UFO. Russia

In the room "Tables on the main Empire in the incidents, compiled from the reports and submitted to the III Office of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery" (they were made monthly to the king) in 1844 was placed under review entitled "Unusual aerial meteor", which is directly related to our subject of discussion, but because it is expedient to give here almost entirely.

"On Saturday, 30 January, many of the residents of Ustyug of the Vologda province was disturbed in homes and on the roads caused by the extraordinary phenomenon of a brilliant meteor. At the meeting of the witnesses information, it appears that this phenomenon appeared in the city at the beginning of the last quarter of 7 o'clock in the afternoon at 8° Reaumur, and the weather almost calm. Suddenly, in the Southeast of the eyes were affected as if the bright rays in the extraordinary variety samishisa stars, which seemed to be coming down with closed while snow clouds the horizon like the so-called padouck the stars, quickly swept the city and merged into one round, pale fire shone a lot of the same, and the rainbow tail. This tail appears to be extending in length to four fathoms (1 fathom=2,1336 m) at both its ends, upper and lower, was thick with light and heat than the middle, and twisted several waves, leaving behind him for a few moments, long greenish-light jet. The direction in which the phenomenon swept, it was horizontally straight, from South-East to North-West.

... The clouds, which then was closed the air distance, does it not dimmed. Pour them bright and wide light, followed by a noise like the rustle of leaves, and at times a slight crackling sound was quite deafening for the audience, especially women, some who were on the street, began to scream in fear, while others in the houses were alarmed, thinking that the fire broke out. A similar phenomenon on the same evening, said to be seen was in Solvychegodsk County, adjacent to Ustiug. Therefore, the combustibility in the meteor was enough for a significant space journey. In Ustyug otherwise he seemed extinct during the flight over the river, but going down the river saw further".

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