The author of this publication talks about his findings in Russian newspapers of the 19th century, about the first reports of UFO eyewitnesses, which began to arrive in the editorial offices of newspapers in Poland and Russia in March 1892. Rays of light, bright lights, “balloons” appeared over Warsaw, Moscow, Grodno, over the Prussian fortress of Thorn. What were unknown objects looking for in the west of the Russian Empire? Were you warned about something? It's unlikely that we'll ever find out about this...
"Vinnitsa. On March 25 at 10 o'clock in the evening, some luminous angular object appeared in the northwestern part of the sky, surrounded by a strong light, as if electric. The object stood motionless at one point in the sky for several minutes, and then began to move slowly and like would sink lower to the ground and completely disappear from sight. After some time, after about a quarter of an hour, the same phenomenon could be observed at the other end, and this time the mysterious object, spinning in different directions, was visible for a whole hour, and then at 11 o’clock at night he completely disappeared...” (“Odessa leaf”, March 28, 1892)
"The city of Bykhov, Mogilev province. On Wednesday, April 1, at 9 o'clock in the evening, some of the inhabitants of our city noticed an unusually strange air or celestial phenomenon. Above the very center of the city, some kind of fiery luminary shone very brightly, having an oblong shape with pointed ends. With on its western side there was an extremely beautiful orange reflection in the form of a small oval lantern; a light, foggy stripe was reflected down towards the earth’s surface, and in the middle, in the thickened part, a large dark spot was visible. The luminary stood over the city for about twenty minutes and slowly moved to the north. -west, on the city rampart, and, having stood for about 15 minutes, began to gradually move away in the same northwestern direction, passing through various phases along the way: either in the form of an irregular polygon with oblong corners, or in the form of a boat with forked ends.
During the removal of the luminary, it was very clearly visible that near it there was some kind of body of numerous fiery points, which had the shape of an overturned jug, and that the luminary with the body trailing behind it was moving across the sky, bending first in one direction and then in the other.
At half past twelve the star began to grow pale and finally completely disappeared from the sky. It is remarkable that at 11 o’clock, when the sky was overcast and neither stars nor the Moon were visible, the described luminary continued to shine as brightly as before.” (“Vilna Bulletin”, April 9, 1892)
"Kubey. On the night of April 14-15, at about 10-11 o'clock in the evening, a balloon appeared over the village of Kubey from the northwestern side, which was seen by many of the village residents and claim that it was no more than 3-4 minutes from the latter miles, and a height of half a mile from the ground. According to eyewitnesses, its appearance at first looked like a star of extraordinary size; upon further observation, it was seen that this phenomenon very quickly began to change, like the bright, large size and unusual shape of the Moon. made circular and wave-like movements, then swayed in one place, then fell and rose again, narrowing at the top and expanding at the bottom. The brightness and color of the ball often faded and reappeared, and such changes with it continued for more than an hour, and then it disappeared...
All eyewitnesses are convinced that it was a balloon, because such a moon or star has never existed and they have never appeared from the northwestern side. Yes, in addition, with such various rapid changes in brightness, color, shape, movement, volume, etc." ("Bessarabian Bulletin", April 19, 1892)
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“Dear sir, Mr. Editor! I consider it my duty to inform your esteemed newspaper about the appearance of a flying car, not for the first time. It happened on March 15, 16, 17 and 23 of this year.
On this day, at six and a half o'clock in the morning, she was seen 2 versts north of the city of Lutsk, Volyn province. over the village Zmeinets. She was seen by soldiers of the 3rd platoon of the 2nd squadron of the 33rd Dragoon Izyum Regiment and peasants from the village. Zmeinets. The car was moving from east to west. Flight is faster than the flight of a bird. The height of the flight can be compared with the height of the flight of a crane. The noise from the movement of this thing could be heard in the peasant huts. When the car was moving, the wind was from the northwest. The authenticity of my story can be confirmed by the commander of the 2nd squadron of the 33rd Dragoon Izyum Regiment N.R." ("Light", March 29, 1892)
“On the evening of March 26, at about 9 o’clock, Berdichev caught everyone’s attention when a large star appeared on the horizon, shining with extraordinary light. They began to observe it and, to great amazement, noticed that it was moving. First it came from the west, then turned to south, and the turn was at a right angle; after some time she deviated a little to the north and stopped at this point for an hour, so that she could be clearly seen.
With the naked eye one could see that this star was releasing a sort of forked light, the rays of which often changed their direction. With the help of a telescope, they found out that it was a huge balloon with two strong electric reflectors. On both sides of the ball there were two huge lanterns, one red, the other green. The ball remained calmly in the air, at times lowering, then quickly rising upward. He was at a very significant height. As for the distance he was from the city, it was no more than 10-12 versts. At ten and a half o'clock the ball began to return slowly (to the naked eye). But suddenly he quickly turned west and after a few minutes disappeared from sight." ('Kievlanin', March 31, 1892)
Among the reports about man-made objects, there are actually completely consistent with modern descriptions of UFOs. The magazine "Scout" (1892, No. 93) reported the observation of a light metallic-colored object during the day, with peasants claiming that it had the shape of a box, and soldiers claiming that it had the shape of a haystack (i.e., a dome). On the night of March 31 to April 1, a border guard near Raigorod observed a “luminous ship with several masts” flying with ever-increasing speed.
Mikhail Gershtein