Voronezh UFO Incident
Tier 2 — Declassified RecordsSeptember 27, 1989·Voronezh, Russian SFSR, USSR
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On the evening of September 27, 1989, dozens of witnesses including schoolchildren reported a large sphere landing in a public park in Voronezh, Soviet Union. Witnesses described two or three beings approximately 3 meters tall and a small robot exiting the craft before it departed. Physical evidence including a landing oval and soil anomalies were documented by Soviet investigators. The incident gained worldwide attention when the state news agency TASS officially reported it on October 9, 1989, making it one of the few UAP incidents to receive Soviet government media acknowledgment.
Key Facts
- ›Date: September 27, 1989, approximately 6:30 PM local time
- ›Location: Comintern Park (Park Yuzhny Rayon), Voronezh, RSFSR, Soviet Union
- ›Primary witnesses: approximately 40-50 schoolchildren and adults in the park
- ›The object was described as a large dark red or pink sphere approximately 9-10 meters (30+ feet) in diameter
- ›Witnesses reported two or three humanoid beings approximately 3 meters (10 feet) tall, and a small robot
- ›The object allegedly made multiple approaches to the park before landing
- ›A boy named Vasya Surin was reportedly paralyzed when one of the beings pointed a tube at him; the paralysis lifted when the beings re-entered the craft
- ›A landing oval approximately 20 meters long was found at the site the following day
- ›TASS - the official Soviet state news agency - reported the incident on October 9, 1989, lending it unusual institutional credibility
- ›Soviet scientists and local militia (police) investigated and documented the landing site