I dont doubt he saw something!

But what made him wait so long to say anything?
The Soviet union collapsed over a decade ago what was he afraid of?

Sounds like he was haunted by $$

I'm sorry but the OP's story is very minor. OK so he (Soviet cosmonaut) saw something in Earth's orbit that he could not identify, this happens all the time on planet Earth. No photo's, no evidence.... no story.

While Savinykh was trying to find the camera, the object exploded in front of Kovalenok’s eyes. The object split into two parts and had something like a bridge connecting those parts. The dumbbell-like object disappeared before the other cosmonaut was ready to photograph it.

Someone else took the picture of it back in 1990.




[edit on 12/1/2008 by stander]

During the height of my "UFO interest" so to speak, back in the 1990's, it seemed to me that the former USSR was far more open about it's dealings in the field of UFO's than the West.

I found it puzzlingly ironic actually, that they would be so secretive about many things, but when it came to UFO's, there seemed to be alot more "official" information around from the Soviets than the Western nations.

I can't remember specifics (I'm sure a google on the subject would help) but there are plenty of reports and details of the subsequent investigation around from the entire Soviet era.

Maybe this isn't the first time this guy has spoken about this, maybe it's just the first time you've heard about this.