The full interview in its original Russian can be found here and here. A google translation of this interview can be found here
In the interview Osipovich clearly stated he observed the silhouette of the plane: “Soon I caught sight of the intruder through the scattered clouds. What do I mean by ‘caught sight of?’ I could make out a speck flying in the distance about 2 or 3 centimeters long. Its lights were turned on. It was bigger that an IL 76, but its outline reminded me of a TU 16“.
A TU-16 looks nothing like a 747. The TU-16 more closely resembles a KC-10 Extender or a B-52.
On page F-6 of the appendix to the 1983 final report of the ICAO, there is a weather report for the night of August 31-September 1. That night, cloud cover over Sakhalin was ten octas (an octa is one-eighth of the visible sky), five octas of which (slightly more than half the sky) consisted of low clouds, with their base at 1,500 feet and their summit at 9,000 feet, and five octas of high cirrus clouds, with their base at 29,000 feet and their summit at 32,000 feet.
At 33,000ft where KAL007 was supposedly flying there are no clouds so how did Osipovich observe through the scattered clouds?
According to Osipovich, the Soviet interceptor pilot who was interviewed and published in Izvestia. He stated “The first missile hit the tail and there was a large orange flame. The second carried off half the left wing. The lights went out immediately.”
Assuming the first heat seeking missile targeted the APU in the tail (in itself odd as a missile would favour the much larger engine heat signature), the second missile destroyed the left wing. The left wing contains the main HF radio antenna.
We know 007 was transmitting on HF from the ICAO 1993 report transcripts. So how did 007 transmit the last radio message at 18:27:02, 40-42 seconds after missile impact with a left wing and also speak calmly.
Osipovich also clearly stated: “I received the order to force him to land. I took up position behind the plane and began firing warning shots. It was at this moment that he began to slow down. . . . There was an extraordinary commotion coming over the radio and I couldn’t get in a word. I remember that there was a MiG-23 behind me that couldn’t have been going too fast because he was still carrying his reserve tanks. He wouldn ‘t stop shouting, “I see a dogfight! I see a dogfight!” I had no idea what dogfight he was talking about.
In addition to the mention of an additional dogfight other than the intruder Osipovich was chasing, why is this commotion clearly audible to Osipovich but not present on the ICAO transcripts. Another clear example of tampering of the tapes and transcripts provided to ICAO.
Osipovich also states the target was moving at 1000km/hr when he first intercepted it then it slowed to 400km/hr. This speed change is not possible for a 747 at this altitude. He makes no statement that the intruder changed altitude. He was about 5Km from the intruder when he fired the first missile. Yet the ICAO transcript gives a 2 second delay between missile firing and “target destroyed”. This means the missile was travelling at 2500m/s (9000Km/hr) relative to the interceptor speed so the missile had to be traveling at 9400-10,000Km/hr minimum which is not possible.