UFO. Russia

 At 1.47 on May 15 , 1981 on a clear night, the pilot of an airplane that was making a night flight on the Karelian Isthmus reported that he was observing a luminous comet in the northeast.

Soon the personnel, who were at the airfield V., saw how in the northeast (azimuth 30 °) in one place there was an illumination of clouds. And soon a bright glowing object, larger than the largest star, appeared from this illumination. After that, the object gradually rose above the horizon and, increasing in size, approached the observers.

At the beginning, a sinuous yellowish plume stretched behind the mines, but then the formation of the plume stopped and the object began to move alone, and it became clear that three rays were moving back from it, the size of which also increased as the object approached. Having reached the direction to the north, this object hovered motionless at an altitude of 30-40 ° above the horizon. By this time, its angular dimensions corresponded to a two-kopeck coin at arm's length.

At the same time, a direct beam of light began to slowly move out of the object towards the airfield, but did not reach the airfield. And the three beams emanating from the object bent and began to rotate clockwise in a bistro, as a result of which a luminous area with a diameter 5-6 times larger than the object itself was created around the object. Moreover , between the three main rotating beams , more were visible

a few small ones. All this resembled a somewhat elongated lemon.

The hovering of the object with the extension of the direct beam and the rotation of the curved beams lasted about 2-3 minutes. Then a black area formed around the glowing object, which began to increase, and separate glowing segments remained around this area and the whole phenomenon of the spacecraft began to rotate.

Then the glowing object flew out of the dark area and began to move away in a straight line to the northwest, which was perceived by the observer as moving at an angle down over the horizon. Behind the object, as before, three small beams stretched. There was no train.

The entire observation of the object lasted for 12-15 minutes, and the glowing trail at the beginning of its trajectory hung until 4 o'clock in the morning.

It was suggested that this luminous trail appeared at a distance of 600-700 km.

There was no effect on radio communication and on the operation of the self-flying engines, since the object was apparently located far from the airfield at a high altitude. Apparently, for the same reason, it was not detected by radars.

Confirmation of the fact that at the moment of hovering the object was far from the airfield is the testimony of aircraft crews who were parked south of the MCC, some of whom saw the object to the right of the MCC building, and others to the left of this building, i.e. their observation lines were parallel.

The attempt to photograph the object was unsuccessful due to the fact that the camera at hand was not charged and while it was being charged, the object had already left the black area. In addition, the shutter speed of 1/30 sec., apparently, was too small.