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the following is a first-hand account by

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lieutenant colonel lev vyatkin a former

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fighter pilot from the former soviet

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union

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it was originally published in volume 39

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of the flying saucer review

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on august 13 1967 i took off in my

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interceptor for a training flight

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the time was several minutes past 23

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hours

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i turned on the after burning in order

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to climb to ten thousand meter i

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maneuvered the plane to face the beam

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determined my location

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reported to the flight commander and

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smoothly banked the plane to the left

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it was a calm moonless night the bright

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constellations added to its charm

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the plane had performed half of the turn

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and was facing the sea

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the lights of yalta a black sea resort

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town

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glimmer below

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along the half moon of the beach

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i made a routine check of the flight

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instrument

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the engine murmured behind my armored

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chair

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everything was okay

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the flight conformed all standard

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procedure

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at that moment i caught sight of the

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thing that later kept returning to my

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memory and troubling me making me recall

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the details of my night flight time and

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time again searching for an explanation

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for what happened then

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i saw the object when i looked up from

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the instruments

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it was a very large oval shaped object

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which somehow fixed to the port of my

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plane

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could not help but worry me

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so i request the flight commander major

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muzotov at once

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who is in the zone

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he consulted his instruments and

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answered my surprise that there was

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nobody in the zone

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as all other planes had already landed

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i banked the plane to the right

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trying not to lose sight of the strange

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object which worried me a lot

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however several seconds later its lights

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went gradually down as if a railstat

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switch had been turned off inside

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meanwhile the plane made a complete

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right turn and came back to the starting

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point

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i considered my next move and then

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decided to make the left turn i had

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planned trying to be careful as possible

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hardly i'd have banked the plane to the

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left and adjusted the speed and thrust

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when i saw a flash of bright light from

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above straight on the course of my plane

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then a slanting

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milky white fray appeared in front of my

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plane

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the ray was closing in on me

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had i not leveled out the ray would have

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hit my fuselage or

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to be more exact my cockpit

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all the same i hit the ray with left

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wing

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i was approaching the ray at a very high

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speed

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not taking my eyes off it so i had time

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to notice and feel something very

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strange

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no sooner had the wing touch the ray

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then the ladder broke into a myriad of

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tiny sparkles like those you see in a

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spent firework

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the plane shook violently and the

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instruments read off the scale

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is the ray solid i thought instinctively

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with my eyes still on the strange

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sparkling pillar which stretched

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downwards

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soon the light above and the ray below

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disappeared

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i kept searching the starry skies above

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for more surprises but everything was

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quiet

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my night flight ended safely

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for many day afterward the surface of

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the wing which had come into contact

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with the strange ray shone at night as

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if to remind me of the phenomenon

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the account you just heard is one of

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many ufo incidents alleged to have

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occurred in the former soviet union

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while many unearthed documents and files

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have been obtained throughout the years

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it's important to consider the veracity

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of such reports during the cold war

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could this all be some sort of strange

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intelligence game

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however as we'll see if even one of

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these accounts is true they only add to

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the immeasurable amount of ufo

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encounters not just in russia but

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throughout the entire world

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this is a case history of soviet ufos

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pursuits crashes and encounters behind

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on august 28 1991 an unknown object was

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spotted over the caspian sea

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it was tracked by radar operators at the

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tracking station on the mangeshlock

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peninsula

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with estimates that were around 2 000

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feet long and around 300 feet wide and

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was at an altitude of 21 000 feet

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the object's speed was clocked at over 6

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000 miles per hour

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after issuing the standard friend or foe

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request and receiving no reply the

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tracking station notified the cosmodrome

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at kapustan yar a russian rocket launch

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and development site in ostracon oblast

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about a hundred kilometers east of

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volgograd they would confirm that they

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too had the object on their radars and

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that no other aircraft from their

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facility was in the region

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it was at this point that a military

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alert was sounded

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moments later two mig-29 fighter jets

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that were already airborne on a routine

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mission were sent toward the region in

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an attempt to intercept the invading

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object

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at the same time two further migs were

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scrambled from the ground to join them

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their orders were simple

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have the unknown craft land and if they

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refused shoot it down

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a short time later all four of the jets

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were over the arel sea and soon had

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radar followed by visual confirmation

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they would describe the unknown object

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as being metallic gray and elongated

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at this point the leader of the migs

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issued another friend or foe request

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before ordering it to fall in behind so

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they could guide it to the ground

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once again they received no response

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the migs flying around 2500 feet from

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the object began to close in

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the closer the mig fighters got to the

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object the more detail they could make

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out there appeared to be some writing or

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symbols on the exterior in a green color

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but the pilots claimed these were an

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unknown language

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they also noticed what happened to be

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two port holes at what they assumed was

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the front of the object

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with the object or at least their

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occupants seeming little concerned about

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the mig fighters at all the flight

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leader radioed to ground control for

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further instruction

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rather than open fire at this stage they

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were ordered to close in on the craft a

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little tighter

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once they were parallel to the vehicle

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they were ordered to fire warning shots

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in front of it

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the migs reduced their distance from the

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object from 2500 feet to around 1500

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feet two on each side however when they

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went to fire the warning shots there was

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no response in fact all of the

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electrical systems suddenly went down

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even worse the engines to the planes

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started to fail

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forced to head back to base as best they

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could the object soon took off into the

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distance

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incidentally all four of the planes

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controls and engines recovered once the

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object had moved away from the fighters

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in the meantime radar operators

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continued to follow the object's

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progress noting that it appeared to be

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heading back to the rlc

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the operators calculated its speed at an

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unbelievable 42 000 miles per hour

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they warned other military and civilian

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airfields in the approximate flight path

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of the object of its presence now

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worried that a collision with another

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aircraft was a distinct possibility

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they watched the object for over 45

