Not the Blues Brothers: Soviet defector Viktor Ivanovich Belenko, carrying bag, walks behind a decoy double during his arrival at LAX. Days earlier, Belenko flew his MiG-25 to Japan, where it was taken apart and examined by American specialists. The plane was later shipped back to the USSR — in 30 crates.

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