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UFO case file · UFO-20104

Kuybychev, Russia being encounter — September 13, 1990

CE3Russia1990-09-13

KUYBYCHEV, RUSSIA, SAM, Russia

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Kuybychev, Russia being encounter — September 13, 1990
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Kuybychev, Russia being encounter — September 13, 1990

Case description

A large triangular object was reportedly observed near a military radar installation outside Kuibyshev, now Samara, during the night of September 12–13, 1990. The imported catalogue gives September 13 at approximately 12:10 a.m. and associates the account with a possible incursion at a major radar base. A later Russian press history identifies the location as near Bobrovka and traces the story to reporting by military newspaper correspondent Dmitry Rudzit. It describes claims of a radar detection, a large object, and damage to an antenna. These are elements of the published incident account; the brief Atlas source does not supply the original technical logs, measurements, or a complete chain of inspection records. The inherited entity-encounter label is not supported by an actual occupant description in the available abstract. No humanoid has therefore been added to the narrative or image. The illustration depicts a radar installation and a distant triangular outline, with the buildings, viewing position, and detailed shape reconstructed. It should not be mistaken for a contemporary photograph or a plan of the actual base.

Recorded details

Local time
00:10
Craft description
Craft / Vehicle
Entity description
Entity association is present in catalogue coding but not sufficiently described in the preserved account; original-source review remains open.
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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Triangular UFO landed near a military base and destroyed the radar antenna in Samara, Russia, 1990

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The 1990 Kuibyshev/Samara radar-base encounter; Kuibyshev is the former name of Samara.

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