C00098713 UNCLASSIFIED INQUIRE-DOC35D ITEM NO=00289316 DTG - 261107Z JUN 96 FROM FM FBIS LONDON UK TO TO RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA RHDLCNE/CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2// RHEBAAA/DOE WASH DC//NN-30// RHFPAAA/UTAIS RAMSTEIN AB GE//INOW// RHFTAAA/OSIA EUROPE RHEIN MAIN AB GE RHHJJAA/JICPAC HONOLULU HI RHHJJPI/PACOM IDHS HONOLULU HI RHHMUNA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI RUCBAIC/AIC NORFOLK VA RUCBAIC/AIC NORFOLK VA//DIIC// RUCOXAQ/FITRON ONE ZERO ONE//320// RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA//MIL// RUDKFMA/STOCKHOLM SWC RUDKP,N/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN RUDKTA/AMEMBASSY TALLINN RUDKVN/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS RUDMONI/ONI WASHINGTON DC//2140// RUDPMAX/FAISA FT BRAGG NC RUDPWDC/DA AMHS WASHINGTON DC RUEAIIS/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEALGX/DEFINTAGNCY WASH DC RUEDADI/AFOSI IOC BOLLING AFB DC RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//INR/CEE// RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW RUEHRA/AMEMBASSY- -RIGA RUEHVEN/USMISSION USVIENNA RUEOAYA/CDR NGIC CHARLOTTESVILLE VA RUERBFA/CDR2DAD FT HOOD TX//G2 ACE// RUESFV/FBIS VIENNA AU RUESFW/FBIS WARSAW PL RUESMF/FBIS MOSCOW RS RUETIAV/MPC FT GEO G MEADE MD RUFDNEU/CDR USASETAF VICENZA IT//AESE-CMO// RUFGAID/USCINCEUR INTEL VAIHINGEN GE RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK RUFQBBA/US SURVEY SEC SHAPE BE RUHBABA/CG III MEF//G-2// RUWSMXI/AMC INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//INO// RUWSMXI/USCINCTRANS'INTEL CEN'SCOTT' AFB IL//J2-O/J2- RUWTNOK/HQ USSPACECOM PETERSON AFB CO//POLAD// RXDBHW/CINCNORTHWEST UAJ RXFNDA/COMMNORTH//JOINTINT// RXFPSH/SHAPE BE//PIO// CONTROLS UNCLAS 3V/LITH CISMIL Approved for Release, Date ?+d-t 19 P a. C00098713 UNCLASSIFIED BODY COUNTRY: LITHUANIA SUBJ: POLICE OFFICERS SPOT UFO; RAPID REACTION FORCE ALERTED SOURCE: MOSCOW ITAR-TASS WORLD SERVICE IN RUSSIAN 0920 GMT 26 JUN 96 FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT VILNIUS, 26 JUN -- AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFO), SPOTTED NEAR THE LITHUANIAN BORDER ON 25 JUNE BY TWO DUTY MOTOR POLICE PATROL OFFICERS JAUNIUS POZERA AND LAIMIS KRAUJALIS PLACED THE WHOLE VILIUS POLICE ON THE ALERT. VEHICLE LOADS OF SOLDIERS FROM THE ARAS RAPID REACTION FORCE, SNIFFER DOGS AND POLICE REINFORCEMENTS IMMEDIATELY ARRIVED ON THE SCENE OF THE EMERGENCY. ACCORDING TO THE EYEWITNESS'S ACCOUNTS, AT ABOUT 0030 IN THE EARLY MORNING, ON THE VILNIUS-MEDININKAI ROAD, NEAR THE VILLAGE OF NEMEZIS, 10 KM FROM THE CAPITAL, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 20-30 METERS ABOVE THE GROUND, THEY NOTICED A SPHERICAL OBJECT HANGING AND "PULSING," ALTERNATELY SHRINKING AND EXPANDING. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HEARD WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS "A STRANGE SOUND LIKE AN ELECTRIC OR ELECTRONIC CRACKLE,." WANTING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE UFO, THE POLICEMEN MOVED TOWARD IT. WHEN THEY HAD ADVANCED ABOUT 50 METERS-THROUGH THE LONG GRASS, THE POLICE SAID, THE SPHERE MOVED AWAY, ROSE HIGHER AND RAPIDLY DEPARTED IN THE DIRECTION OF VILNIUS. THE POLICEMEN WATCHED THE UFO FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE OF THE "EMERGENCY", MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, SERVICEMEN FROM THE SPECIAL FORCES AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CAPITAL'S POLICE CAREFULLY STUDIED THE AREA, MEASURED THE BACKGROUND RADIATION AND TAPE-RECORDED THE STRANGE SOUND, WHICH WAS STILL HEARD IN THE AREA AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE UFO. THE SNIFFER DOGS DID NOT DISCOVER ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS AND BEHAVED QUIETLY. BUT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TALL GRASS AROUND THE PLACE OVER WHICH THE SPHERE HAD "HUNG" WAS FLATTENED TO A RADIUS OF 10 METERS. LITHUANIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE NOT YET EXPRESSED AN OPINION ON THE APPEARANCE OF THIS UFO NEAR VILNIUS. POLICE COMMISSIONER VALENTINAS JUCHNEVICIUS SAID IN A RADIO INTERVIEW TODAY THAT BOTH OFFICERS WHO WATCHED THE SHINING OBJECT "ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY HEALTHY, NORMAL PEOPLE, NOT NOTED FOR CRANKINESS." THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS.