They say that the famous "Medveditskaya ridge" in the north of the region is going to be declared a reserve of all-Russian importance. A. Motasov, Volzhsky
This idea was put forward the other day by the researcher of the Medveditskaya Ridge, the scientist-ufologist Vadim Chernobrov. According to the metropolitan researcher, the mysterious phenomena occurring here require research by scientific centers. However, not all researchers share this point of view. “The only confirmed anomaly so far is the high activity of thunderstorms in this place of the Volga Upland,” we were told at the Department of Geography of the VolGPU. "The rest of the stories about the secrets of these places should be considered as tourist advertising for the Zhirnovsky district."
"Medveditskaya ridge" is the strongest geoactive zone, a chain of old hilly mountains, 200-380 m high, located in the Volgograd and Saratov regions. There are a number of ancient legends about the existence of enchanted or cursed places in this area, about strange forest dwellers living in these places, etc., and various anomalous phenomena are still observed in the places described in the legends, in particular, flights and landings of a three-star triangular UFOs, discs and chains of balls.
Since 1982, scientific expeditions have been regularly conducted in this area in order to clarify the features of man-made UFOs and to search for old anomalous zones. During 26 expeditions, 17 sites of possible landings of man-made UFOs were found and mostly examined, several hovering and overflights of UFOs were photographed or filmed on videotape, 2 places of active activity of ball lightning were recorded, several geopathogenic places, including the strongest of them - Devil's Lair …