This time a "what if" from THE COLD WAR. A couple of Soviet Air Force UFOs intercept at high-altitude an XAB-1 Atomic Powered Airplane bomber on patrol on polar region. Approximately 1963. About the "Soviet UFO" During the '50 the CIA was most concerned about "non-conventional air vehicles" under development by the Soviets as the 14th June 1954 memorandum entitled "Intelligence Responsibilities for Non-Conventional Types of Air Vehicles" makes very clear. Senator Richard Russell served actually 38 years in the Senate, spotted the UFOs on October 4, 1955, while traveling by rail across Russia's Transcaucasus region. "One disc ascended almost vertically, at a relatively slow speed, with its outer surface revolving slowly to the right, to an altitude of about 6000 feet, where its speed then increased sharply as it headed north." The second flying disc was seen performing the same actions about one minute later. The take-off area was about 1-2 miles south of the rail line. About the XAB-1 In the 1950s, America's defense industry explored several radical ways to gain air superiority over the rival Soviet Union. Convair's XAB-1 concept bomber employed two notions that were particularly fashionable during this Cold War period. One was the idea of atomic engines, power plants that could keep a plane airborne virtually indefinitely. (Conventional jet engines were still required for take-offs and landings.) The other idea was that of parasite fighters (not portraited in this image), high-performance jets that were carried with the bomber and then released over enemy territory to provide airborne defense. Ultimately, the idea of atomic engines was scrapped when the notion proved too unwieldy and dangerous, while the parasite fighter notion was rendered obsolete by the perfection of mid-air refueling technology. Hawk Models released the plastic model kit of the XAB-1 in 1959. BOTH AIRCRAFT WILL BE IN ONE OF MY RENDEROSITY BRYCE PRODUCTS, SOON AVAILABLE ON MARKETPLACE. Rendered in Bryce 7, postwork with Photoshop 7. The original file is 3636x2020 pixels. - The image is better in full size - Comments and rates are warmly welcomed!!! :) VISIT MY WEBSITE!!! www.innovari.it Many free sci-fi Bryce obj objects, and NO registration!!! :) Luca Oleastri (a.k.a. duo, a.k.a. Innovari)