UFO spotted above Siberia 3/2/2011

A UFO in the skies above Siberia is being investigated by Emergencies Ministry staff after concerned locals claimed they were visited by something unexplained. Residents of Ossinsky district in Irkutsk Region said a loud, glowing object appeared in the sky – but nobody has been able to clarify what it was. Security services responsible for air defence could not confirm any flights in the area, while search and rescue teams found no evidence that the aircraft had crashed. Meanwhile seismic stations around Baikal confirmed that there were no earthquakes which might have caused the noise, while astronomers in Irkutsk have suggested that it could be a meteorite, Interfax reported.

The Moscow News (looks mainstream...not sure)

reply to post by TinkererJim


The government will be quick in to cover up this one i reckon. Already the meteorite theory. Hopefully weather balloon won't pop up again ;P

Video here. I have no clue -- but it does not look like a rocket launch.

In its late-night news bulletin on 28 February, Channel Five TV showed amateur footage of the object(s) spotted in Irkutsk Region.

Video at www.5-tv.ru...

Running the above news web site trough babelfish gets us this:

Irkutsk region attack [NLO] To the inhabitants of Irkutsk region deep space [stuchitsya] into the windows. They removed last extraterrestrial landing into the camera of cell phone. These fires in the sky more greatly resemble patrol machine with the special-signals. By the acknowledgement of eyewitnesses, the first sensation was the fear. But it soon yielded the place for curiosity. Pensioners even calculated the dear place of hovering [NLO]. For the explanations they turned to the Irkutsk astronomers. The colleagues of observatory recognize that the fires actually strange, but are inclined to the version about their terrestrial origin. But those, who actually follow the flying saucers, in the everyday version very do not believe. Russian [ufologi] have already long ago considered Baykal the secret bridgehead of [inoplanetyan]. But amateurish [videosvidetelstv] of takeoffs and landings [NLO] it was collected to the full-length documentary cinema.

www.5-tv.ru...