Aliens exist! At least that is said by Russian astronaut Vladimir Kovaljonok, who spent 1977 days between 1982 and 217 on the Saljut 6 space station. The cosmonaut, one of the most famous in Russia, even said that one of the unidentifiable flying objects (UFOs) saw exploding.

"I've seen a lot of UFOs in space. One has shattered, "says the current president of the Russian Astronaut Association. In addition, the XNUMX-year-old Kovaljonek is surprised by the silence of his other colleagues. "I don't understand that other astronauts say they didn't see anything out of the ordinary in orbit," he complained, adding that he had seen many UFO of all kinds, shapes and sizes. "I remember observing a strange object in 1981. It was really small. When I saw him, I called my colleague Viktor Savinych and he grabbed the camera. But the moment the UFO was about to shoot, it exploded. All that was left was a puff of smoke, that was all. We immediately called the control center, "the astronaut recalled. "I don't know what happened that day, but it was definitely not my imagination," the award-winning astronaut added many times.

Data from the ground control center later confirmed that something strange had happened that day in space. "When we came back to Earth, our experts confirmed that they measured extremely high levels of radiation at the time of the UFO explosion," he said.

Interview with Vladimir Kovaljonk

General Major Vladimír Vasiljevič KOVALJONOK
(* 03.03.1942)

SPACE MISSIONS:
09.10.1977 - 11.10.1977 (Soyuz 25)
15.06.1978 - 02.11.1978 (Soyuz 29, Saljut 6)
12.03.1981 - 26.05.1981 (Soyuz T-4, Saljut 6)

In the universe, you have apparently seen something that could be related to extraterrestrial intelligence.

I think there are a lot of legends about cosmonauts, reporters often tend to exaggerate. But of course, astronautics is experiencing many unusual phenomena as a new field. People were witnesses in the orbit that could not see the earth.

But I will return to the meeting you asked. It was 5. May 1981, around eighteenth. At that moment, we were over South Africa and headed for the Indian Ocean. I just practiced when I saw a strange object I could not explain. In space it is impossible to determine the distance. A small object may look like a large, far-off object, and vice versa. Sometimes even a cloud of dust resembles a large compact body. This object had the shape of an ellipse and flew parallel with us. From the front he seemed to rotate in the direction of the flight.

Did he fly in the direct direction, or did some unusual movements in flight?

He flew only in the direct direction. Suddenly there was something like an explosion. It was wonderful to look at. There were gold flashes around the body, then a second or two later, followed by a second explosion: Two beautiful gold balls popped out of the wreckage ...

Was there anything in the balls?

There was nothing. After the explosion, I only saw white smoke and clouds like clouds. Before we were immersed in the dark, we passed through the so-called terminator, a zone between the illuminated and unlit Earth's hemisphere. We flew east, and as we entered the shadow of the shadow of the earth, everything was gone.

There are many pilots who have seen similar objects in the sky. Maybe there is a physical explanation for these observations, but interestingly, a lot of different people have been watching the same kind of objects. Do you think this may be a different intelligence?

I do not want to exclude it, I would not deny this phenomenon. After all I've seen, I can not deny him or I can. I saw those moves and there was sufficient evidence for me that this object was not ordinary space waste. An uncontrolled body would never do such maneuvers. We can not physically explain these movements.

Can you probably better than anyone else to distinguish whether a material object moves in its natural path or whether it is controlled by some intelligence ...

It was flying in parallel with us, so I think it was a controlled object. The movements he performed during the flight were certainly not accidental.

Which is a piloted object?

Exactly.

Interview with Pavel Popovič

General Pavel Romanovič POPOVIČ
(* 05.10.1930)

SPACE MISSIONS:
12.08.1962 - 15.08.1962 (Vostok 4)
03.07.1974 19.07.1974 (Soyuz 14, Saljut 3)

Also, General Pavel Romanovic Popovich has his mystery from heights. What happened to you?

With something unknown, with something I can not explain, I met only once. It was in 1978 when we flew from Washington to Moscow. We were over ten kilometers in height. As I glanced through the windshield, I suddenly noticed that about a thousand five hundred meters above us, a bright white equilateral triangle resembling a sailboat flew in parallel. He moved forward in an upright position. We had a speed of almost a thousand kilometers an hour, but he did not overtake us without difficulty. I think he had to be at least five hundred kilometers an hour faster.

