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URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

URECAT is a formal catalog of UFO related entities sightings reports with the goal of providing quality information for accurate studies of the topic. Additional information, corrections and reviews are welcome at patrick.gross@inbox.com, please state if you wish to be credited for your contribution or not. The main page of the URECAT catalog is here.

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.

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.

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