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1989, AKTASH, WEST SIBERIA, RUSSIA, A GUARD:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

A Russian UFO magazine reported in October 1999 that near Aktash, Altay region, West Siberia, Russia, in 1989, at night, according to the testimony of a retired Major I. A. Samoilenko, a soldier of the local frontier guard detachment had disappeared from his night watch.

The military immediately organized a search, but it brought no results. Three days later, the missing guard was found at 5 km from the Aktash mountain range, very frightened, physically exhausted and unable to explain any details of what had occurred.

After a long rehabilitation period and therapy on him conducted by officers of a special military KGB detachment, he remembered that during his night watch a bright flash of light had blinded him and after that he had lost consciousness. When he returned to his senses, he found himself in a strange room with walls that emitted an even bluish light with no visible source.

Suddenly a voice from nowhere, that resembled that of the voice of a female or child, greeted him and warned him that he would be taken on a long journey. After that it told the soldier that if he were selected for that honorable mission he would be helping a distant civilization very similar to humans in many aspects and located in the Gemini constellation.

After that was said, the soldier lost consciousness again. He vaguely remembered that he next saw several humanoid figures "without faces" leaning over him and examining his body. He was then exposed to attacks of sudden unbearable pain during this "medical examination". After that he fell into a state of powerful euphoria and bliss, as if being narcotized.

After examination at a local military hospital a commission found him mentally unstable or insane, and one and a half month later he died of a "fulminating illness similar to exposure to high doses of radiation."

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[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Aktash, Altay region, West Siberia, Russia, in 1989, at night, according to the testimony of retired Major I. A. Samoilenko a soldier of the local frontier guard detachment had disappeared from his night watch. The military immediately organized a search, but it brought no results. But three days later the missing frontier guard was found 5km from the mountainous settlement of Aktash. The soldier was very frightened, physically exhausted and could not explain any details of what had occurred. After a long rehabilitation period and therapy on him conducted by officers of a special military KGB detachment, the frontier guard remembered that during his night watch a bright flash of light had blinded him and after that he had lost consciousness. When he returned to his senses, he found himself in a strange room with walls that emitted an even bluish light with no visible source. Suddenly a voice from nowhere, that resembled that of the voice of a female or child, greeted him and warned him that he would be taken on a long journey. After that it told the soldier that if he were selected for that honorable mission he would be helping a distant civilization very similar to humans in many aspects and located in the Gemini constellation. After that was said, the soldier lost consciousness again. He vaguely remember that next he saw several humanoid figures "without faces" leaning over him and examining his body. He was then exposed to attacks of sudden unbearable pain during this "medical examination". After that he fell into a state of powerful euphoria and bliss, as if being narcotized. After examination at a local military hospital a commission found the mentally unstable or insane. And one and a half month later the unfortunate died of a fulminating illness similar to exposure to high doses of radiation.

Rosales indicates that the source is Sergey Skvortsov, "NLO" Magazine, Saint Petersburg, #42, October 18, 1999

Points to consider:

As explained Russian ufologist Boris Shurinov and others, after the Perestroika and the end of state censorship, many people in Russia realized that UFO stories sold well and benefited from that by inventing stories by the hundreds, sometimes inspired by cases from the West.

As a result, the Russian ufological landscape is so muddied that almost each story should be seen as highly doubtful. It would of course be advisable with this one to check if there is any independent corroboration before regarding it as something else than such a fabrication. I did not find such corroboration, but obviously it is nearly impossible to me to look in depth into such stories; which brings me to regard this story as without credibility until the contrary is proven.

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Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors of hoax. No credibility.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? Article by Sergey Skvortsov, in the UFO magazine NLO ("UFO"), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, #42, October 18, 1999.
• [ar1] * "1989 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1989.shtml

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