 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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| AVCAT is a special
project being conducted by NICAP, with the
help and cooperation of the original compiler
of AIRCAT, Dr. Richard Haines, and other
sources, to create a comprehensive listing of
sightings from aircraft with detailed
documentation from these sources, including
Projects SIGN, GRUDGE & BLUE BOOK. |
Aircraft
Hit By Light Cone / Engine & Controls Failed
June 16, 1948
Kapustin Yar test flight facility, Astrakhan, Soviet Union
June 16, 1948
Kapustin Yar test flight facility, Astrakhan, Soviet Union
| Time not given Duration Inst.?? aircraft experimental SOVIET UNION |
Military 1 observer EMI Radar contact |
| Lara
Elliott: June 16, 1948; Kapustin Yar test flight facility in Astrakhan, Soviet Union A banana or cucumber-shaped object with beams of light was tracked on radar when it descended across the course of Russian test pilot Aprasksin flying over the Kapustin Yar test flight facility in Astrakhan, Soviet Union. The experimental aircraft he was flying experienced a total electrical failure when it was hit by a cone of light, with the engine and controls failing. Although temporarily blinded, he was able to glide the plane to a landing. (Sources: Felix Zigel, unpublished manuscript, p. 124; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project, p. 004; Jacques Vallee, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union: A Cosmic Samizdat, p. 137). Detailed reports and documents Data sought. |