Over more than two decades, Genrikh Silanov photographed a large number of alleged UAPs, humanoid figures, luminous formations, strange objects, and other anomalous phenomena during expeditions in the Voronezh region. His archive also includes experimental ultraviolet and infrared photographs, poltergeist material, and the images he called “Memory of Space.” Much of this material was later published in his 2013 book Touching Extraterrestrial Intelligence. The photographs below follow Silanov’...

"In 1989, a strange event occurred in Voronesh, a town 300 miles southeast of Moscow. This event was witnessed by over 40 people and remains one of the most attested encounters in history. It is the encounter that for the time made western UFO aware researchers that alien sightings were also happening more frequently behind the IRON CURTAIN."

In 1989, a strange event occurred in Voronesh, a town 300 miles southeast of Moscow. This event was witnessed by over 40 people and remains one of the most attested encounters in history. It is the encounter that for the time made western UFO aware researchers that alien sightings were also happening more frequently behind the IRON CURTAIN.