I have alerted all passengers and crew members to this mystery. We tried to find out what it might be, but all attempts to identify the object failed. It did not look like an airplane, it was perfectly triangular, and at that time no aircraft seemed to be. This observation of the UFO has led me to believe that I should deal with this problem. After studying the written and oral reports of witnesses of observation, contact persons and the like, I came to a disturbing conclusion. I do not know whether you and the other ufologists will agree with you or not, but I think that when you examine extensively the published reports, a lot of observations can be postponed for a variety of reasons. But the remaining cases are a serious problem.

What was your conclusion?

My first flight into space in 1962 lasted only three days, and at that time I had no time to deal with that. But on my second flight, which was longer, I was already thinking about it. We flew in the middle of the black, empty space, with the Moon above us. It was obvious that the stars were very far away. And I thought someone had created all this. We say that the universe works through the laws of space mechanics, and that is perhaps true. But for some reason it all rotates and works in perfect harmony. It is far from being the "great chaos" that many are talking about. Everything works precisely. And so I thought that there was most likely something. Some might call it God, another 'universal consciousness'. I don't know how to name it, but I think there is something like that.

Interview with Musa Manarov

Musa Chiramanovič MANAROV
(* 22.03.1959)

SPACE MISSIONS:
21.12.1987 - 21.12.1988 (Soyuz-TM 4, Mir, Soyuz-TM 6)
02.12.1990 - 26.05.1991 (Soyuz-TM 11, Mir, Soyuz-TM 11)

A year and a half ago, when we met in the Star City, test pilot Marina Popovičová showed us a video on which we saw a strange object you had to capture on your second flight. When did the meeting happen and what did you actually observe?

The mission was just under way and all our attention was focused on the slowly approaching module. I was close to a large window from which I could see the arrival of our visitors. As the module approached, I shot it with a professional Betacam camera. Suddenly I noticed something under the spaceship that initially looked like an antenna. Only when I looked properly and checked in, did I realize that there could be no antenna! So I thought it was just some part of the construction. But then it began to move away from the ship. I reached for the radio and shouted, "Hey, boys, you seem to miss something!"

Of course, this is in turn. I have a lot of experience in connecting maneuvers in the cosmos and I know that nothing at all should be broken at this stage of the flight. If anything was relaxed, it would be long over, starting, maneuvering, turning, turning, in all the much more dynamic phases of the flight. But now we were just gently approaching without any pressure on the module.

That thing really caught us. She looked like she was rotating. It was difficult to determine its size because it was on a straight line. For sure, I can only say that she could not be too close because the camera was set to infinity. If it were only a bolt or something similar in our vicinity, we would see it quite clearly. So the object was probably far removed. Anyway, at least a hundred meters - so far from us was a module, and I had the impression that the object was behind him. We had a laser distance meter on board, but he was in another Miru module and was not on alert. And if I could set the distance exactly. Moreover, I did not have the time to go for it, since the connecting maneuver that is just underway is a thorny issue in which you must not let yourself be distracted.

When we saw the movie, we had the same impression - that the rotating object was brighter than that it was behind the rocket module.

But he could not come out of nothing! He was probably flying a rocket, a little lower. If he flew in front of her, I would have noticed it earlier because it would cover a part of the module. I've been filming the camera, I've seen everything in black and white.

How long have you been watching?

Couple of minutes. Today I do not know exactly. I did not watch my watch, but you can find it on a video. Until the approach and until I disappeared, I filmed. Then the coupling maneuver began, we had to take the boat and leave everything else.

I have to say that, like everyone else, I have heard about the UFO. But many authors state that UFO behavior is rather unusual in our physical world, and here I have the impression that it is a common metal object. He reflected the rays like regular metal and moved according to Kepler's laws of celestial mechanics. His movement and rotation were obviously subject to the laws of gravity. There was nothing unusual about it. In fact, the only extraordinary thing was his discovery at that moment in that place.

I do not think it could be a waste of space. There are many satellites in the Earth's orbit - satellites, burnt-out rockets, etc. - but that records our control of space. And according to their testimony there was nothing. I think it's very likely that this object was one or a half feet long.

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Questions asked: Giorgio Bongiovanni, Valery Uvarov

Interview with Gennadiy Strekalov

Gennadij Michajlovič STREKALOV
(* 28.10.1940)

SPACE MISSIONS:
27.11.1980 - 10.12.1980 (Soyuz T-3, Saljut 6)
20.04.1983 - 22.04.1983 (Soyuz T-8)
03.04.1984 - 11.04.1984 (Soyuz T-11, Saljut 7)
01.08.1990 - 10.12.1990 (Soyuz TM-10, Mir)
14.03.1995 - 07.07.1995 (Soyuz TM-21, Mir)

I believe in the existence of many other worlds and civilizations that are far more advanced. We can not be so selfish and claim that consciousness exists only here, on this grain of sand in the universe named Earth. It is hard to tell at what level at what stage of evolution we are at the cosmic scale, even if it is supercivilization for us. In the last century Jules Verne wrote about the future with submarines, balloons, aircraft. And everything has become reality.

