This story was published in the Voronezh newspaper "Kommuna" on October 3, 1989 in an article entitled "Football with aliens."
“Vasya Surin and Zhenya Blinov study: one at school # 82, the other at school # 33 on the Left Bank. They were united by an incredible event. These guys, and Yulia Sholokhova, and about forty adults who witnessed the landing … of a UFO in the park near the Mashmet stopping ground on September 27.
And it was like this.
The guys in the park played football. It was late afternoon. At half past seven, the boys saw a pink glow in the sky, and then a red-burgundy ball. A ball about ten meters in diameter circled at a height of about 12 meters from the ground, and you could see how the grass crumpled under it. Soon the balloon flew away.
A few minutes later the UFO returned, hovering over the park. By this time the adults came running. A hatch opened in the lower part of the ball, a creature of about three meters in height appeared in a silver overalls and “boots” of bronze color, with some kind of disc on its chest and with three eyes.
And it was like this. The guys in the park played football. It was late afternoon. At half past seven, the boys saw a pink glow in the sky, and then a red-burgundy ball. A ball about ten meters in diameter circled at a height of about 12 meters from the ground, and you could see how the grass crumpled under it. Soon the balloon flew away. A few minutes later the UFO returned, hovering over the park. By this time the adults came running. A hatch opened in the lower part of the ball, a creature of about three meters in height appeared in a silvery overalls and “boots” of a bronze color, with some kind of disc on its chest and with three eyes.
The creature surveyed the area, slammed the hatch, and the ball began to descend, hitting the poplar, which remained tilted.
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UFO has landed. He opened the hatch again. Two came out - one, apparently a robot. “Alien” said something, a luminous rectangle 30x50 centimeters in size appeared on the ground, the alien said something again.
The glowing rectangle is gone. The "alien" poked at the robot's chest, and it went like a mechanical one.
At this time, one of the boys screamed out of fear. The stranger looked at him, and the boy froze, could not move. The alien's eyes shone at the same time. Everyone who saw this phenomenon shouted. The ball and the creature disappeared.
In about five minutes the ball and the "three-eyed" one appeared again. On his side hung a "pistol" - a tube half a meter long. Nearby was a teenager of about sixteen. The newcomer pointed a “pistol” at him, and the guy disappeared. The “alien” entered the balloon, and it, gaining speed, flew away. The disappeared teenager immediately appeared …"
This story of the UFO landing was recorded from the testimony of several eyewitnesses. It can be added to it that the residents of Putilina Street observed more than once the appearance of a UFO in the period from 23 to 29 September. Such a surge in activity, which is usually associated with the landing of UFOs, ufologists call "flap".
Drawings by various authors illustrating the meeting in Voronezh
This message was spread almost word for word through TASS channels, and then hit the pages of Soviet and foreign newspapers.
What can we say about this? The case is very complex and controversial. The incredible abundance of contacts with children is alarming (the one described in the newspaper is not the only one). The disappearance of a guy may be a "tracing" from the case in Kharovsk, Vologda Oblast, where a woman disappeared and then reappeared in much the same way.
Some children sketched the sign they saw on the object like the letter "Ж".
As for the planting tracks and the damaged poplar, no one could prove that none of this had happened before planting. On the other hand, a survey of children using a special method did not reveal any signs of deliberate lies.
Foreign ufologists, in particular Jacques Vallee, who was investigating the situation, noticed in the stories of the children some details known not only to them, which the children obviously could not know about, and therefore could not specially apply in a fictional story. The readings of instruments and dowsing frames also confirmed the stories of the guys.