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then without warning it simply vanished

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it wasn't however the end of the

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incident in fact it was only just

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over the following weeks there was much

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discussion and military briefings

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regarding the incident as well as

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preliminary investigations it would soon

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come to light that according to local

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rumors on the day of the incident

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several members of the local population

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witnessed a huge object crash into the

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shaitan mazar mountain region

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chaitin mazar is russian for grave of

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the devil

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by the end of september an expedition

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team was formed to locate the downed

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craft

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this unit was made up of a combination

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of ufo researchers from the ufo

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organization sakufan led by anton

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bogatov several locals who knew the area

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well and several experienced mountain

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climbers

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the environment of the mountain range

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they were about to enter was far from

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forgiving

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the search was two weeks old but no sign

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of the crash site or the wreckage was

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found

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however rumors reached the team through

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local messengers that several residents

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had indeed found the site

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of concern was that they appeared to

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have suffered burns shortly after

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venturing there and bizarrely their

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watches all ceased working

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the group eventually headed to the

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surrey jaws river valley determined to

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visit the location of the apparent crash

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however after a further two weeks into

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the harsh snowy environment and with

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several members of the search team

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suffering from frostbite they made the

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decision to head back to their base camp

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ultimately the search mission was

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unsuccessful

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the rumors and local gossip of the

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crashed ufo though continued and so did

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talk of the event among high-ranking

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russian officials

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despite the fact that the first team had

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failed to locate the crash site even

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after a month of searching russian

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authorities were looking to launch a

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second attempt

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when the russian air force claimed to

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have located the wreckage in november of

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1991 it appeared their fortunes had

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turned

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however as the unit attempted to hoist a

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piece of the wreckage it caused the

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helicopter they were using to crash

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all of those on board were killed

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sakufan was informed of the incident as

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well as the fact that a new search team

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was to be arranged for the late spring

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of 1992

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this time though the unit would be much

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larger and under the overall leadership

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of a retired russian major

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one german svekov

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what's more rather than just set out for

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the crash site all of those involved had

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to undergo training and pass multiple

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examinations and tests

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ultimately when the second search

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mission set out in june of 1992 they did

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so in three units each covering a

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different area around the location of

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the discovery of the helicopter crew the

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previous november

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within several weeks after combing much

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of the area they discovered what

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appeared to be the site where the ufo

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had come down

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the huge object had broken in two and

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sat on a plateau in the grave of the

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devil region many of the crew would

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recall how they appeared to be an energy

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force coming from the object

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an energy of such that was almost

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palpable

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even when at a distance of around 5000

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feet from the object

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as they moved closer their excitement

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began to turn to sudden and unexplained

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feelings of anxiousness and fear

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and the closer they got the stronger

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these feelings became

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various electronic devices and equipment

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began to malfunction

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at the same time there was an electrical

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feel to the air which now appeared very

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humid

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even stranger when they checked their

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compasses all the needles were pointed

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directly to the craft

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due to many of their devices

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malfunctioning most of the planned tests

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had been abandoned

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despite not being able to get any closer

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than around 2500 feet to the crippled

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craft they could take in plenty of

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details visually

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as the unit looked around the scene they

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were able to work out a likely scenario

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as to what had happened to this strange

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vehicle

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above where they stood was a large

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overhanging cliff

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it appeared to those present that the

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object had crashed into this overhang

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which had caused it to break into two

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and come crashing to the ground skidding

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around 5000 feet before stopping

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it was also clear that an explosion

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likely to have happened as a result of

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the impact with the overhang was the

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cause of the craft having broken into

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two

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sides of the object allowed the search

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unit to see inside

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although they could see no sign of a

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crew of any kind they could see strange

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beams and the flooring of the craft

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there was also considerable damage to

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the front of the vehicle where it had

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seemingly hit the ground

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the symbols reported by the make pilots

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on the day the object appeared were also

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clearly visible on this craft

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copies were quickly drawn and all of

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those who studied them attested that

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they had never seen anything like these

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symbols before

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and that they match no known language

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incidentally the search unit managed to

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capture multiple photographs of the

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downed craft however it would appear

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that the energy field ruined the film as

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all of the photos appeared very darkened

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and blurred

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this was much the same for the attempts

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to video the craft as well

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with the video cameras not working at

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all

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the unit also discovered the remains of

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the wrecked helicopter now theorizing

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that the intense electromagnetic fields

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could very well have caused the

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helicopter's equipment to malfunction

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and ultimately send it crashing to the

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terrain below

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they did find it a little perplexing and

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perhaps unnerving that there was no sign

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of any

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bodies although a third mission to the

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site was in the planning almost

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immediately after the discovery of the

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crashed craft it would not go ahead

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until six years later in august of 1998.

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and even then it was a severely depleted

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effort

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they failed to secure the services and

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funding of german svekkov who had led

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the successful second mission as the

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russian economy was in a severe downturn

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he declined to become involved with the

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third attempt so he could concentrate on

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his already struggling businesses

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during this third mission however they

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would find the site but all that

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remained were the markers they

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themselves had left to mark where the

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craft had been

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the wreckage itself was nowhere to be

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found

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it was suspected that the military had

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discreetly returned following the

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discovery of the craft and retrieved it

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perhaps the fact that the ground had

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seemingly been planed and smoothed out

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so as to take away any evidence that an

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impact had happened

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there is perhaps much more to

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contemplate from this apparent case of a

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crashed ufo

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it is certainly an intriguing account

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and one that has details that arise in

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other such cases of downed ufos

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however while the credibility of the

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sources here is not in question per se

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there are several sticking points that

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are perhaps worth examining

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the fact that no photographs or video

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footage was captured for example perhaps

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falls very nicely into the hands of

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skeptics

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after all if we assume that the

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electromagnetic energy did ruin the

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photos and films we might assume that

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the authorities would have dispatched a

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plane on a photographic mission or even

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sent another unit to the area and have

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them photograph it from further away

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and what about the third mission did the

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military remove the wreckage of the

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craft in the time it took to organize it

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and might his concerns of his business

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not be the only reason that chekhov

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declined to set out to the site a third

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time

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might it be given his military

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background that he was fully aware that

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the craft was no longer there

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ultimately this incident remains of

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interest to ufo researchers up until

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today

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but as mentioned this wasn't the only

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supposed ufo crash to take place in the

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according to an account written by ufo

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researcher b.j booth which was relayed

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to him by researchers anton anfalov

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lenora aziz nova and alexander macelov

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an alleged ufo crashed on august 10th

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1989.

