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“INSERT QUOTE FORM FEATURED PIONEER” Whether or not the parascientifi c path of fi nding a solution of
the ancient astronaut visitation problem will endure, and the topic of ancient visitations by extraterrestrials...
will depend entirely on the ability of current proponents of the Ancient Astronaut Theory, that they can and
will come up with new and better solutions than the scientists.”
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Hans-Werner Sachmann
INSERT CORRECT ARTICLE his dissertation “Philosophical-Methodological Aspects of
the Problem of Extraterrestrial Civilizations” in Kharkov,
Russia. Dr. Rubtsov then began working at the Ziolkovsky
Even during the bleak Cold War period, a number of Academy of Cosmonautics and gave a presentation in 1981
respected scientists gathered in eastern European countries at the rst European Congress on Abnormal Phenomena
to vigorously pursue the question of extraterrestrial visits (aka Tallinn SETI-Symposium). In the ensuing years, he
in the remote past and to foster contacts with colleagues wrote more than 100 papers on prehistoric extraterrestrial Star Engineers” once again included the African Dogon In 2009, Rubtsov published his seminal work, The
outside of the Iron Curtain. Dr. Vladimir Vassilievich visits for various publications, including Journal of the tribe and sensational astronomical observations in the Tunguska Mystery. It is an in-depth investigation into
Rubtsov was one of the rst to convey this important British Interplanetary Society, Pursuit, Nauka, Ancient Sirius binary star system. a dif cult scienti c problem exploring the fascinating
information to the West. Skies, and of course, Legendary Times Magazine. Rubtsov’s paper “Das Problem des Paläo-Besuchs – question “What hit Tunguska in 1908?”
Dr. Rubtsov was born on December 10, 1948 in With scientist Arkady D. Ursul, Dr. Rubtsov published Eine Beurteilung des aktuellen Standes” (“The Problem Due to an illness, Dr. Rubtsov died way too early
Kharkov (Ukraine). He rst came into contact with the his rst round of research results in a book that appeared of Paleo-Visitation – An Evaluation of the Current and he remains an Honorary Member of the A.A.S.
Ancient Astronaut Theory in 1966. From that moment, he in Russia under the title The Problem of Extraterrestrial Status”) co-authored by Yuri N. Morosov, was published R.A., a member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonauts,
focused his work on this topic from a methodological aspect Civilizations: Philosophical and Methodological Aspects. in the Fiebag brothers’ book Aus den Tiefen des Alls a research fellow at the Philosophy Faculty of the
of interdisciplinary research and the sociology of science The book earned the Moldavian Academy of Sciences (“From the Depths of Space,” Tübingen, 1992, not yet International Ukrainian Polytechnic Institute in Kharkov,
and technology. He then published the article “Space or Award in 1985. In 1991, he followed up with UFOs and available in English). In 1994, Rubtsov founded the and a member of the Society for Scienti c Exploration.
Atmospheric Phenomena?” in the scienti c journal Znannia Modern Science, which he co-published with Y.V. Platov. Research Institute on Anomalous Phenomena (RIAP), He also belonged to the group of experts on “Anomalous
ta Pratsa (1966); it was the rst time in the Soviet press that Dr. Rubtsov was a speaker at many A.A.S. R.A. World which coordinates the work of many researchers and top Atmospheric Phenomena” for the Russian Academy of
the UFO phenomenon was reported in a positive light. After Conferences. As early as 1987, he spoke at the 11 th World experts in Eastern Europe and publishes its own journal Sciences, and was the co-director of the “USA-CIS Aerial
graduating in computer technology in 1972 and working Conference in Novi Vinodolski, Croatia about “Structural called the RIAP Bulletin. Anomaly Federation.” He lived in Kiev.
several years in Dr. Alexander V. Solotov’s laboratory in Investigations into Prehistoric Space Travel,” in which he In 1995, Rubtsov spoke to a captive audience at the
Kalinin (today Tver, Russia), he started to focus on the focused on the Dogon people of Mali and their unexpained 15 th A.A.S. World Conference in Bern, Switzerland about
mysterious Tunguska explosion of 1908. knowledge of Sirius B. At the 12 th World Conference in “Das Rätsel des Tunguska Meteoriten – Einige Schritte
In 1980, Rubtsov succeeded in doing something that Chicago in 1989, he presented “Principal Observations in zur Lösung” (“The Mystery of the Tunguska Meteorite
others in the U.S.S.R. had tried but never succeeded: he the Search for Ancient Extraterrestrial Artifacts,” which – Steps Toward a Solution”), where he presented facts
spoke in front of the Philosophy Department of the Soviet called for the formation of scienti c standards regarding about potential identi cation of the object in question.
Academy of Sciences about “the methodological aspects of the analysis and veri cation of ancient artifacts. Two years At the time, Rubtsov worked as a science member at the
the problem of extraterrestrial civilizations.” Later that same later, at the 13 th A.A.S. R.A. World Conference in Berlin Philosophy Department of the Institute of Engineering and
year, he received a degree on this subject by submitting (1991), Dr. Rubtsov’s presentation “On the Trail of the Pedagogic Sciences in Kharkov.
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