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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. Russia

ID #1708002901
Added Thu, 15/02/2024
Author July N.
Sources
Phenomena
Status
Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
17.10.1978 18:08
Location: 
Санкт-Петербург
Leningradskaya oblast
Russia

From a letter to the Commission on:

I, Boris Alexandrovich Ryskin, senior radar engineer at the ICI SSUGMS, was returning to the hotel after carrying out seasonal maintenance work on the MRL-2 KGMO, at 8:08 a.m. I noticed a wide loop-shaped cloud trail left by a luminous dot. Continuing to observe, I established the following:

1. The brightness of the luminous point increased noticeably during the observation, turned into a luminous horizontal dash, and then, as it seemed, quickly receding, disappeared. (The dash shrank back to a point and disappeared moving away from the place of observation).

2. There were no other stars in the twilight sky.

3. Scattering, the light from the luminous point formed rays, similar rays can be observed during electric welding.

4. The wind quickly carried away the cloud trail, while the observed rays disappeared.

The whole phenomenon lasted no more than 3 minutes. the observation of the phenomenon was mistaken for the launch of a launch vehicle. The relative position of the observer from the object is shown in the figure.

Hypotheses

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

Booster, the rocket and tracks

For UFOs often take stages of rockets, parts of space ships burning in the atmosphere, the launches of various missile technology for military purposes, etc., and traces from them. They attract attention mostly in the dark, but in the day time have a greater aura of mystery.

Formation of the track of the launch vehicle occurs in the tropopause (the layer between the troposphere and stratosphere), which sharply reduced the vertical temperature gradient. The emergence of the so-called "jellyfish" influenced by water vapor, which are subject to enhanced condensation.

Events

Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)

  • Site: Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP) (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Soyuz-U Payload: Kosmos 1044 (Zenit-2M #91, Gektor #91)
  • Site: Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Proton-K Blok-DM Payload: Ekran (3c) (Ekran 14L)

Investigation

Versions testing, their confirmation or refutation. Additional information, notes during the study of materials
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