Astrakhan Missile Base Incident
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Three bright disks were observed hovering and performing high-speed maneuvers over a Soviet Army missile base near Astrakhan in 1989. The objects accelerated rapidly when approached by a fighter jet.
“One of these cases, which we detailed in Chapter 3, concerns the extraordinary aerial maneuvers of three bright disks over an Army missile base near Astrakhan in 1989. The objects, which were sighted by seven military members, went from hovering to high speed and back again all without making any noise.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1989-01-01
- Date exactness
- Known to the year
- Location
- Astrakhan, Army missile base
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Branch
- Soviet Army
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- bright disks
Resolution
Objects performed high-speed maneuvers without acoustic signature.
Source document
Agency: NASA
File: 255_413270_UFO's_and_Defense_What_Should_we_Prepare_For
Case ID: 1989-SOVIETARMY-ADFA2F
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This sighting
Astrakhan, Army missile base / 1989 / 255_413270_UFO's_and_Defense_What_Should_we_Prepare_For
- 255_413270_UFO's_and_Defense_What_Should_we_Prepare_For — Written report of this sighting