1 00:00:04,789 --> 00:00:02,389 Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich was one of 2 00:00:06,590 --> 00:00:04,799 Russia's earliest cosmonauts he joins 3 00:00:08,990 --> 00:00:06,600 the ranks of an increasing number of 4 00:00:12,530 --> 00:00:09,000 military personnel who have testified as 5 00:00:15,049 --> 00:00:12,540 to the validity of the UFO phenomena 6 00:00:17,090 --> 00:00:15,059 Major General Popovich shared with us a 7 00:00:19,370 --> 00:00:17,100 sighting he had while flying home from 8 00:00:41,569 --> 00:00:19,380 Washington DC with a delegation of 9 00:00:41,579 --> 00:01:01,630 foreign 10 00:01:07,130 --> 00:01:04,789 control Ground Control did not detect 11 00:01:09,289 --> 00:01:07,140 anything on radar even though the object 12 00:01:32,530 --> 00:01:09,299 could be seen by all occupants of the 13 00:01:32,540 --> 00:01:42,310 not pressure 14 00:01:46,969 --> 00:01:44,710 within the Soviet space program 15 00:01:49,130 --> 00:01:46,979 cosmonauts insist that they have seen 16 00:01:50,830 --> 00:01:49,140 more than just floating scraps of space 17 00:01:53,749 --> 00:01:50,840 junk 18 00:01:56,330 --> 00:01:53,759 I think that we are not alone in the 19 00:01:59,630 --> 00:01:56,340 universe I believe that someone or 20 00:02:03,469 --> 00:01:59,640 something of extraterrestrial origin has 21 00:02:09,650 --> 00:02:06,950 in April of 1979. Cosmonaut Victor 22 00:02:11,690 --> 00:02:09,660 offenasia lifted off from Star City to 23 00:02:14,089 --> 00:02:11,700 dock with the Soviet solute 6 space 24 00:02:17,030 --> 00:02:14,099 station but while in route something 25 00:02:18,890 --> 00:02:17,040 strange happened Cosmonaut ofnasium saw 26 00:02:23,570 --> 00:02:18,900 an unidentified object turned toward his 27 00:02:29,809 --> 00:02:26,809 it followed us during half of our orbit 28 00:02:31,910 --> 00:02:29,819 we observed it on the light side and 29 00:02:35,930 --> 00:02:31,920 when we entered the shadow side it 30 00:02:40,670 --> 00:02:38,449 it was an engineering structure made 31 00:02:44,270 --> 00:02:40,680 from some type of metal approximately 40 32 00:02:47,330 --> 00:02:44,280 meters long with inner hulls the object 33 00:02:49,970 --> 00:02:47,340 was narrow here and wider here and 34 00:02:52,490 --> 00:02:49,980 inside there were openings some places 35 00:02:55,070 --> 00:02:52,500 had projections like small Wings the 36 00:02:57,770 --> 00:02:55,080 objects stayed very close to us we 37 00:03:00,890 --> 00:02:57,780 photographed it and our photos showed it 38 00:03:03,430 --> 00:03:00,900 to be 23 to 28 meters away 39 00:03:06,050 --> 00:03:03,440 in addition to photographing the UFO 40 00:03:08,750 --> 00:03:06,060 apanasia continually reported back to 41 00:03:11,030 --> 00:03:08,760 Mission Control about the craft size its 42 00:03:13,130 --> 00:03:11,040 shape and position when the Cosmonaut 43 00:03:15,410 --> 00:03:13,140 returned to Earth he was debriefed told 44 00:03:17,990 --> 00:03:15,420 never to reveal what he knew and had his 45 00:03:20,089 --> 00:03:18,000 cameras and film confiscated those 46 00:03:22,850 --> 00:03:20,099 photos and his voice Transmissions from 47 00:03:25,369 --> 00:03:22,860 space have never been released 48 00:03:27,830 --> 00:03:25,379 it is only now with a collapse of the 49 00:03:30,589 --> 00:03:27,840 Soviet Union that ofanasium feels he can 50 00:03:34,430 --> 00:03:30,599 safely tell his story it is still