UFO. Russia

From a letter to the newspaper's editorial office:

In 1982, in Crimea, I met Yaroslav Alekseevich Kopatilov...

He and several other witnesses observed UFOs back in 1977. His story was very true and, just in case, I wrote down and sketched the actual material without emotion.

Now it struck me that the facts from his story almost completely coincide with the facts from your note. The only exception is that Slava did not say anything about the color of UFOs. But this can be understood, since they observed UFOs at night (they are dark there) and were simply stunned.

In short, the story is as follows:

At night, he and several other people noticed an unusual dark ball flying over their village. This balloon with the speed of an airplane (or slightly less) appeared over the village 3 times. the ball silently made 3 circles with an interval of 20 minutes (no more). at the same time, he illuminated the village with powerful 3 rays. The rays shone for 25-30 seconds. with breaks of 2-3 minutes. Slava is a very cold-blooded person. Although he was surprised, he calmly and attentively watched the ball to the end. he did not make any assumptions or conclusions, but he confidently declares that he did not see an airplane (by the way, not a helicopter or a glider).