This internationally famous UFO incident took place in 1986, on January 29, at 7.55 pm and according to a documentary is the “best documented crash”.
That cold January day a reddish sphere flew into the a small mining town from in the Far East of Russia the southeastern direction, crossing part of Dalnegorsk before crashing at the Izvestkovaya Mountain (also known as Height or Hill 611, because of its size).
The object flew noiselessly, and parallel to the ground; it was approximately three meters in diameter, of a near-perfect round shape, with no projections or cavities, its colour similar to that of burning stainless steel.
One eyewitness, V. Kandakov, said that the speed of the UFO was close to 15 meters per hour.