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at around 11 a.m on the morning in

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question an anomalous object was spotted

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by soviet military radar operators near

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the city of prolatny with all attempts

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to communicate with it receiving no

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response

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several mig fighters were scrambled into

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the air to intercept the object while

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surface-to-air missiles were put on

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standby

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with the object heading north one of

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these missiles was launched and

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seemingly hit the object causing it to

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crash somewhere in the caucasian

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mountains

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an m18 helicopter immediately carried a

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retrieval team to the location where the

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craft was shot down they would soon

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locate the remains of what appeared to

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be a disc shaped craft just outside of

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nichi jacom

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they landed nearby and quickly secured

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the area putting it off limits to all

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but those with official military

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clearance

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they would estimate the object was

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around 20 feet wide and around 10 feet

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high and had seemingly dragged along the

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ground for a considerable distance

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before coming to a stop near some large

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rocks

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as the team studied the object they

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could clearly see the damage inflicted

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by the missile strike

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after an initial assessment of the scene

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a team dressed in protective equipment

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moved toward the craft to investigate

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further

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as they did extremely high levels of

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radiation were detected which some of

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the unit had undoubtedly been exposed to

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the object was successfully transported

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from the crash site to mozdok air base

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where a team was assembled to study the

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apparent otherworldly craft in more

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detail

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wearing fully protective clothing the

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research team entered the craft through

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a door that was partially open likely

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from the missile strike

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once inside they would make some

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what's up guys ryan sprague here and i'm

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up

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not only did they find two dead entities

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seemingly killed by falling equipment

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during the crash but they discovered a

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third wounded entity

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they would attempt to keep it alive but

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ultimately it died a short time after

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these strange beings themselves were

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described as being around three feet

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tall with whitish gray skin although it

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appeared the skin was actually an outer

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cover such as some futuristic clothing

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when they examined underneath this outer

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cover they discovered skin that was of a

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blue green cover that appeared to have a

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reptilian texture to it

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they would further describe these beings

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as having extremely large black round

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eyes and particularly large hairless

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heads as well as three webbed fingers

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these details are strikingly similar to

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what we call the grays

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the interior of the craft itself was

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adorned with multiple control panels and

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buttons with numerous other pieces of

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equipment strewn around the wrecked

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cockpit

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while these investigations were taking

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place according to the account a

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cover-up was put into action by the kgb

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and all involved remained silent for

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many years to come

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according to an account in the book

546
00:23:02,549 --> 00:23:00,400
alien liaison by timothy good another

547
00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:02,559
crashed ufo incident occurred several

548
00:23:09,110 --> 00:23:05,760
months earlier in the spring of 1989

549
00:23:12,070 --> 00:23:09,120
just outside vladivostok

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the case was investigated by valerie du

551
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zielny and further documented by anton

552
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and follow

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the report states that on the day in

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question soviet navy personnel witnessed

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a glowing object enter the waters off

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the coast of the delney vostok region

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it wasn't certain whether this was a

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planned dive or whether the object had

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crashed into the sea but a retrieval

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mission was put into action

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the unit was almost immediately

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successful in their mission quickly

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locating an egg-shaped object

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approximately 20 feet long resting on

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the seabed

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they would bring the object to the

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surface and back to shore

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this object was described as being a

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dull matte gray with a gradual dome on

570
00:24:01,909 --> 00:23:59,600
the top

571
00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:01,919
it also had what appeared to be six oval

572
00:24:05,430 --> 00:24:03,919
portholes around the lower part of the

573
00:24:07,590 --> 00:24:05,440
object

574
00:24:10,230 --> 00:24:07,600
there appeared to be slight damage to

575
00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:10,240
the underside of the craft with a crack

576
00:24:14,789 --> 00:24:12,400
being clearly visible

577
00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:14,799
a team was then put together to examine

578
00:24:19,669 --> 00:24:18,000
the object and if possible gain entry

579
00:24:22,549 --> 00:24:19,679
into it

580
00:24:24,549 --> 00:24:22,559
this proved unsuccessful

581
00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:24,559
the object was eventually secretly

582
00:24:30,390 --> 00:24:27,520
transported to moscow by train to the

583
00:24:32,950 --> 00:24:30,400
central material research institute

584
00:24:34,710 --> 00:24:32,960
where further more intense study of it

585
00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:34,720
would get underway

586
00:24:40,630 --> 00:24:37,520
the team assembled struggled to break

587
00:24:43,510 --> 00:24:40,640
into the device despite using a range of

588
00:24:45,990 --> 00:24:43,520
methods and cutting devices

589
00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:46,000
they did though have success with the

590
00:24:51,110 --> 00:24:48,080
large crack on the underside of the

591
00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:51,120
object managing to expand it slightly

592
00:24:56,149 --> 00:24:53,919
using laser technology

593
00:24:58,390 --> 00:24:56,159
they would find that the outer exterior

594
00:25:00,950 --> 00:24:58,400
itself appeared to be made of four

595
00:25:03,430 --> 00:25:00,960
separate layers although it would take

596
00:25:05,750 --> 00:25:03,440
almost three weeks they eventually

597
00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:05,760
succeeded in creating a gap that would

