Joel Carpenter Collection on Richard B. Russell's 1955 Trip to the USSR, 1955.

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Joel Carpenter Collection on Richard B. Russell's 1955 Trip to the USSR, 1955.

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The folder contains one nine-page Air Intelligence Information Report and six photo slides. The report details the Senator's observations during the trip, including the sighting of a pair of unidentified flying objects ("flying saucers") by Senator Russell and two others; descriptions of Dnieperpetrovsk airfield; passenger and military aircraft, and radar receivers near Moscow; observations on Russian trains, railroad mechanisms and procedures; and hand-drawn diagrams of a Russian bomber and a railroad gauge switching operation. The slides depict Senator Russell with companions at a war memorial in Baku, beside a train carriage, at the Intourist Hotel, and in Tbilisi or Sochi; and passengers standing by the train between Baku and Tbilisi.

1 folder, including 9 pages and 6 slides.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7916611

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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971

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Richard B. Russell (1897-1971), lawyer and politician, born in Winder, Georgia. Served as State Representative (1921-1931), Georgia Governor (1931-1933), and U.S. Senator (1933-1971). From the description of Richard B. Russell Jr. MacArthur hearing files, 1951-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477265 Bill Westmoreland was a Clerk in the Superior Court of Gilmer County, Georgia. From the description of Bill Westmoreland letter from Richard B. Russell, 1965. (...

Carpenter, Joel.

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Student at Calvin College. From the description of Michigan's Klan in a small town : the Ku Klux Klan in Adrian, Michigan, 1923-25, May 9, 1974. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421048 Joel Carpenter is an aviation historian and author with degrees in history and industrial design. He has written several works about UFOs and their relationship to post-WWII experimental aerospace projects. He is a member of the National Investigations Committee on ...