CIA-UAP-012, Combating Fatigue In Crewmembers

Approved for Release 2026 CONFIDENTIAL Domestic Collection Division Foreign Intelligence Information Report

COUNTRY USSR DCD REPORT NO. OO-B-321/33474-76

SUBJECT Combating Fatigue in Crewmembers/ Aeroflot Work Cycles/Use of Drugs/ Biological Effects of Aircraft Noise/ Radiation Research/UFO Phenomena/ Prototype Pilot Biological Psychomotor Testing Equipment/Celestial Navigation/ Night Vision Testing

DATE DISTR. 18 November 1976 NO. PAGES 4

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SUMMARY: Aeroflot officials are actively involved in aerospace medical research. They are concerned with the medical aspects of physical conditioning which impinge upon crewmember performance and have perfected several devices which test pilot biological functioning and motor response ability. Dr Inal Georgiyevich Akoyev, a noted radiation biologist explained cosmic ray particles (phosphenes) which are causing Aeroflot pilots to "see" flashes of light during night flying. Dr [fnu] Akutin, cyberneticist at the Civil Aviation Institute of Leningrad showed prototype pilot biological psychomotor testing equipment which measures blood pressure, pulse rate, cardiovascular function and motor ability. The equipment is automatic and testing is completed in approximately three minutes.

1. The Soviets deal with crewmember fatigue in several ways. First, they emphasize and promote physical conditioning. If a crewmember is physically fit, he will be less prone to fatigue and will recover sooner after tiring flights. Aeroflot provides exercise facilities at all major airports, and these facilities are supervised by a well known athlete. The second thing they do is to thoroughly test each crewmember prior to flight to insure his physical fitness and…