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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. Belarus

ID	#1573729550
Added	Thu, 14/11/2019
Author	July N.
Sources	ufo-com.net Минский листок. 1892. 17 апреля. (Из архива М. Герштейна)
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

04.04.1892 18:10

Location:

Городище

Belarus

"Minsky Listok" in 1892, quotes a curious letter from a reader of the newspaper Edward Podolsky:

"M. G., Mr. Editor!

I beg you will not find it possible to place in your esteemed newspaper observed by me together with the writ of the local investigator the following fact.

April 4, being in transit through the Settlement Novogrudok m. y., I mentioned above the person sitting on the porch of his apartment at 6 o'clock in the afternoon 10 minutes noticed almost directly above the house, at a fairly high distance, luminous and moving West spot, which upon closer inspection, it was observed an intermittent light with much reddish and greenish tinge. Spot is having an oval shape as if stopped for a few minutes, then, rising even higher, moved back to the West and disappeared from view. At the time of the disappearance of the spots are no clouds in the observed location was not. Accept the assurances of the perfect respect and devotion.

Edward Podolsky".

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Balloon/Weather Balloon

The balloon (simplified is a balloon) — an aircraft lighter than air, where the lift force is used enclosed in a sheath gas (or heated air) with a density less than the density of the surrounding air.

Distinguish between tethered, Svobodnaya and balloons — powered airships.