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60 Starting in late September 1989, the city of Voronezh, Russia, experi- enced a wave of sightings involving many UFOs of different shapes and sizes. Then, on the afternoon of September 27, 1989, several children were playing soccer in a local park when a giant red sphere, 30 feet in diameter, landed right next to them. A huge crowd quickly gathered. Suddenly, a hatch opened in the craft and two creatures stepped out. One was a short robotic-looking figure. The other was an estimated 10 feet tall! The alien appeared to have “three eyes,” was wearing a silver jumpsuit, bronze-colored boots, and a round disk on his chest. The crowd began to panic when the 10-foot-tall alien pointed a long tube at one of the witnesses, who reportedly disappeared and reappeared seconds later. Immediately afterward, the aliens stepped back into the sphere, which took off straight up. Because there were so many witnesses, and because of the earlier wave of sightings, the event caused a huge sensation. The news agency TASS picked up the story, and before long, it was front-page news across the world. The landing was investigated by a wide variety of scientists includ- ing medical investigators, psychologists, criminologists, and more. It was discovered that numerous other people in the area had seen and even photographed the UFOs. Some of the witnesses suffered weird side effects such as insomnia. Others reported electromagnetic ef- fects on their TVs and appliances. Most exciting, however, was the analysis of the landing site. Depressions in the ground showed that the object weighed several tons. Radiation was found in the soil, as were unusually high levels of certain elements—in particular, phosphorus. The Voronezh landing remains one of the most famous UFO landings in Russian history, and as of yet, it is still unexplained.” UFOS AND ALIENS where the UFO had hovered. Today, the case is considered a classic “landing trace” case.” THE UFO LANDING IN VORONEZH, RUSSIA