598
00:25:11,430 --> 00:25:09,520
allow scientists to enter the craft

599
00:25:15,510 --> 00:25:11,440
wearing specially designed protective

600
00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:15,520
equipment a small team did just that

601
00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:17,440
they would find this vehicle was

602
00:25:22,390 --> 00:25:20,320
separated into three separate levels the

603
00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:22,400
engine on the bottom level the main

604
00:25:27,590 --> 00:25:24,799
control room on the second level and the

605
00:25:28,789 --> 00:25:27,600
top level acting as some kind of docking

606
00:25:30,789 --> 00:25:28,799
room

607
00:25:33,669 --> 00:25:30,799
the main power reactor in the engine

608
00:25:36,950 --> 00:25:33,679
room appeared to have exploded and was

609
00:25:39,029 --> 00:25:36,960
the possible cause of the crash

610
00:25:41,590 --> 00:25:39,039
in the control room there were multiple

611
00:25:43,430 --> 00:25:41,600
screens panels and many different

612
00:25:46,549 --> 00:25:43,440
colored buttons

613
00:25:50,230 --> 00:25:46,559
allegedly there were also several alien

614
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:50,240
bodies discovered in the control room

615
00:25:54,230 --> 00:25:53,039
two of the deceased crew remained sat in

616
00:25:56,470 --> 00:25:54,240
their chairs

617
00:25:58,549 --> 00:25:56,480
while another lay on the floor

618
00:26:01,750 --> 00:25:58,559
they were approximately four feet tall

619
00:26:04,310 --> 00:26:01,760
with large hairless heads upon which set

620
00:26:06,789 --> 00:26:04,320
a helmet in large round eyes that

621
00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:06,799
appeared to be covered by large black

622
00:26:10,630 --> 00:26:08,000
lenses

623
00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:10,640
their skin was a gray brown color and

624
00:26:16,149 --> 00:26:13,600
they each had six fingers on each hand

625
00:26:19,190 --> 00:26:16,159
each was also dressed in a tight-fitting

626
00:26:23,029 --> 00:26:19,200
metallic silver suit with belts around

627
00:26:25,110 --> 00:26:23,039
their waists and silver green boots

628
00:26:27,269 --> 00:26:25,120
ultimately the alien bodies were

629
00:26:30,149 --> 00:26:27,279
transported to a secret underground

630
00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:30,159
facility just outside of silnich

631
00:26:35,029 --> 00:26:32,000
nuggorts

632
00:26:36,789 --> 00:26:35,039
so secret that only four officers even

633
00:26:38,870 --> 00:26:36,799
knew about it

634
00:26:42,470 --> 00:26:38,880
the object itself was taken to a

635
00:26:45,430 --> 00:26:42,480
mountain base a novaya zimla island

636
00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:45,440
beyond the polar circle

637
00:26:50,470 --> 00:26:48,320
while ufo landings and crashes are

638
00:26:52,470 --> 00:26:50,480
extraordinary on their own there have

639
00:26:55,110 --> 00:26:52,480
been several incidents that allegedly

640
00:26:59,909 --> 00:26:55,120
occurred in russia as well where actual

641
00:27:02,630 --> 00:26:59,919
entities were encountered alive

642
00:27:05,269 --> 00:27:02,640
located in southeastern siberia towards

643
00:27:08,310 --> 00:27:05,279
mongolia's border sits the planet's

644
00:27:10,470 --> 00:27:08,320
oldest and deepest lake nearly one

645
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:10,480
quarter of earth's fresh water is

646
00:27:15,430 --> 00:27:11,840
contained here

647
00:27:18,310 --> 00:27:15,440
astonishing depths of over 5 000 feet

648
00:27:20,870 --> 00:27:18,320
have been measured in certain areas

649
00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:20,880
a myriad of unique plant and animal

650
00:27:26,310 --> 00:27:23,760
species inhabit the frigid territory

651
00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:26,320
many of which exist nowhere else in the

652
00:27:30,789 --> 00:27:27,840
world

653
00:27:33,590 --> 00:27:30,799
scientists estimate this massive basin

654
00:27:36,549 --> 00:27:33,600
formed as an ancient rift valley more

655
00:27:39,510 --> 00:27:36,559
than 25 million years ago

656
00:27:42,710 --> 00:27:39,520
for centuries lake bacall has been home

657
00:27:45,669 --> 00:27:42,720
to a plethora of unexplained phenomena

658
00:27:48,390 --> 00:27:45,679
locals claim countless peculiar ufo

659
00:27:51,110 --> 00:27:48,400
encounters frequently occur within this

660
00:27:53,909 --> 00:27:51,120
remote region of russia

661
00:27:55,830 --> 00:27:53,919
some theorize an extraterrestrial base

662
00:27:58,230 --> 00:27:55,840
is a lurking beneath the picturesque

663
00:28:00,870 --> 00:27:58,240
exterior

664
00:28:04,389 --> 00:28:00,880
one of the most bizarre reports occurred

665
00:28:06,149 --> 00:28:04,399
in 1982 during a routine soviet military

666
00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:06,159
training dive

667
00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:08,320
while navigating the foreboding aquatic

668
00:28:14,149 --> 00:28:11,200
realm navy personnel noticed anomalous

669
00:28:17,110 --> 00:28:14,159
figures swimming nearby

670
00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:17,120
perplexed they watched in bewilderment

