Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight 007 [Hardcover]

Michel Brun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 29, 1995

Offers a startling new explanation of the 1983 crash of Korean Air Flight 007, charging that instead of being shot down by the Soviets, the plane was caught in an air battle between the U.S. and the Soviets. 25,000 first printing. IP.

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From Publishers Weekly

Brun, a pilot and aeronautical engineer, presents here the result of a decade's research into the 1983 destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by Soviet fighters over the Sea of Japan. He describes the tragedy as part of a clandestine U.S. operation to test Soviet air defense capabilities. Flight 007 was a Trojan horse whose destruction occurred in the context of near-simultaneous violations of Soviet air space by American planes, resulting in a sharp clash between the superpowers' aircraft. When the gamble that a civilian airliner would be safe did not pay off, the U.S. embarked on a comprehensive cover-up that endures to the present, according to the author. Brun's conclusions overlook the difficulties of concealing this kind of deception for any length of time. They also fail to take into account the elements of fog and the friction on both sides that most probably are the real roots of the 007 catastrophe. This provocative title is ultimately unconvincing.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

The Cold War still holds many mysteries; the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in September 1983 is one of its major puzzles. For Brun, a multilingual pilot and "aeronautical investigator," it became a personal obsession. His technically detailed, sometimes disjointed argument is that a major air battle took place near the Soviet island of Sakhalin, ending with the destruction not only of the airliner but also "ten or so (U.S.) aircraft," all "the result of a U.S. clandestine operation that had gone dreadfully wrong." Brun's case is built around conflicting newspaper accounts; published transcripts of cockpit communications; voice analysis; maps; other Soviet, Japanese, and U.S. evidence; and a junkyard of ocean debris, some of which the author collected himself. Although Brun's claim startles, his choppy style distracts. For larger collections.
John Yurechko, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 328 pages
• Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows; First edition. edition (December 29, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568580541
• ISBN-13: 978-1568580548
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,288,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent BUT..., July 25, 2007

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Piseco Kid "Piseco Kid" (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight 007 (Hardcover)

No other book details the events related to KAL 007 like this one does. It is clearly the best book on the subject. The research presented is impeccable but very tedious at times to read. My criticism is that the author leaves the reader hanging at the end when I think he could've done a lot better. It is very disappointing. He offers detailed analysis of the events leading up to the disappearance of the plane but then strangely never offers a detalied analysis of what he thinks happened. He says it was destroyed. He never offers a theory about who destroyed it or what could've happened to the bodies or all the wreckage. The flow of the book leads the reader to expect this, but the author fails to do this. This ultimately detracts greatly from his contribution on the subject, concerning which the public will probably never know the real truth. I am incredulous to understand how he could not have made a well-educated theory on these- the most important details of the story especially in light of the analysis leading up to the disappearance. Still, it is riveting and I recommend it.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brun Is Right On Target.........., February 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight 007 (Hardcover)

It's tough to find any holes in his comprehensive analysis. Excellent read, lots of detail to back up his theory. I'm came away believing that the U.S., USSR and Japan have blood on their hands. Shame on us for not demanding the truth.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Michel Brun's brilliant work contains merely two flaws., August 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight 007 (Hardcover)

An aviator and mariner, Michel Brun, through scientific methods, his personal collection of evidence, reviews of newspaper articles, probing of the Japanese military, and interviews with Soviet pilots, exposes how a nearly three hour air battle with the Russians was won by the Mig-31, and that KAL 007 was still in flight, and six minutes from safety, after the second hour of the air battle (that it wasn't directly involved in). The story of the manipulation of a civilian air flight, and the intentional provocation of the Soviet bear by Reagan's intentional over-flights of Pacific Russia by military aircraft, is the story of the century that you just can't miss! (Note: The satellite, mentioned on page 253 is Tracking and Data Relay Satellite One [Challenger's first mission], and Zellenyy Ostrov [Shibotsu-Jima] is part of the Habomai Islands, not the Kurils. Corrections courtesy: John Dugas).