Tag Archives: Russia

UFOs hovered over the USSR throughout the nation’s history, despite the secrecy of the country’s Communist regime, and its desire to reject the presence of mysterious guests. The sharp increase in UFO activity in 1977-1978 in the Soviet Union (especially, after the famous Petrozavodsk Case) had caused appropriate departments within the USSR Academy of Sciences “to agree” with the Soviet leadership and create a research program for anomalous atmospheric phenomena. The code name for this program was SETKA-AN (Akademii Nauk Set’--Academy of Sciences Net, or AS-NET.)

A family in England claims they observed a Ministry of Defense helicopter chasing four UFOs. And the search for intelligent extraterrestrials gets an upgrade. These and other space and UFO stories on this episode of Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 3/27/15

An intensely bright flash of light illuminated the night sky in Stavropol, a city in southern Russia, on Tuesday, March 17 at approximately 12:30 a.m. Video of the mysterious flash was recorded by a motorist’s dashcam. The video shows a ...

Witnesses assert that UFOs created unusual looking contrails in the sky above the Russian city of Biysk. The strange circular contrails allegedly appeared earlier this week. But the exact date is unclear . One witness who managed to photograph the ...

Among the many things one sees while star gazing, satellites can be some of the most fun and are often mistaken for UFOs.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov defeated his opponent, chess legend Garry Kasparov, on Monday, August 11 to retain his position as head of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The win for Ilyumzhinov, who has presided over the FIDE for nearly two decades, was ...

Pavel Popovich was greatly respected; a kind, nice and decent person, always ready to help others. His life was intertwined with the turbulent history of UFO research in the Soviet Union after 1978.

Professor Valery P. Burdakov was a Ph.D. of Engineering Sciences, a distinguished Russian scientist, and co-author of an immensely popular book Rockets of the Future.

Kasparov is determined to defeat Ilyumzhinov because he feels his public comments about extraterrestrials are negatively affecting the federation.

There have been a number of UFO sightings and crop circles reported in the Russian city of Yeisk during the last century. After the fall of the Soviet Union, an active UFO-research group, headed by Yuri Stroganov (now a journalist) was established in Yeisk.

An Iranian news agency alleges that documents provided by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden prove that “an alien/extraterrestrial intelligence agenda is driving US domestic and international policy, and has been doing so since at least 1945.” The ...

• UFO investigator claims he has answer to one of Scotland's greatest unexplained alien encounter mysteries – Scottish Daily Record
• UFO spotted over Heanor? – Ripley Today
• Alien neutrinos reveal new frontier in astronomy at Antarctica's IceCube - NBC News
• Study preps mission to Martian moon – The Brown Daily Herald
• That Time Jules Verne Caused a UFO Scare – io9

In this episode we discuss multiple recent UFO sightings in England. We also discuss the recent 40-year anniversary of the Pascagoula incident. That and other news on this episode of Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 10/18/13

Videos of a fire in the forest near the town of Privetnoye in the Omsk region of Russia is being reported by Russian news as having been started by a mysterious luminous object that fell from the sky.

As predicted by NBC News space analyst James Oberg, UFO reports and videos in Russia spiked on October 10.

• ‘Aliens’ inspire Portsmouth pupils – Portsmouth News
• UFO photographed 'floating' in the sky over Whiteshill – Stroud News and Journal
• The Anxious Search for Extraterrestrials – Discovery Institute
• Could Earth Defend Itself From An ET Invasion? – Huffington Post
• Is Oxygen a 'False Positive' for Alien Life? – Sky & Telescope (removed by source)

A Russian military space official admitted they are ill-equipped to defend against hostile extraterrestrials.

• We are not ready to fight UFOs – The Voice of Russia
• A 'Cyborg Astrobiologist' To Study Alien Planets – Physics Central
• Super-Earth Alien Planet May Have 'Plasma' Water Atmosphere – Huffington Post
• UFO lecture presents evidence of phenomenon – The Stylus
• Alien Conspiracy Theorists Expect Biglaw To Uncover The Truth, Bill For It – Above the Law

Thousands of people in Russia witnessed an incredible array of glowing multi-colored clouds in the Ural Mountains region recently. Although scientists have theorized that they it may be a rare occurrence of the Northern Lights in the area or a phenomenon called “silver clouds,” others are not so sure

• Did you spot Bracknell UFO? Lights in the sky over Harmans Water – Reading Post
• Aliens overhead! Scientologists get apology for UFO sighting – News.com.au
• Montana UFOs and Extraterrestrials – The Billings Outpost
• UFO over Paris? Unique Russian 4++ gen fighter to debut at Paris Air Show – Russia Today
• First woman in space marks 50 years of her historic flight – NBC News