Voronezh Park Landing
On September 27, 1989, children and a police lieutenant witnessed a large red sphere land in a Voronezh park. TASS issued an official report on October 9, unprecedented for Soviet state media, citing Genrikh Silanov of the Voronezh Geophysical Laboratory, who documented a 20-meter depression and four landing dents.
On September 27, 1989, children and a police lieutenant witnessed a large red sphere land in a Voronezh park.
Brief
On September 27, 1989, children and a police lieutenant witnessed a large red sphere land in a Voronezh park. TASS issued an official report on October 9, unprecedented for Soviet state media, citing Genrikh Silanov of the Voronezh Geophysical Laboratory, who documented a 20-meter depression and four landing dents. TASS correspondent Sergei Maisky filed the dispatch. Police Lieutenant Sergei Matveyev independently confirmed observing a body flying silently at low altitude, though he saw no occupants. Silanov's team collected soil samples; sixteen radiometric analyses and nineteen ground checks later found no clear anomalies. Silanov subsequently denied some claims TASS attributed to him. The Soviet Scientific Commission ordered a formal inquiry. The incident remains notable as the first time Soviet state media officially acknowledged a UAP landing report as worthy of scientific attention.
Metadata
- Date
- 1989-09-27
- Year
- 1989
- Location
- Voronezh, Russian SFSR, USSR
- Region
- Russia / USSR
- Status
- confirmed
- Tag
- civilian claim
- Primary
- Soviets report UFO landing
- Source type
- html
- Sources
- 3
Key Points
- On September 27, 1989, children and a police lieutenant witnessed a large red sphere land in a Voronezh park.
- TASS issued an official report on October 9, unprecedented for Soviet state media, citing Genrikh Silanov of the Voronezh Geophysical Laboratory, who documented a 20-meter depression and four landing dents.
- TASS correspondent Sergei Maisky filed the dispatch.
- Police Lieutenant Sergei Matveyev independently confirmed observing a body flying silently at low altitude, though he saw no occupants.
Most Interesting
- On September 27, 1989, children and a police lieutenant witnessed a large red sphere land in a Voronezh park.
- TASS issued an official report on October 9, unprecedented for Soviet state media, citing Genrikh Silanov of the Voronezh Geophysical Laboratory, who documented a 20-meter depression and four landing dents.
- Police Lieutenant Sergei Matveyev independently confirmed observing a body flying silently at low altitude, though he saw no occupants.
Timeline
- 1989-09-27 · Encounter
On September 27, 1989, children and a police lieutenant witnessed a large red sphere land in a Voronezh park.
- 1989 · Source record
Soviets report UFO landing is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- Voronezh UFO incidentWikipedia, 2024
- Soviets report UFO landingUnited Press International, 1989
- Aliens landed in Russia, according to official Soviet Media. Here's the backstoryTime, 2014