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Mangyshlak / Shaitan Mazar MiG interception narrative — no primary source located

Secondary UFO literature; earliest primary author undetermined · Reported 1991; publication date unverified

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Author / institution: Secondary UFO literature; earliest primary author undetermined
Date: Reported 1991; publication date unverified
Source type: Research lead / unverified secondary narrative
Used for: CASE-036: claimed MiG interception and aircraft-system interference
Limitations: Secondary travel-guide article (Laurence Mitchell, 2019) that cites no sources and calls the story possibly apocryphal. Searches in English and Russian (2026-11-12) found no 1991–92 Soviet/Russian press item and no Soviet, Russian or Kazakh government record; the earliest names attached are ufologists Emil Bachurin and Nikolay Subbotin (RUFORS).