1980: Orsk, Russia Abduction

THINK ABOUTIT ABDUCTION REPORT

Date:  early September 1980

Sighting Time:  2200

Day/Night:  Night

Location:  Kumak River near Orsk, Orenburg region, Russia

Urban or Rural: – on the banks of the River Kumak about 75km from Orsk

No. of Entity(‘s): Unknown/Telepathic (The witness heard a “voice inside his head” and felt “remotely controlled,” but no specific entities were visually described).

Entity Type: Non-Visual/Telepathic (While no entities were seen, the witness reported a “voice inside his head” and feeling “remotely controlled”).

Entity Description: Direct mental interface (Witness described being “directed by some force” to move through the craft).

Hynek Classification:  CE-IV (Close Encounter IV) Abduction of the witness or other direct contact

Duration: Missing Time (Approx. 4-5 hours) (The sighting began at 22:00, and one witness was awoken at 06:30, with the two men being found sometime after 01:00).

No. of Object(s):  1

Height & Speed: Low Hover / Rapid Ascent (The object hovered directly above to emit a beam reaching the ground, then was seen moving away horizontally and later moving very fast toward the moon).

Size of Object(s):  10-15 meters in diameter

Distance to Object(s):  Proximity/Onboard (The object was directly above the witnesses, emitting a beam that reached the ground).

Shape of Object(s):  star-like object

Color/Description of Object(s):  bright star-like object above them which began emitting what appeared to be circular “rings” of light, similar to ripples on the water. These circles of light created a matt cone-shaped beam of light.

Number of Witnesses:  4

Source:  Alexey N. Dmitriyev, “Space Terrestrial Connections and the UFO” Novosibirsk, “Trina” 1996

Summary/Description:  Four witnesses, 3 metal workers, named Yurov, Szuszhulin, Kozlov and a traffic militia inspector also named Kozlov had gone fishing on the banks of the River Kumak about 75km from Orsk. While preparing their fishing lines they saw a bright star-like object above them which began emitting what appeared to be circular “rings” of light, similar to ripples on the water. At first the light was about 1/2 meter in diameter and when it had reached the ground its lower end diameter appeared to be 10-15 meters in diameter. These circles of light created a matt cone-shaped beam of light. Soon after the bright “star” began moving away horizontally and the cone-shaped beam of light remained on the ground for several seconds and then it vanished.

After that the witnesses returned to their tents for dinner and their car, thinking that they had only seen some type of natural phenomena or satellite or maybe some type of rocket launch from the Baikonur launching range in Kazakhstan, but it had been somehow different. At 0100A 2 of the men went to sleep and the other two decided to check their fishing nets to see if they had caught anything.

Suddenly one of the men found himself in some type of room shaped like a 1/4 circle and heard a voice inside his head that told him to sit down. He sat on something resembling a rectangular stool about 400mm high and 250-300 mm wide. On the floor he could see a hatch about 500 x 800 mm in diameter. A closed doorway was visible on his left front. Also on his left something resembling some kind of covering was visible that appeared to be over some kind of piping about 600mm in diameter. The room was more than 2 meters in height and was pale-gray in color, resembling plastic. The witness wondered where he was and where his friend had gone to. Suddenly the hatch opened and he saw his friend sitting below on a small platform.

The witness stood up, apparently directed by some force and walked towards the hatch and the descended towards his friend. At the platform the witness felt as if his actions had been remotely controlled. He then jumped from the platform down to the ground and landed near his friend almost striking his head. When he turned around he saw a bright light moving very fast away from them. He began screaming at the (supposed aliens), “Wait stop, don’t go!” but the light disappeared towards the direction of the crescent shaped moon. His friend (Ivan) appeared confused, not knowing that had occurred. At the same time the other men had been apparently searching for them and appeared at the location following his shouts.

At the site they found both men standing within a crater about 1.5m in diameter and about 600mm deep. They both could not remember what had taken place and their footprints were not visible on the soft ground. One of the men, Mikhail Szuszhulin remembered that while sleeping in the car he was awoken by bright flashes of light and a loud hissing sound, it was already about 0630A. Another nearby hunter remembered seeing a star-like light emitting a beam of light towards the ground. The two men had been apparently abducted onboard a UFO.

Researcher’s Notes: Physical Traces and Mental Control

The Orsk abduction is a cornerstone case for Russian ufology due to the high level of physical corroboration:

• The Crater Evidence: Finding the witnesses standing in a 1.5m diameter crater that was 600mm deep provides immediate physical proof of an external force. The lack of visible footprints on the surrounding soft ground suggests the men were placed or “dropped” into the location from above, rather than walking into the depression themselves.

• Psychic and Motor Control: The witness’s report of a “voice inside his head” and feeling “remotely controlled” is a hallmark of CE-IV encounters. This indicates that the entities—though not visually described in this specific case—possessed the technology to bypass human motor functions and communicate via telepathic interface.

• Acoustic and Visual Indicators: The loud hissing sound and bright flashes reported by Mikhail Szuszhulin at 06:30 suggest that the phenomena remained active in the area for hours after the initial abduction. The “hissing” is often associated with the ionization of air caused by high-energy propulsion systems.

• Independent Correlation: The nearby hunter who witnessed the star-like light emitting a beam toward the ground serves as a critical independent witness, ruling out the possibility of a collective hallucination among the primary fishing party.

The events of September 1980 on the banks of the Kumak River represent a profound breach of physical reality. While the witnesses initially attempted to rationalize the cone-shaped beam as a rocket launch from Baikonur, the subsequent missing time and the discovery of the onboard environment make a conventional explanation impossible.

This case, archived by Alexey N. Dmitriyev, remains a stark reminder of the physical impact of the UFO phenomenon. The combination of ground traces, multi-witness testimony, and physiological control places the Orsk abduction among the most significant encounters of the Soviet era.