s t udy from t he vi evpoint or what implications it has for o.strophysi c~ , pro vided the bas ic pnysics of the phenomenon 1s correct, 'l'he US attendee f elt the a uthor s • speculation vas a little fantastic and they had tllkcn off in Ii rather vild vo.y. lfovcver, he believed their paper vas groun ded in eood and sound physica, . I I . ' s 5 4 4 J J 2 2

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4.Tne US attendee considers Kardashev to be very competent technically and further to be very self-possessed.He recalled an incident in the sprinf of l97l when Kardashev,LI Matveyenko and lhe visited Academician Lev Artsimovicn,secretary of the Academy's Department of General Physics and Astronomy.Matveyenko,Institute for Cosmic Research,is a Conmunist Party member and very expert in political matters.He was almost cringing in Artsimovich's presence whereas Kardashev vas cool cian. 5. In ercral,the scientificlevelofuost of thc Soviet papers nt this Conference was not very high.One littleknowm Soviet [source could not recall hisname]gave avery naivepaper on the detectability of plnnets. Another Soviet,who was a member ofa committee the USSR has cstablished to investigate unusual phenomena,in other words,flying sauccrs,gave aserious talk which was actually very humorous.His approach was, "Well, of course,we know there isn't anything to this allegcd phenome- non （flying saucers),but on the other hand---." During this talk ShiklovskiynndotherSovietsjokedandlaughedandobviouslydidtic U attendee that theflying saucer committee" consists ofmany poli- ticians,theorists,historians and similar type peoplc.It has little ifanyscientifictalent. 6. Shklovskiy gave a general,entertaining talk on ome interesting but unimportant subjcct.Vitaliy L Ginzburg,one of the leadinr, astrononcrs in the iSSR,also gave a talk on the basis of physic:l theory,that is, thc ilentification and comparison of fundamental asswnotions in physics. Ginzburg has a first rate mind and is sounder in his physics knowledge han Shklovskiy.Ginzburg thinks realistically,which wa: showe i hi: answnrcoaUSattendee'squestion aboutthe Conference.ieSoviet wasaskedwhether the Conference wasworthwhile in that it.as mostly devoted to theoretical subjects,very remote from tangible coals. Ginzhurg said,Vell,if it helps to build up support for the Goviet reseorchers to getnew astronomical equipment,then certainly thc Con- ference mnkes sense." -end-

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