Very interesting thread. I'm in!
Here's the wiki snip from
skept!kal It is the part about the contact of the astronauts with the aliens:
As the beings seemed to be friendly, the cosmonauts requested permission from Earth to try some visual and physical contact. The first was
cleared, but the second was denied. So, Kovalyonok grabbed and opened a map of the universe to the beings. They answered and opened theirs, which was
much more precise and complete. They pointed to the Solar System inside the Milky Way. Kovalyonok then made a positive sign with his hand. The being
answered with the same gesture, and then the space ship went away very fast, but soon it was back. They repeated the action six times in all, with no
clear reason.
Using a powerful flashlight, Kovalyonok tried to communicate via Morse code, by signalling: “Soviet cosmonauts salute Earth visitors.” in Russian.
The beings didn’t understand, so Kovalyonok tried to signal “Are you receiving us?” in English, but again there was no answer. He tried to use
zero and one language. He signalled 101101 with the flashlight. The message was not a simple answer to Kovalyonok’s words, but a Logarithm to the
base used by him.
The next day, the beings were flying outside the ship. The cosmonauts requested permission to disembark, but it was denied. On the fourth day, the
ship disappeared.
I will try to analyze it as much as I can:
It seems there were some kind of androids, artificial life forms with a basic level of intelligence.
(according to this wiki) notice how they didn't initiate contact, remained with a neutral posture, presented no feelings (no facial expressions,
special arm gestures) and had not displayed any creativeness in the signaling dialog initiated by the astronauts, but displayed recognition abilities
when shown a star map they pointed in their probably similar map (more details about this map is not presented in the wiki) to where the star system
they were visiting were inside the Milky way Galaxy (our system)
In response to the
OK hand gesture (arm and finger gesture probably, was it a thumbs up signal?) they responded by copying the gesture (but
still we don't have any details on more aspects of their physiology like how many fingers they displayed having on their hands,so we must assume a
physiology capable of supporting 4 to 5 fingers ,1 being an index finger) and darted away in their vehicle (an action that would imply they were going
to board a larger vehicle to get necessary items to help them establish a more comprehensive dialog with the Russian astronauts since this was still a
primitive, point directions and show items kind of dialogue) then they arrived (probably repeated the gesture again? It is not made clear in the wiki)
and darted of again, repeating this part of the "dialog" (probably according to them) 6 more times. This sensles repeating of the last fase of the
communicational "dialog" of that day shows that something screwed with their code of behavior, or understanding, or processing of appropriate
actions to extend this dialog to a more meaningful interaction.
Now the aliens are again stationed beside the space station and simply await the astronauts to initiate a different set of dialog or advance the
already present.
Next the Russian astronauts tried to signal in Morse code trying different subjects at every attempt but this didn't evoke any response from the
aliens.
Until now we have a total failure of communication except the part where a map is shown from the cosmonauts and the aliens seem to possess a similar
map. So they understood the part of the communication only about something that they already possessed in their inventory.
There is a part of the wiki pertaining to the communication:
The message was not a simple answer to Kovalyonok’s words, but a Logarithm to the base used by him.
with the Morse code that is not clear as to what it is referred to. Did the aliens send a message back (to the Russian base?) or to the cosmonauts
(using a base of a logarithm used in this conversation?)
Their inability to advance this communication to a better level probably has signaled their behavioral program to end this days dialog and make
another contact the next day.
Next day they are seen floating around the station in an attempt to enter the cosmonauts habitat or meet the cosmonauts in a space walk in their
effort to be show more things probably so they can extend their communication. Physical contact is denied by the directory of the Russian mission so
there it ends the contact between humans and aliens. Those aliens were never seen again.
Description of their vehicle:
The object seemed to be half the size of the Salyut 6 (about 8 meters). For the rest of the day, the UFO remained at that position. In the next
cosmic day, it was only 100 meters away. Now that it was closer, the cosmonauts observed it more carefully: There was no sight of a propulsor or
anything similar which could have given the ship an impulse to get closer. The ship had 24 windows, divided between three levels
It appears to be a small craft that IMO must have been stationed inside something bigger. Unless those aliens or androids were completely self reliant
on electric/propulsion and computational power to visit many places of (at least) this galaxy at limited time.
It is my opinion that if other civilizations exist must probably function as we are at least in some concepts, so we might expect that there should be
unsafe territory for a race of beings somewhere. This craft seemed a bit small to protect itself from various technological dangers they might were
introduced in (at least by accident).
Small craft and not complicated enough to support missions with contacts of other unknown species. So there had to be a carrier or mothership for
it.
Their appearance:
They could see also three humanoid creatures. The creatures were wearing helmets, but it was still possible to see their faces: Big eyebrows,
straight noses, and big blue eyes, which didn’t express any emotion. According to the cosmonauts, none of the muscles on the face was moving. All
movements from the beings seemed normal, although mechanical and artificial.
Here is the link to the wiki scaner to scan this wiki page to see any edit history: (I found none!)
Soyuz 6 encounter Wiki:
en.wikipedia.org...
wiki scanner:
www.wikiscanner.virgil.gr... 
