UFO Map

EN PL

Country

Russia

cases
10
years
1753–2013

Unexplained: 2 Disputed: 4 Explained: 4

  1. 18th century

    1. 1753 Ball lightning · Disputed Death of Georg Richmann in St. Petersburg Richmann’s house in St. Petersburg Physicist Georg Richmann was killed in 1753 during an experiment with atmospheric electricity – according to a witness, he was struck by a glowing ball.

  2. 1900–1909

    1. 1908 Explosions and falls from the sky · Explained Tunguska Event Podkamennaya Tunguska River basin, Krasnoyarsk Krai In June 1908, an explosion over the Siberian taiga flattened some 80 million trees over more than 2,000 km² – no crater was ever found.

  3. 1940–1949

    1. 1947 Explosions and falls from the sky · Explained Sikhote-Alin Iron Meteorite Shower Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorsky Krai In February 1947, the largest observed shower of iron meteorites – dozens of tons of metal – fell on the taiga of Primorsky Krai.

  4. 1950–1959

    1. 1953 Lake and river monsters · Unexplained Geologist Tverdokhlebov's Yakutia Account Lake Labynkyr, Sordonnokh Plateau, Yakutia A Soviet geologist described a large animal in the lakes of Yakutia's “Pole of Cold” – and so the legend of the “Labynkyr Devil” was born.
    2. 1959 Disappearances and tragedies · Disputed Dyatlov Pass Incident Slope of Kholat Syakhl, Northern Urals, Sverdlovsk Oblast In February 1959, nine young hikers died in the Northern Urals after leaving their tent at night, cutting it open from the inside.

  5. 1970–1979

    1. 1977 Unusual sky phenomena · Disputed Petrozavodsk Phenomenon Petrozavodsk, Karelia In September 1977, a glowing “jellyfish” hung over Petrozavodsk, with rays of light pouring down from it onto the city.

  6. 1980–1989

    1. 1986 UFO crashes and debris · Unexplained Height 611 UFO Incident at Dalnegorsk Izvestkovaya Hill (Height 611), Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai In January 1986, a red sphere flew over Dalnegorsk in the Russian Far East and crashed into a hill, where strange droplets of metal were found.
    2. 1989 Close encounters with beings · Disputed Voronezh UFO Incident West Park, Voronezh In the fall of 1989, children in Voronezh told of a sphere landing in a park and tall three-eyed beings – a report carried by the TASS news agency.

  7. 2000–2009

    1. 2002 Explosions and falls from the sky · Explained Vitim Bolide Near Bodaybo, Vitim River basin, Irkutsk Oblast In September 2002, a bright fireball exploded over the Siberian taiga in Irkutsk Oblast – it is sometimes called the “little Tunguska.”

  8. 2010–2019

    1. 2013 Explosions and falls from the sky · Explained Chelyabinsk Meteor Sky over Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals In February 2013, a meteoroid exploded over Chelyabinsk; the shock wave shattered windows in thousands of buildings and injured about 1,500 people.