UFO and UAP cases from Russia

7 well-documented UFO/UAP encounters from Russia, 1908 to 2013: 3 disputed, 2 explained, 1 unassessed, 1 unresolved. Each case has its sources, timeline and the official or best explanation.

7 cases

• Tunguska explosion 30 June 1908 · Podkamennaya Tunguska River basin, Central Siberia EXPLAINED
• Petrozavodsk phenomenon 20 September 1977 · Petrozavodsk, Karelia, USSR DISPUTED
• Dalnegorsk “Height 611” crash 29 January 1986 · Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia DISPUTED
• Kapustin Yar — the KGB file on a night of lights over a missile depot 28 July 1989 · Military sites 30–45 km from Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan oblast UNASSESSED
• Voronezh park landing 27 September 1989 · Voronezh, RSFSR (Russia) DISPUTED
• Pereslavl-Zalessky — the Soviet air defence report 21 March 1990 · Pereslavl-Zalessky region, north-east of Moscow UNRESOLVED
• Chelyabinsk meteor — and the “UFO that shot it down” 15 February 2013 · Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia; the air burst south of Chelyabinsk EXPLAINED

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