POLICE IN LITHUANIA PUT ON ALERT FOR UFO
June 26, 1996 / July 6, 1996
Source: Agence France Presse
An unidentified flying object was sighted by two Lithuanian policemen near
their capital Vilnius, putting the city's entire force on alert, Russian news
agency Itar-Tass said Wednesday.
The policemen say they saw a round, shining object on the main
Vilnius-Miadininkai route, at around half past midnight 10 kilometres (six
miles) from the capital city near the village of Nemejis, which was flashing
and hovered 20 to 30 metres (65-95 feet) above the ground.
"At the same time, you could hear a strange sound - like electricity
crackling," they said.
The policemen approached the UFO after watching it for almost half an hour.
When they were some fifty metres from it, the object started to move upwards
and away from them into the air, then accelerated towards Vilnius, Itar-Tass
quoted the policemen as saying.
The entire Lithuanian policeforce in the area was subsequently put on alert.
Van loads of rapid reaction force police and tracker dogs arrived on the scene,
but the UFO had disappeared.
Police conducted tests on the area's ground composition, measured the air's
radiation, and took sound recordings, while the police dogs remained unstirred
by anything.
The grass in the area for 10 metres around where the UFO was sighted was
visibly flattened.
The Vilnius police chief, Valentinas Ioukhniavitchous, announced on the
Lithuanian radio on Wednesday that the 2 policemen who had made the sighting
were of sound and honest mind, Itar-Tass added.
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