671
00:28:21,350 --> 00:28:19,840
as several curious creatures approached

672
00:28:23,510 --> 00:28:21,360
them

673
00:28:24,350 --> 00:28:23,520
despite being stationed at a depth of

674
00:28:28,630 --> 00:28:24,360
over

675
00:28:29,750 --> 00:28:28,640
164 feet these humanoids were no modern

676
00:28:32,630 --> 00:28:29,760
equipment

677
00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:32,640
each dunned tight-fitting metallic suits

678
00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:34,960
complete with a helmet-like apparatus

679
00:28:40,310 --> 00:28:37,760
completely covering their heads

680
00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:40,320
upon closer inspection troopers noticed

681
00:28:47,669 --> 00:28:44,399
the aliens were nearly 10 feet tall

682
00:28:51,350 --> 00:28:47,679
however the colossal lock dwellers soon

683
00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:51,360
disappeared back into the murky abyss

684
00:28:56,310 --> 00:28:54,080
following this eerie run-in the intrigue

685
00:28:59,990 --> 00:28:56,320
commander ordered his recruits to

686
00:29:02,470 --> 00:29:00,000
capture one of these humanoids

687
00:29:05,830 --> 00:29:02,480
seven scuba divers entered the glacial

688
00:29:08,149 --> 00:29:05,840
lake and began their harrowing descent

689
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:08,159
soon after navigating an elevator of

690
00:29:12,950 --> 00:29:11,120
declining temperatures multiple entities

691
00:29:15,029 --> 00:29:12,960
emerged

692
00:29:18,149 --> 00:29:15,039
one of the divers attempted to catch the

693
00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:18,159
unearthly specimen in a large net but at

694
00:29:24,149 --> 00:29:21,760
that moment all hell broke loose

695
00:29:26,710 --> 00:29:24,159
suddenly the entity fought back by

696
00:29:28,950 --> 00:29:26,720
shooting intense sonar waves from a

697
00:29:31,510 --> 00:29:28,960
strange device

698
00:29:34,630 --> 00:29:31,520
a powerful force rendered every crew

699
00:29:36,950 --> 00:29:34,640
member unconscious and rapidly propelled

700
00:29:39,430 --> 00:29:36,960
them to the surface

701
00:29:42,470 --> 00:29:39,440
catapulting upwards from extreme depths

702
00:29:45,190 --> 00:29:42,480
can have devastating effects on the body

703
00:29:46,630 --> 00:29:45,200
resulting in a condition often called

704
00:29:48,789 --> 00:29:46,640
the benz

705
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:48,799
three of the squadron were seriously

706
00:29:53,350 --> 00:29:50,799
injured but did not succumb to this

707
00:29:55,830 --> 00:29:53,360
affliction the remaining divers needed

708
00:29:56,789 --> 00:29:55,840
immediate transfer to a decompression

709
00:30:01,269 --> 00:29:56,799
chamber

710
00:30:03,750 --> 00:30:01,279
in the region and it was designed for

711
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:03,760
merely two people at a time

712
00:30:09,029 --> 00:30:06,320
out of sheer desperation four men

713
00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:09,039
entered simultaneously in an attempt to

714
00:30:13,990 --> 00:30:10,960
save their lives

715
00:30:16,870 --> 00:30:14,000
tragically this last ditch effort did

716
00:30:19,510 --> 00:30:16,880
not go as planned three individuals

717
00:30:21,830 --> 00:30:19,520
perished as a result of their superior's

718
00:30:24,310 --> 00:30:21,840
hasty decision

719
00:30:26,630 --> 00:30:24,320
those who survived the terrifying ordeal

720
00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:26,640
would be left with life-altering

721
00:30:35,909 --> 00:30:33,190
on the evening of february 13 1989 near

722
00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:35,919
the kapensky lake in the leading grad

723
00:30:40,389 --> 00:30:38,480
region an encounter with a humanoid

724
00:30:42,630 --> 00:30:40,399
entity unfolded

725
00:30:45,430 --> 00:30:42,640
the encounter is documented in the

726
00:30:49,669 --> 00:30:45,440
independent ufological newsletter of

727
00:30:53,510 --> 00:30:49,679
january 1991 in an article by k wolf

728
00:30:55,909 --> 00:30:53,520
titled contact at kopensky lake

729
00:30:59,909 --> 00:30:55,919
according to the article three men from

730
00:31:03,590 --> 00:30:59,919
the leningrad auto park yuri vasilevich

731
00:31:06,470 --> 00:31:03,600
sergey jorovich and alexander victorvich

732
00:31:10,149 --> 00:31:06,480
had decided to embark on a fishing trip

733
00:31:13,029 --> 00:31:10,159
on kopensky lake around 25 miles outside

734
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:13,039
of the town of sosnivky

735
00:31:18,070 --> 00:31:15,600
as night fell victorvich noticed a

736
00:31:20,710 --> 00:31:18,080
strange object overhead at least three

737
00:31:23,190 --> 00:31:20,720
to four times larger than the stars that

738
00:31:25,590 --> 00:31:23,200
were already visible in the sky

739
00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:25,600
he alerted his two companions who also

740
00:31:28,549 --> 00:31:26,720
saw it

741
00:31:30,549 --> 00:31:28,559
at first it appeared the object was

742
00:31:33,029 --> 00:31:30,559
headed in their direction

743
00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:33,039
however it then made a sudden turn and

744
00:31:37,590 --> 00:31:35,120
continued on its way

745
00:31:39,909 --> 00:31:37,600
the men watched it for 15 minutes before

746
00:31:41,350 --> 00:31:39,919
they eventually settled down in the camp

747
00:31:43,990 --> 00:31:41,360
to make dinner

748
00:31:46,389 --> 00:31:44,000
after they'd eaten the silovich went

749
00:31:47,909 --> 00:31:46,399
into the nearby trees in search of wood

750
00:31:49,750 --> 00:31:47,919
for a fire

751
00:31:51,590 --> 00:31:49,760
he walked around 30 feet into the

752
00:31:53,909 --> 00:31:51,600
woodland along the shore when he

753
00:31:55,430 --> 00:31:53,919
witnessed something that stopped him in

754
00:31:57,990 --> 00:31:55,440
his tracks

755
00:32:01,029 --> 00:31:58,000
there around 100 feet in front of him

756
00:32:03,669 --> 00:32:01,039
was a flat disc shaped object that was

757
00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:03,679
made from some kind of dark material it

