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UFO. Russia

ID #1539085369
Added Tue, 09/10/2018
Author July N.
Sources
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Status
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Initial data

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Incident date: 
16.06.1948
Location: 
Испытательный полегон Капустин Яр
Astrakhanskaya oblast
Russia

The radar tracked oblong object, resembling a banana or cucumber with a beam of light. He appeared on the Russian test pilot Apashkina on testing ground Kapustin Yar (Astrakhan, Soviet Union).

Experimental plane in which he was flying experienced a failure of electrical devices, when it came under the cone of light. With the engine and controls also failed.

Although the pilot was temporarily blinded, he was able to land the plane without crashing.

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A banana or cucumber-shaped object with beams of light was tracked on radar when it descended across the course of Russian test pilot Aprasksin flying over the Kapustin Yar test flight facility in Astrakhan, Soviet Union. The experimental aircraft he was flying experienced a total electrical failure when it was hit by a cone of light, with the engine and controls failing. Although temporarily blinded, he was able to glide the plane to a landing.

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