URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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SEPTEMBER 1915, KAZAN REGION, RUSSIA, PEOPLE:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Authors and ufologists Phillip Mantle and Paul Stonehill reportedly told that in the Kazan region, Russia, in September 1915 in the evening, local people heard and saw an object similar to a dirigible, a huge balloon, with a motor roaring in the air and with spotlights shining down.

Also reported were a cigar shaped object with a fin that hovered over a village and six humanoid shapes in a "boat" under the object’s "belly".

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001425
Date of event:	1915
Earliest report of event:	2004?
Delay of report:	9 decades?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Mantle and Stonehill UFO book.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	UFO book.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	March 10, 2013
This file last updated on:	March 10, 2013
Country of event:	Russia
State/Department:	Kazan
Type of location:	Not reported. Outside.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported. Evening.
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Not reported.
UFO departure observed:	Not reported.
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	Not reported.
Witnesses ages:	Not reported.
Witnesses types:	Not reported.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	6
Type of entities:	Humanoid or human
Entities height:	Not reported.
Entities outfit type:	Not reported.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported.
Entities head:	Not reported.
Entities eyes:	Not reported.
Entities mouth:	Not reported.
Entities nose:	Not reported.
Entities feet:	Not reported.
Entities arms:	Not reported.
Entities fingers:	Not reported.
Entities fingers number:	Not reported.
Entities hair:	Not reported.
Entities voice:	None heard.
Entities actions:	Are in UFO.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Probable Russian blimp.
Explanation certainty:	High.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that in the Kazan region, Russia, in September 1915 in the evening "Local people heard and saw an object similar to a dirigible, a huge balloon, with a motor roaring in the air and with spotlights shining down. Also reported were a cigar shaped object with a fin that hovered over a village and six humanoid shapes in a 'boat' under the object’s 'belly'."

Albert Rosales indicates as source "Phillip Mantle & Paul Stonehill 'UFO-USSR'".

[Ref. js1:] JEAN SIDER:

The author states that in September 1915, in the evening, in the region of Kazan, Russia, locals of the concerned place heard and saw an object like a huge balloon, a kind of airship with an engine that purred in the sky, with brilliant lights directed towards the ground. They also noted a cigar-shaped object provided with a fin flying over the village, and six humanoid occupants are distinguished in a cabin "under the belly" of the object.

Jean Sider says the source is "Rosales, citing Phillip Mantle & Paul Stonehill, UFO in USSR.".

Points to consider:

A dirigible airship matches really well the given description.

On the contrary, I see nothing here really "UFO-esque", much less "alien" or otherwise "paranormal".

Right before World War I, Russia had 13 operational military airships, six French-made, 2 German-made, the other Russian-made, four more were under construction. Some of them flew since 1910.

Russian Clément-Bayard.

Table of Russsian airships in 1914:

(All belonged to the Russian Army).

Name:	Built:	Type:	Constructor:	Engines:	Volume:
Albatros	1914 (under construction)	Blimp	Izhora Works, Kolpino near St. Petersburg, Russia	?	8,000m³
Clément-Bayard	1914 (under construction)	Blimp	Clément-Bayard, Levallois-Perret, France	2 * 180hp Clément-Bayard, 2 propellers	6,500m³
Kostovich or Kostevich	1913 (under construction)	Rigid	Russian Army Administration by Eng. Kostevich	?	7,000m³
Kovanko	1913 (under construction)	Rigid	Baltic Shipbuilding Co., Riga	4 * 80hp, 4 propellers	13,000m³
Astra XIII	1913	Blimp	Astra - Société de Constructions Aéronautiques, Billancourt, France	2 * 200hp Chenu, 2 propellers	9,800m³
Parseval 14	1913	Blimp	Luftfahrzeug GmbH, Berlin, Germany	2 * 180hp Maybach, 2 propellers	9,600m³ with two 2,700m³ ballonets
Clément-Bayard V.	1913	Blimp	Clément-Bayard, Levallois-Perret, France	2 * 180hp Clément-Bayard, 2 propellers	9,600m³
Kobchik	1912	Blimp	Duflou & Konstantinovich, Russia	2 * 45hp, 4 propellers	2,150m³
Sokol	1911	Blimp	Izhora Works, Kolpino near St. Petersburg, Russia	1 * 100hp Dion-Bouton, 2 propellers	2,500m³
Golub	1911	Blimp	Izhora Works, Kolpino near St. Petersburg, Russia	1 * 75hp Körting, 2 propellers	2,270m³
Yastreb	1911	Blimp	Duks or Dux, Moscow, Russia	1 * 75hp Dansette-Gillet, 2 propellers	2,500m³
Kretchet	1911	Blimp	Russian Army Administration	2 * 100hp Panhard, 2 propellers	6,900m³
Griff	1910	Blimp	Luftfahrzeug GmbH, Berlin, Germany	2 * 110hp N.A.G., 2 propellers	7,600m³ with two 1,400m³ ballonets
Clément-Bayard I	1910	Blimp	Astra - Société de Constructions Aéronautiques, Billancourt, France	1 * 105hp Clément-Bayard, 1 propeller	3,500m³ with one 1,100m³ ballonet
Chaika, Korshun	1910	Blimp	Zodiac - Société Française de Ballons Dirigeables et d'Aviation, Puteaux, France	1 * 60hp Labor, 1 propeller	2,140m³
Lebed	1910	Semi-rigid	Atelier Lebaudy Frères, Moisson par La Roche-Guyon, France	1 * 70hp Panhard-Levasseur, 2 propellers	3,700m³
Forssmann	1910	Semi-rigid	?	800m3
Uchebnyj	1908	Blimp	Captain Shabskij	?	1,500m³

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	March 10, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	March 10, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Obvious explanation not even considered.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	March 10, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No strangeness.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	March 10, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Very meager information.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Probable Russian blimp.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

[---] ? Book by Philip Mantle and Paul Stonehill.
[ar1] * "1915 Humanoid Sighting Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2004, at www.aforteanosla.com.ar/albert/anuarios/1915%20Humanoid%20Reports.pdf
[js1] * "Les 'Extraterrestres' Avant les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jean Sider, JMG publisher, France, page 213, 2007.

Document history:

Authoring

Main Author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editor:	Patrick Gross

Changes history

Version:	Created/Changed By:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	March 10, 2013	Creation, [ar1], [js1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 10, 2013	First published.

This page was last updated on March 10, 2013