As for UFOs, I would like to say that I envy my friends. Many saw "flying saucers". And they are very responsible colleagues. I wasn't lucky yet.

So what did you see?

During a flight in 1990, I called the commander, "Come to the window!" Unfortunately, and this happens often, we failed to quickly put the film into the camera and shoot it. We looked at New Founland. The atmosphere was clear. Suddenly a ball appeared. I would compare it to a Christmas tree ball, it was beautiful, glittering. She stayed there for about ten seconds and then disappeared as mysteriously as she had appeared. What she was, what size she was, I don't know. There was nothing to compare her to.

I was hit by lightning. It was a perfect sphere and she glittered with splendor. I reported it to the Space Shuttle Control Center. I said I saw an unusual phenomenon. I deliberately chose the words deliberately. I did not want anyone to speculate about it and then quote me ...

Do you know about some other unusual observations?

As you can see, cosmoutati are really cautious people. They are believed to be trustworthy, and if they say something, they will pay a lot of attention. So when I talk about what I've seen, I try to be as smooth as possible. Still, I can say with calm conscience that Kovaljonok might have seen something like underwater flow, a moat in the ocean. We still do not know what it was.

Questions asked: Giorgio Bongiovanni, Valery Uvarov

Strekalov's testimony

Záznam rozhovoru Leonida Lazareviče z rozhlasové stanice Maják s Gennadijem Strekalovem z vesmírné stanice Mir dne 28. září 1990.

Gennadiji Mikhailovichi?
Yes
I have a question. Describe the most interesting natural phenomenon you saw on Earth.
Yesterday, for example, I saw, you might call it an unidentified flying object. That's what I would say.
What it was?
I do not know. It was a big ball, silver, shimmering ... It was in 22: 50 hours.
Was it in the New Foundland area?
No, the new Foundland has already crossed over. There we saw a mighty cyclone, but here the clear clear sky. It is difficult to determine, but this phenomenon was somewhere high above the Earth. Maybe twenty to thirty kilometers. It was much larger than a big ship.
Maybe it was an iceberg?
No. This object was a perfect ball, but what it was - I do not know. Maybe some unusually large experimental device or something.
Airship?
No, it did not look like an airship. I watched it seven to eight seconds, then it disappeared.
Did you figure out his speed?
No, I could not determine his speed.
But in any case, it was not big, compared to you?
It just hung over the Earth ...
I congratulate you for being the first cosmonaut to see the UFO, but unfortunately it shows that it's not just a flying plate everyone's waiting for and everyone wants to see them.
I can not say that, but it was a really interesting object.
On the next hearing!

UFOs and rescue of Soviet cosmonauts

Colonel Vasilij Grigorjevič LAZAREV
(23.02.1928 - 31.12.1990)

SPACE MISSIONS:
27.09.1973 - 29.09.1973 (Soyuz 12)
5.5.1975 (Soyuz 18-1, carrier rocket crash)

Oleg Grigorjevič MAKAROV
(06.01.1933 - 29.05.2003)

SPACE MISSIONS:
27.09.1973 - 29.09.1973 (Soyuz 12)
5.5.1975 (Soyuz 18-1, carrier rocket crash)
10.01.1978 - 16.01.1978 (Soyuz 27, Saljut 6)
27.11.1980 - 10.12.1980 (Soyuz T-3, Saljut 6)

Officially available information on the Soyuz 18 flight on 05.05.1975:

Start 05.04.1975 in 11: 04: 54 (11: 02) UT (GMT) from the LC1 ramp of Baikonur cosmodrome. Planned two-month stay at the orbital station Saljut 4. When the 2.start of the rocket was discontinued, it was not separated from the rocket 3. After the 3 engine ignition. level, the flight deck system confirmed the deviation from the planned flight mode, and in T + 291 s at 192 km, issued a command to interrupt flight and return to a steep ballistic track. 20,6 has reached 05.04.1975 X. 11 26 21: 2: 21 UT south west of Gorno-Altajska (Al-Qaeda) (Altai republic-Russian Federation) on the snow-covered mountain slope of the Altai Mountains, near the border with the People's Republic of China sources say the landing site was already 27 km behind the border). Flight time: 06.04.1975 min 3000 s. The landing module swung to the side and stayed on the edge of a few-hundred-meter-long abyss wedged between the trees into which the unhooked landing parachute was captured. Only Lazarev cosmonaut suffered a slight internal bruising and leg injuries. Crew rescue took place under very difficult conditions on the next day of XNUMX. The two cosmonauts were not entitled to receive the XNUMX rubles of the flight bonus, so they were at least paid by Brezhnev for a paid holiday.

