Petrozavodsk Jellyfish Phenomenon, Soviet Union, September 20, 1977
In the early morning hours of September 20, 1977, at approximately 4:00 AM local time, a large luminous object appeared over Petrozavodsk, the capital of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist…
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At 4:00 AM over Petrozavodsk, a vast luminous jellyfish-shaped object hung motionless, raining light.
September 20, 1977 — above Lake Onega, an unknown phenomenon defied all explanation.
One hundred seventy witnesses — police, navy, scientists — watched rays strike windows, punching small holes.
For twelve minutes, radial white-blue rays cascaded downward in a relentless jellyfish-like luminous rainfall.
Radio frequencies jammed, telephones dead — Soviet communications posts fell silent across Karelia.
Felix Zigel mapped sightings from Denmark to Mongolia — Petrozavodsk was not alone that night.