PIML 96061307 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: [Pretty far out info. Could it be true?] PIML ================================================================== From: "Steve Wingate" Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 14:21:06 -0700 Subject: (Fwd) KAL Flight 007 - Update Reply-To: snetnews@alterzone.com -> SearchNet's snetnews Mailing List ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 22:36:03 -0700 (MST) From: jharding@aztec.asu.edu (JOHN E. HARDING) Subject: KAL Flight 007 - Update Reply-to: iufo@alterzone.com A book called "Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight 007" is the results of a 10 year investigation by Michel Brun , a French aviation expert and aided by John Keppel, a retired foreign-service officer. It brings out some very important "facts and alleged facts!" According to the book: 1. KAL 007, for several hours was on the periphery of an extreme complex American operation. 2. The operation was designed to provoke the Russians into a [military] response. 3. Multilayered provocation made even more complicated for the Russians by having what appeared to be a civilian airliner in the mix. 4. Many U.S. military aircraft approached Sakhalin from several directions, speeds, and altitudes. 5. The U.S. military aircraft was met with a strong Soviet [military] response. 6. A near 3 hour air battle took place, resulting in the the loss of at least 10 U.S. planes and 30 U.S. servicemen. 7. The Japanese Defense Agency had been aware as early as 2:30 am Tokyo time that alarming events were taking place to the North of Japan. 8. Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces declared a "DefCon 3 Alert" for their Northern Command. 9. *Half* the Japanese active force and 2 military rescue squadrons were assembled at Chitrose, on Hokkaido, Japanese territory nearest Sakhalin, ready for combat. Brun writes, " What I discovered was beyond belief!" He further writes, " other aircraft had overflown the Soviet Island at the time, some of which were shotdown....The KAL 007 disaster was by '