MOSCOW, (ANSA)
DATE: February 3, 2002

In Third Millenium Russia, now fully converted to capitalism and market economy, there are still those who would like to return to the old USSR. A "Time Machine" completely "Made in Russia" has been built for these irrepressible nostalgics. According to the device's inventor, its existence is a reality. According to Russian engineer Vadin Cernobrov, the machine popularized in H.G. Wells homonymous novel far from being a literary creation is in fact a scientific endeavor of its own, although still in its infancy. "In fact," notes Cernobrov, "those who attempt to return to the past to keep certain historical events from occurring--for example, the collapse of the Soviet Union, would fail in the attempt and would run the risk of not being able to return to the future."

Cernobrov "machine" (at least according to the photos published in newspapers, since its creator refuses to show it to other media) is a spherical metallic capsule measuring 2 meters in diameter, very similar to astronaut Yuri Gagarin's first "Vostok" spacecraft. Within it, explains the inventor, is a meter wide cabin that houses the passenger. Strong rotating electromagnetic fields generated in the capsule decrease or increase the flow of time, whose alteration is recorded by high-precision timepieces.

Cernobrov, who worked in the Soviet Space Agency's planning office and subsequently founded the Cosmopolsk Society, claims having conducted initial tests in Volgograd (the former Stalingrad) having reached a "distance in time" of some scant minutes, for the moment.

For the time being, above all for security reasons, the experiments were performed with animals and were extremely brief in order to avoid any health hazards and to keep the machine from becoming lost, since it is very expensive," explains the Russian scientist. However, this time lapse shall be gradually increased in the future, with the aim of achieving the mission of "exiting our time for a few days or a month at most, and exclusively toward the past." This would enable the capsule's recovery.

The first "Chrononaut" has already been chosen: young computer programmer Ivan Konov, who according to Cernobrov, "is in fine psychophysical conditions which give him the necessary sang froid to describe even the vision of the World's End." According to the Russian engineer, no "chrononaut" would be able to modify historical fact. "Even though he interfered with the events, this event would have weight only when verified, having no consequence whatsoever to our present. And in any event, any such effort would maroon him in a parallel universe from which he could never return. (ANSA).

Translation (C) 2002. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology. Special Thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
SOURCE: Diario de Rio Negro

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