I will say that I have not seen these photos before. I first found them on the net just a couple of months ago. Semyon Zolotarev managed to take a couple of pictures with his camera. Unfortunately, all the pictures were recognized as marriage and were never studied.
But what was in the photographs of Semyon Zolotarev? To restore, I took a program for displaying and processing photos. The program has a built-in noise and noise filter. This is what I just needed.
It turned out that all the pictures were real. This is not a hindrance or a marriage. The photographs were taken in complete darkness, but nevertheless they got them.
All photos show the crash with the fall of the rocket. Apparently the pictures were taken the day before and were not associated with their death. Although it is already impossible to say for sure now.
Most likely, a cruise missile of the first generation of the class exploded over the heads of the Dyatlovites: Tempest. A huge rocket complex, capable of ascending into low-earth orbit, then descending and reaching the target like a conventional cruise missile. The storm had equipment for orientation by the stars. That allowed the rocket to plot its own course, guided by the star charts. The tests were carried out since 1955, from the Kapustin Yar test site. The 1958 and 1959 seasons consisted of a chain of failures and disasters. Only in 1960, the tests were completed successfully, and the Tempest was put into service.
Perhaps it was this catastrophe that the unfortunate tourists saw. And Zolotarev even filmed everything on his camera. Unfortunately, he took his secret with him to the grave forever …
Rocket explosion?
Promotional video:
Missile crash?
Glow in the place of a rocket explosion?
Falling missile debris?
Rocket trail in the air?
Unknown.
Air explosion?
Those fireballs?
Is rocket fuel burning on the ground?
Missile destruction in the air?
Rocket Storm in flight before destruction?
Fireballs?
The beginning of the disaster, objects are still very far from observers?
Valentin Degterev