758
00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:06,320
was beautifully round with windows

759
00:32:11,669 --> 00:32:08,640
around its middle out of which emanated

760
00:32:14,149 --> 00:32:11,679
a soft matte light

761
00:32:16,470 --> 00:32:14,159
he approached the object only slightly

762
00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:16,480
in order to get a better look

763
00:32:21,430 --> 00:32:18,080
he noticed how it appeared to be

764
00:32:24,789 --> 00:32:21,440
completely smooth with no seams joints

765
00:32:26,549 --> 00:32:24,799
hatches or doors anywhere to be seen

766
00:32:29,110 --> 00:32:26,559
he remained where he was studying the

767
00:32:31,990 --> 00:32:29,120
object for around 20 seconds when he

768
00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:32,000
noticed a figure of some kind moving to

769
00:32:36,549 --> 00:32:34,320
the left of the object

770
00:32:38,950 --> 00:32:36,559
a moment later he noticed a second

771
00:32:40,149 --> 00:32:38,960
figure on the other side and then a

772
00:32:42,389 --> 00:32:40,159
third

773
00:32:45,190 --> 00:32:42,399
for the first time during the incident

774
00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:45,200
he began to feel unnerved and backed off

775
00:32:49,909 --> 00:32:47,600
slightly into the trees

776
00:32:52,149 --> 00:32:49,919
he watched these figures move noticing

777
00:32:54,950 --> 00:32:52,159
how they made no sound

778
00:32:57,269 --> 00:32:54,960
he himself remained silent until there

779
00:32:59,590 --> 00:32:57,279
were about 30 feet away from him at

780
00:33:01,830 --> 00:32:59,600
which point he spoke aloud and made

781
00:33:04,230 --> 00:33:01,840
gestures with his arms hoping to

782
00:33:06,710 --> 00:33:04,240
indicate that he was friendly

783
00:33:09,190 --> 00:33:06,720
the figures remained silent but began to

784
00:33:11,269 --> 00:33:09,200
approach him he would later describe

785
00:33:13,590 --> 00:33:11,279
them as looking similar to humans but

786
00:33:16,470 --> 00:33:13,600
with no hair on their heads and a

787
00:33:18,070 --> 00:33:16,480
tightly closed mouth with no lips he

788
00:33:21,430 --> 00:33:18,080
noticed how they had a look on their

789
00:33:25,509 --> 00:33:21,440
faces of severe concentration

790
00:33:28,470 --> 00:33:25,519
each also wore a tight-fitting gray suit

791
00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:28,480
suddenly a flash like from a camera

792
00:33:33,110 --> 00:33:31,120
appeared and vasilevich felt a sudden

793
00:33:36,070 --> 00:33:33,120
pressure in his head

794
00:33:38,149 --> 00:33:36,080
at the same time a metallic voice

795
00:33:40,950 --> 00:33:38,159
sounded out only it appeared to be

796
00:33:43,509 --> 00:33:40,960
coming from inside of his head

797
00:33:45,750 --> 00:33:43,519
it asked him what are you doing here to

798
00:33:48,070 --> 00:33:45,760
which he answered as best he could that

799
00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:48,080
he was on a fishing trip

