Voronezh UFO Landing: Three-Eyed Beings Walk in a Soviet Park

The Day the Sky Opened Over Voronezh

September 27, 1989. Late afternoon in Yuzhny Park, Voronezh, a bustling industrial city 300 miles south of Moscow. Children kicked a football across patchy grass. Adults strolled along tree-lined paths. The air carried the faint smell of autumn leaves and distant factory smoke.

Then everything changed.

A pinkish glow appeared in the sky. It intensified into a deep red sphere or banana-shaped object, approximately 10-15 meters across. The craft descended silently, hovering low before touching down with a soft bounce among poplar trees. A crowd gathered. Estimates range from 40 to over 100 witnesses, mostly schoolchildren but including adults.

A hatch opened. Out stepped beings that defied earthly biology.

This was no private hallucination. The Soviet state news agency TASS reported it officially on October 9, 1989 – during glasnost's open era. The story exploded worldwide, becoming one of the strangest mass sightings ever documented.

The Objects Themselves: Shapes That Moved With Purpose

Witnesses described the craft consistently across interviews:

• A large sphere or elongated "banana" shape, glowing deep red or pink
• Approximately 10-15 meters in diameter/length
• Silent descent and ascent, no visible propulsion
• Left depressed grass circle (20 meters diameter) with four deep dents (14-16 cm wide, 4-5 cm deep)
• Some reports of "X" or "zh" symbol left in sky or on craft

The landing site showed anomalies: unusual phosphorus levels in rocks, slight radiation readings, and soil samples that puzzled investigators.

Genrikh Silanov, head of the Voronezh Geophysical Laboratory, examined the site:

"We detected a circle 20 meters in diameter. Four dents were clearly visible. We also found two mysterious pieces of rock. At first glance they looked like sandstone of a deep-red color."
– Genrikh Silanov

Later analysis revealed the rocks were hematite – earthly – but initial excitement fueled speculation.

The Beings That Emerged: Three Eyes and Bronze Boots

The hatch opened, and the entities stepped out. Witnesses – separated during interviews – described them with striking consistency:

• Tall: 9-12 feet (3-4 meters)
• Small, knob-like heads with no visible neck
• Three eyes: two white, one central red or glowing/swiveling
• Bronze or silver metallic suits, seamless
• Bronze-colored boots
• One carried a tube-like device or disk on chest
• Accompanied by small boxy robot or shorter entity

The beings walked stiffly, scanning the area. One touched a tree, leaving a mark. The leader pointed the tube at a 16-year-old boy who approached curiously – a flash of light, and the boy vanished completely. Moments later, he reappeared terrified as the craft departed.

Named child witnesses included Vasya Surin, Zhenya Blinov, Yuliya Sholokhova, Roma Torshin, Lena Sarokina, Vova Startsev, and Alyosha Nikonov. When isolated and asked to draw the beings and craft, their sketches matched remarkably – banana craft, three-eyed figures, robot companion.

"There are no discrepancies in the description of the sphere itself or the actions of the aliens. Moreover, all the children who became witnesses to this event are still afraid, even now."
– Investigator comment

The Official Soviet Response and Investigation

TASS broke the story on October 9, 1989:

"Scientists have confirmed that an unidentified flying object recently landed in a park in the Russian city of Voronezh. They have also identified the landing site and found traces of aliens who made a short promenade about the park."
– TASS official report

Lieutenant Sergei A. Matveyev of Voronezh district police corroborated seeing "a body flying in the sky" – though not the beings.

Silanov's team used "biolocation" (dowsing-like method) to confirm the site. They found the dents and rocks, initially claiming extraterrestrial composition.

Silanov later clarified to Western press:

"Don't believe all you hear from Tass. We never gave them part of what they published."
– Genrikh Silanov

Yet the consistency of child testimonies, adult corroboration, and physical traces made the case impossible to dismiss entirely.

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Final Verdict

THE LANDING THE USSR COULD NOT DENY. In 1989, a craft touched down in Voronezh park. Tall three-eyed beings walked among us. A boy vanished in light. The Soviet Union told the world it happened. No hoax explanation satisfied everyone. The visitors came, looked, and left. The question remains: why Voronezh?