Barnaul Airport UFO sighting, January 27, 2001
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An unidentified flying object was detected hovering above the runway of Barnaul airport in southern Siberia, causing two cargo aircraft crews to refuse takeoff, and shutting down the airport for 90 minutes before the object vanished.
“An airport in southern Siberia was shut down for an hour and a half on Friday when an unidentified flying object (UFO) was detected hovering above its runway, the Interfax newsagency reported. The crew of an Il-76 cargo aircraft refused to take off, claiming they saw a luminescent object hovering above the runway of the Siberia's Barnaul airport, local aviation company director Ivan Komarov was quoted as saying. The UFO took off and vanished from the airport 90 minutes later, according to the report.”
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Case details
- Date
- 2001-01-27
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Barnaul airport, southern Siberia
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Siberia
- Branch
- NASA
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- luminescent object
- Duration
- 5400s
Source document
Agency: NASA
File: 255_413270_UFO's_and_Defense_What_Should_we_Prepare_For
Case ID: 2001-NASA-058628
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