Government / Military

Boris Sokolov

1993-01-01year known, day not recorded

Russian military colonel who, per George Knapp's 2023 congressional testimony, directed the Soviet/Russian military UFO study and described 45 incidents of Russian warplanes engaging UFOs (three reportedly ending in crashes) and an alarming event at an ICBM base. His account reaches the map through Knapp's Moscow interviews.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "ufo". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection 2025-09-09

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← George Knapp

interviewed him about the Ministry of Defense program he ran

Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection
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← George Knapp

testified that Sokolov described 40 incidents in which Russian warplanes were sent to intercept UFOs and were ordered to fire on them

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printed p. 46 · PDF p. 50 checked against the page

Caveat Claim: Knapp interviewed Sokolov in Moscow and Sokolov described intercepts. Both are in the testimony. The caution corrects a NUMBER (40, not 45) that appears in secondary accounts, not in our claim.scope: scoped · reviewed 2026-08-21
→ Soviet/Russian UFO Study names a source we do not hold

the Russian military colonel who directed the study

George Knapp, Statement to Congress, House Oversight (HHRG-118-GO06), Jul 26 2023