Dnepropetrovsk resident Alexander Zagorenko is a former military pilot. In my life I have met UFOs several times. Today he is an entrepreneur, works in the construction industry, loves fishing and nature. But what happened to him during the years of service, in many ways changed his subsequent life.
Alexander served his military service in the South, West and the extreme north (Novaya Zemlya island). He flew in the C-27, took off several thousand times. In the air, in fact, Alexander had the most impressionable meetings with "uninvited guests."
Alexander, how many times did you have to meet with "unidentified flying objects"?
- In the Baltics for 6 years, one event happened to me (which was also written about in the newspapers of the city of Kaliningrad), and on Novaya Zemlya I met UFOs four times, and this in 3 years! But it was with me, and similar things happened before and after me. Also, one contact was in Ukraine. I already asked myself why there were more such cases in the far north? Perhaps they fly there more often?
During the Soviet era, pilots were strictly prohibited from spreading so-called "rumors about UFOs." Have you encountered such censorship?
- So, at that time we were not recommended to discuss such events, moreover, they warned us: “What, did you want to go to the hospital? They will check you there! Two pilots were told this in my presence, so I preferred not to expand on my observations.
What were the UFO encounters that shocked you the most?
- The most mysterious cases occurred on the island of Novaya Zemlya. I remember: training flights, cloudless, Polar night. We practiced the interception (we worked together - "over each other"). I heard from the pilot - "an outsider on the course!" In military jargon, "outsider" is an unplanned object in a work area. Ground-based guidance devices did not observe the tag on the indicators. The command was received to terminate the mission, everyone to land, so that there were no collisions in the air. When we "sat on the ground", I went up to the pilot and asked what had happened. He told me that an object appeared right on the course and he accompanied it. The type of object is a triangle (as he put it - "iron"), from each corner of which there was a bright glow, rays. And after that he was called and offered to keep quiet about what he had seen!
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Before my arrival on the island, a non-trivial event also happened. In the daytime, at low altitude, over the military town … cigar-shaped objects flew by! Perfect visibility, complete silence (no engine sounds). Children, wives of servicemen "poured" out of their houses to see it. Later they told me about this, both the pilots and their wives. Interestingly, there were no flights at that time, and no one was lifted from the duty unit. The command post did not observe the marks on the locator indicators. There was no panic, well, it flies and flies. Somehow they reacted calmly to this.
There, on Novaya Zemlya, once in the daytime, I was on alert. Training flights begin. We sent a weather scout to determine the flight conditions. The weather scout reported the lower edge of cloudiness of 600 m, the upper edge of 4500 - 5000 m, the visibility is excellent. At this time, the command post (command post) announces combat readiness. I get on the plane (with full ammunition, missiles, etc.) and turn on the radio to listen to the situation … And then on the control panel on the indicators of the locators a mark appeared in the airfield area, without identification (that is, did not respond to the request “my - a stranger ). A reconnaissance aircraft began to aim at this mark, and they kept me on the ground to solve more serious problems. So, the target was maneuvering for about 20 minutes, and then left with incredible speed. The pilots did not see the target as it happened in the clouds … Then I called the officers at the command post,they too could not understand anything. Above the airfield, the target behaved like a helicopter, then hovering, then moving at different angles and left the zone at incredible speed. According to their calculations, nothing flies at this speed (5000 - 7000 km / h) at an average altitude.
What happened to you in Ukraine?
- And a strange story happened to me in Ukraine. It was in 1980 (then I was 17 years old) in Dnepropetrovsk, in the afternoon. I stood on the balcony (11th floor) and talked with neighbors (through the balcony). And then a flying ball appeared on the right side, it flew through the river. Dnieper. Flight altitude 400 - 600 m. Distance 1.5 - 2 kilometers. Speed 300 - 400 km / h. Bright orange-yellow with a hoop (like the planet Saturn). There was complete silence, there was no sound of propellers or engine. The visibility was perfect, cloudless. During the observation, my interlocutors shouted - "what is this !?", of course I did not have an answer. Then I heard a "voice" inside me, cold metallic - "go look at the clock." I turned around and went into the room, although the interlocutors called me - "where I went, look!". I woke up in front of the clock and asked myself a question - “Well,12 o'clock in the morning, so what? " I returned to the balcony and could not explain my behavior to the neighbors.
The story is strange, but don't get me wrong! I'm perfectly healthy! At that time he was actively involved in sports (he was the champion of the city in Judo and Sambo), flew gliders in the aeroclub (he had a concept of "aeronautics" and aerodynamics). But how to connect this incident with common sense? … Therefore, I did not share what I saw with anyone.
What have you learned from UFO encounters?
- I take the UFO topic seriously, not fanatically. There is no physical evidence, but my personal meetings have convinced me a lot! It feels like it "sticks" to me! Why dont know!