800
00:33:53,669 --> 00:33:51,039
the voice then spoke again asking him if

801
00:33:56,630 --> 00:33:53,679
he wished to go with them before he

802
00:33:59,509 --> 00:33:56,640
could answer the voice spoke saying you

803
00:34:01,909 --> 00:33:59,519
will not return we need to know what

804
00:34:04,870 --> 00:34:01,919
your inner structure is

805
00:34:06,950 --> 00:34:04,880
he declined the offer to go with them

806
00:34:09,669 --> 00:34:06,960
and begin to back away

807
00:34:12,790 --> 00:34:09,679
the voice returned inside his head this

808
00:34:15,030 --> 00:34:12,800
time much more threatening in its tone

809
00:34:16,550 --> 00:34:15,040
telling him that if humans started a

810
00:34:17,270 --> 00:34:16,560
nuclear war

811
00:34:19,510 --> 00:34:17,280
we

812
00:34:22,550 --> 00:34:19,520
will destroy you

813
00:34:24,950 --> 00:34:22,560
then vecilevich heard a loud buzzing

814
00:34:27,909 --> 00:34:24,960
sound that he would later liken to a

815
00:34:31,190 --> 00:34:27,919
high voltage wire then he saw another

816
00:34:33,430 --> 00:34:31,200
figure appear again humanoid but with

817
00:34:35,589 --> 00:34:33,440
shaggy hair on its body

818
00:34:37,990 --> 00:34:35,599
and a head that appeared similar to an

819
00:34:40,550 --> 00:34:38,000
ape he would estimate that it was at

820
00:34:43,109 --> 00:34:40,560
least 10 feet tall

821
00:34:45,990 --> 00:34:43,119
as this hairy hominid stood in the

822
00:34:47,349 --> 00:34:46,000
clearing the three aliens scuttered back

823
00:34:49,430 --> 00:34:47,359
to the ship

824
00:34:52,629 --> 00:34:49,440
the craft then began to rise into the

825
00:34:55,109 --> 00:34:52,639
air before a blinding flash was emitted

826
00:34:58,230 --> 00:34:55,119
the next thing facilitates realized the

827
00:35:00,630 --> 00:34:58,240
craft and the bigfoot like creature had

828
00:35:03,270 --> 00:35:00,640
vanished

829
00:35:05,829 --> 00:35:03,280
another alleged ufo incident in russia

830
00:35:08,870 --> 00:35:05,839
around this time comes from the files of

831
00:35:10,710 --> 00:35:08,880
researcher michael hesseman

832
00:35:15,270 --> 00:35:10,720
at around midnight on the evening of

833
00:35:18,710 --> 00:35:15,280
july 28 1989 at a military base near

834
00:35:21,589 --> 00:35:18,720
kapustiniar two russian soldiers noticed

835
00:35:24,870 --> 00:35:21,599
a strange object hovering overhead

836
00:35:27,349 --> 00:35:24,880
communications officer v volishin who

837
00:35:29,589 --> 00:35:27,359
was on duty on the night in question

838
00:35:32,069 --> 00:35:29,599
would state in his report that he had

839
00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:32,079
climbed up to the watchtower after first

840
00:35:37,750 --> 00:35:34,560
spotting the object and watched it from

841
00:35:39,829 --> 00:35:37,760
around 18 feet above the ground

842
00:35:43,270 --> 00:35:39,839
he would recall that he could clearly

843
00:35:45,990 --> 00:35:43,280
see a glaring blinking signal which was

844
00:35:48,390 --> 00:35:46,000
as bright as a camera flash

845
00:35:51,589 --> 00:35:48,400
he further noted that the object headed

846
00:35:54,470 --> 00:35:51,599
out toward the missile units

847
00:35:56,710 --> 00:35:54,480
at one point flying at an altitude as

848
00:35:59,589 --> 00:35:56,720
low as 60 feet

849
00:36:02,630 --> 00:35:59,599
at this low height volishing could see

850
00:36:06,150 --> 00:36:02,640
that it glowed a phosphorescent green

851
00:36:08,870 --> 00:36:06,160
and was approximately 15 feet across

852
00:36:10,829 --> 00:36:08,880
furthermore there was a semi-spherical

853
00:36:13,670 --> 00:36:10,839
dome on the top of the

854
00:36:15,910 --> 00:36:13,680
object as it hovered over the weapons

855
00:36:18,550 --> 00:36:15,920
depot a bright light appeared on the

856
00:36:21,109 --> 00:36:18,560
underside and performed several circular

857
00:36:23,670 --> 00:36:21,119
movements almost as if scanning the

858
00:36:26,230 --> 00:36:23,680
buildings below

859
00:36:28,470 --> 00:36:26,240
after this it headed out toward the rail

860
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:28,480
track where it remained for a short time

861
00:36:32,550 --> 00:36:30,400
before heading back in the direction of

862
00:36:34,390 --> 00:36:32,560
the missile units

863
00:36:36,710 --> 00:36:34,400
but this time it was at a height of

864
00:36:39,190 --> 00:36:36,720
around 200 feet

865
00:36:41,510 --> 00:36:39,200
he watched the object for around two

866
00:36:43,990 --> 00:36:41,520
hours before it moved off into the

867
00:36:46,310 --> 00:36:44,000
distance heading toward the town of

868
00:36:49,670 --> 00:36:46,320
octupinsk

869
00:36:52,950 --> 00:36:49,680
another officer named in the report as g

870
00:36:55,349 --> 00:36:52,960
kulik noted that he witnessed a fireball

871
00:36:58,630 --> 00:36:55,359
which arose from the earth and it headed

872
00:37:00,870 --> 00:36:58,640
in the direction of this strange craft

873
00:37:02,790 --> 00:37:00,880
he further added that as the strange

874
00:37:05,670 --> 00:37:02,800
vehicle approached him he could

875
00:37:08,230 --> 00:37:05,680
physically feel its approach

876
00:37:10,550 --> 00:37:08,240
it suddenly shot into the sky leaving

877
00:37:13,030 --> 00:37:10,560
kulik to watch from the ground

878
00:37:15,190 --> 00:37:13,040
he recalled that he saw an airplane that

879
00:37:17,670 --> 00:37:15,200
appeared to be attempting to close in on

880
00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:17,680
the otherworldly vehicle but it simply