And how was it really supposed to be?

On the Soviet Baikonur in the morning 5. April 1975 was busy. Two cosmonauts, Vasili Lazarev - a doctor and a military aviation officer - and Oleg Makarov - a structural engineer, a specialist in emergency situations - were already ready to launch the Soyuz spacecraft. Both of them have already made a joint flight to the Sojuz-12, where they tested an improved system to ensure and protect life in extraterrestrial space as well as new suits. Though Makarov's notes were misleading, he was a man with a quiet mind that never panicked, although he had experienced a difficult time in space, but he had always been able to find the most optimal solution - even from the most dangerous situations.

At 10: 30 local time, both pilots in the spacecraft were already in place and the countdown started before takeoff. Vasily Lazarev describes how he was relieved when, according to him, the most difficult part of the flight, ie take-off, was over. Now they were listening to the voice of the operator who informed them of the time after launch and the technical data in the rocket that were normal. The moment the voice of the connection operator announced, "Everything in ..." there was a failure, as if someone was imitating and repeating the voice of the operator. It sounded too artificial, like a computer voice or a robot who wanted to tell them something. Unfortunately, the astronauts did not understand any of these voices. Everything only took a few seconds when a siren sounded suddenly and a red light flashing, "a missile crash" flashed. Time showed the 270 second of flight and there were four and a half minutes left to reach orbit. The alarm announced that the ship could not reach orbit and that is why the human-cockpit emergency system would detach itself from the launch rocket and descend back to Earth.

At that moment, two astronauts, instead of reporting to the flight control centers, heard strange sounds resembling the imitation of human voice. They could not understand how someone else could connect to this strictly protected communication channel. Now both were under the influence of heavy overload, which - as they had known from previous tests - could lead to bleeding all over the body. As soon as they reached the dense atmosphere of the atmosphere, they saw fiery hell around them, the yellow carbon blacks settled on the glass, and before they could hear the noise going through the sharp whistle, and finally a huge noise. The shocks slowly slowed down, but the cosmonauts could not move at all when under the influence of congestion they were in their places as if they were slapped. After a few seconds, the parachute slowed down, and there was silence.

At the center of the space flight, they already knew the emergency had occurred, but as soon as they heard Lazareva's voice, they instantly focused on the position of the Soyuz rocket with the crew. It was just above the Altai mountains, near the border with China. From Baikonur it was two thousand kilometers. From there, they sent a group of rescuers and alerted astronauts to the high mountains that are now under them.

Lazarev and Makarov were at that moment over the Altai mountains in Central Asia, stretching south-east from Siberia to the desert of Gobi. They knew well what such warnings from the center meant: unavailable shields of mountains, reaching over three thousand meters, rock cliffs, crevices and abysses, or the landscape for man almost inaccessible. They were slowly approaching the ground, but they had no chance of making a maneuver. There was nothing left to do but to let go of the fate.

A sudden concussion signaled that they were finally on solid ground. Now it was necessary to perform a maneuver to disconnect the parachute to prevent further take-off, which could be very dangerous. But the two astronauts were too exhausted to do anything. Nevertheless, the cab remained in its stable vertical position. As soon as Lazarev and Makarov got out of the cabin after some time, they found with horror that they had "parked" on the mountainside wedged among bushes on a rocky promontory. They were only a few meters from the abyss. Everything was covered with a layer of fresh snow, extending to the men's waist. By nightfall, the astronauts had managed to make a fire, and after a while - already in the dark - lights appeared in the sky, signaling the "losers" that they had already been discovered.

Even before they were sitting by the fire, the sky was clear over them, and there was utter silence. At that moment, they heard the amplifying whistling in the air, when they both suddenly saw in the sky an object that remained motionless over them. It was impossible to determine its shape or height, only the glow of violet glow was evident. After about half a minute, the strange object disappeared very quickly, as fast as it had previously appeared.

Oleg Makarov told several Western European journalists during his private stay in London in 1996: “I have no doubt that we have seen UFOs with our own eyes. I am also convinced that this object sought to establish radio contact with us. I am sure that with this UFO we have landed unscathed in this lunar landscape of the Altai Mountains. who claimed to have seen unidentifiable objects, or manifestations of supernatural forces, were immediately displaced. Makarov also noted that the recording with a strange voice was passed on to detailed research. For unknown reasons, however, it disappeared and no more returned to this topic.