Light over Smolensk (Russia) · Russia
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The sky was covered with clouds, so everything I saw was behind the clouds. I saw a small light that gradually approached and started to shine a bit more intensely. Then immediately on a short distance from the light I saw the immediate large flash of light (like we see the switch on the current). It was like 3 times that way: it switched on and off. Then, when it stopped, there were series of radiant balls appearing and going up to a certain point (by 3) and down, disappearing in the sky. It was like 10 minutes that way. It stopped for about 10 minutes. Then in another part of the sky I again saw a small light that started to shine a bit more intensely. There was a large flash of light in that part of the sky and it moved to another part of the sky where there were radiant balls 10 minutes ago. After that I stopped observation and went back home. There were other witnesses with me.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159108). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.