UFO IN THE SARATOV REGION

Time: . Daytime Summary: On this day, a decorated Soviet test pilot named Apraksin was flying over the Volga River in Russia , 40 kilometers north of the city of Saratov, when his aircraft’s electrical system was knocked out of operation by a cone of light from a cucumber-shaped UFO after he attempted to approach it. He was blinded by the light, but managed to land the crippled aircraft despite his incapacitation in an abrupt emergency landing. He then lost consciousness and was confined to hospital to recuperate. Source: Weinstein, Dominique Aircraft UFO Encounters Project ACUFOE, Paris, 1999 UFO IN THE SARATOV REGION May 6, 1949, Volsk region. Pilot Apraksin encountered a UFO similar to the one he observed in June 1948. When attempting to approach, a cigar-shaped object flying at an altitude of about 11 kilometers directed a bright beam at the plane. The pilot was temporarily blinded. The plane's electrical equipment failed, communications were lost, and the plexiglass glass was damaged, resulting in the cabin's seal being broken. Apraksin barely made an emergency landing on the Volga shallows, 40 kilometers north of Saratov, and lost consciousness. 7 days before this event, the newest jet fighter La-15 was first flown at the Saratov aircraft plant. In addition, in 1948-1949, rockets assembled according to V-2 drawings were launched from the Kapustin Yar and Krasny Kut missile ranges.