881
00:37:23,589 --> 00:37:21,520
accelerated off and disappeared

882
00:37:26,390 --> 00:37:23,599
the witnesses would write in-depth

883
00:37:29,829 --> 00:37:26,400
reports following this incident right

884
00:37:32,790 --> 00:37:29,839
after an intense interrogation by kgb

885
00:37:37,750 --> 00:37:34,870
the last soviet case we're going to look

886
00:37:40,310 --> 00:37:37,760
at has been called the sky battle over

887
00:37:42,069 --> 00:37:40,320
zastrovka

888
00:37:45,109 --> 00:37:42,079
according to an account by russian

889
00:37:48,470 --> 00:37:45,119
investigator nikolay sabootin on the

890
00:37:51,589 --> 00:37:48,480
evening of september 16 1989 with

891
00:37:54,550 --> 00:37:51,599
multiple witnesses on the ground a large

892
00:37:57,190 --> 00:37:54,560
golden saucer appeared in the sky

893
00:37:59,670 --> 00:37:57,200
followed shortly by six smaller silver

894
00:38:02,630 --> 00:37:59,680
disc shaped craft which appeared to

895
00:38:04,630 --> 00:38:02,640
attack the golden saucer with a strange

896
00:38:06,630 --> 00:38:04,640
beam of light

897
00:38:09,430 --> 00:38:06,640
all of the objects would move through

898
00:38:11,910 --> 00:38:09,440
the sky during this apparent battle with

899
00:38:14,470 --> 00:38:11,920
some of them coming down as low as 5 000

900
00:38:16,950 --> 00:38:14,480
feet and performed maneuvers that were

901
00:38:19,670 --> 00:38:16,960
completely beyond the capability of any

902
00:38:22,069 --> 00:38:19,680
known aircraft at the time

903
00:38:24,390 --> 00:38:22,079
a report of the incident appeared in a

904
00:38:26,790 --> 00:38:24,400
local newspaper and claimed that during

905
00:38:29,990 --> 00:38:26,800
the incident a local power grid went

906
00:38:31,829 --> 00:38:30,000
down blacking out the entire city

907
00:38:34,150 --> 00:38:31,839
witness statements in the newspaper

908
00:38:36,630 --> 00:38:34,160
article claimed that the golden disk was

909
00:38:38,870 --> 00:38:36,640
eventually overpowered by the six

910
00:38:40,950 --> 00:38:38,880
smaller craft and appeared to make an

911
00:38:43,990 --> 00:38:40,960
attempt to land

912
00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:44,000
however in doing so it disappeared from

913
00:38:49,109 --> 00:38:46,960
view behind a large house appearing to

914
00:38:51,750 --> 00:38:49,119
crash into the ground

915
00:38:54,150 --> 00:38:51,760
shortly after the objective of the

916
00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:54,160
smaller craft seemed to have been

917
00:38:58,310 --> 00:38:56,720
achieved and they soon disappeared into

918
00:39:00,950 --> 00:38:58,320
the distance

919
00:39:03,910 --> 00:39:00,960
according to sabatine's research the

920
00:39:06,950 --> 00:39:03,920
craft had crashed on land that was used

921
00:39:09,349 --> 00:39:06,960
by the military as a test range

922
00:39:11,190 --> 00:39:09,359
consequently the area was not open to

923
00:39:13,349 --> 00:39:11,200
the general public

924
00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:13,359
it appeared that a retrieval mission was

925
00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:15,760
launched by the military and the craft

926
00:39:20,390 --> 00:39:18,240
was ultimately recovered

927
00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:20,400
according to the research of another

928
00:39:26,630 --> 00:39:23,920
russian ufo investigator emil vacherin

929
00:39:28,710 --> 00:39:26,640
military medical records suggested that

930
00:39:31,349 --> 00:39:28,720
several of the personnel involved in the

931
00:39:33,589 --> 00:39:31,359
recovery suffered various injuries

932
00:39:35,349 --> 00:39:33,599
during the recovery mission

933
00:39:37,430 --> 00:39:35,359
incidentally by the time that the

934
00:39:40,310 --> 00:39:37,440
investigators were allowed access to the

935
00:39:41,829 --> 00:39:40,320
area all signs of any crash had been

936
00:39:44,150 --> 00:39:41,839
covered

937
00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:44,160
also of interest is the report of an

938
00:39:49,270 --> 00:39:46,560
airplane that attempted to fly over the

939
00:39:51,750 --> 00:39:49,280
region in an attempt to capture pictures

940
00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:51,760
from the air of the site

941
00:39:56,870 --> 00:39:54,320
however as it approached the area all of

942
00:39:59,910 --> 00:39:56,880
its navigational equipment malfunctioned

943
00:40:02,790 --> 00:39:59,920
causing it to abandon the mission

944
00:40:06,069 --> 00:40:02,800
the test range was eventually at least

945
00:40:10,150 --> 00:40:06,079
officially shut down but remained under

946
00:40:13,270 --> 00:40:10,160
strict military guard

947
00:40:17,990 --> 00:40:13,280
with the cold war fortunately behind us

948
00:40:20,310 --> 00:40:18,000
the ufo presence does remain over russia

949
00:40:23,349 --> 00:40:20,320
much like it does over the united states

950
00:40:25,990 --> 00:40:23,359
and other countries around the world

951
00:40:29,990 --> 00:40:26,000
and if even one of these accounts of a

952
00:40:33,190 --> 00:40:30,000
downed ufo or close encounter is true

953
00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:33,200
where might these vehicles be now

954
00:40:39,589 --> 00:40:35,520
are they still being studied by russian

955
00:40:43,030 --> 00:40:39,599
scientists today in some secret location

956
00:40:45,829 --> 00:40:43,040
those answers remain not only classified

957
00:40:58,309 --> 00:40:45,839
but quite possibly somewhere in the

958
00:41:04,550 --> 00:41:00,950
this episode was researched and written

959
00:41:07,589 --> 00:41:04,560
in article form by marcus loth of ufo

960
00:41:10,630 --> 00:41:07,599
insight under the title the grave of the

961
00:41:12,790 --> 00:41:10,640
devil case ufo crash and retrieval in

962
00:41:15,990 --> 00:41:12,800
russia to learn more visit

963
00:41:22,069 --> 00:41:19,190
special thanks to connor j nolan for his

964
00:41:24,230 --> 00:41:22,079
voiceover work in this episode

965
00:41:27,510 --> 00:41:24,240
to contact connor for voice-over

966
00:41:31,430 --> 00:41:27,520
opportunities follow him on instagram

967
00:41:36,309 --> 00:41:31,440
connor j nolan or email connor directly

968
00:41:39,270 --> 00:41:36,319
at connor nolan finkel gmail.com

969
00:41:42,230 --> 00:41:39,280
special thanks also to john greenwald jr

970
00:41:45,190 --> 00:41:42,240
of the black vault and george knapp of

971
00:41:47,670 --> 00:41:45,200
mystery wire for additional information

972
00:41:49,430 --> 00:41:47,680
and documentation included in this

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00:41:52,390 --> 00:41:49,440
episode

974
00:41:54,710 --> 00:41:52,400
for more russian ufo cases check out a

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00:41:57,349 --> 00:41:54,720
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00:42:00,550 --> 00:41:57,359
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00:42:14,829 --> 00:42:00,560
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