An object was observed. It departed by rapidly flying straight up until lost to sight. One luminous sphere was observed by three male witnesses, typical age 17, on a river for ten minutes (Metlov, A). One 5.4-foot-tall humanoid was seen.

Three men, including the main witness, 17-year old Alexander Metlov had gone out into some fields to race their motorbikes. Two of them, not the main witness, had been drinking and were somewhat inebriated. In a field near a bridge they saw a luminous sphere slowly descend to the ground. It hovered closed to the ground while three leg-like protrusions emerged and touched the ground. For about 10 minutes Alexander shone the headlight of his motorbike at the sphere while the other two men stared. Soon an opening became visible on the upper section of the sphere and something resembling stairs descended towards the ground. A human-like figure then became visible; Metlov then shone the headlight at the figure, which immediately became still. The being was described as about 5'5" tall, human like, wearing a white coverall and an opaque helmet, he also had a rectangular shaped panel on his chest. After a few moments, ignoring the witness, the figure walked towards the nearby river, it moved in a peculiar manner as if getting accustomed to walking on the ground, it eventually disappeared over the riverbank. After about 1o minutes the being returned, this time walking normally. Alexander then rushed towards the being with his motorbike, it suddenly disappeared and appeared standing next to the other tow men that were now apparently sleeping on the ground. At this point an opening became visible on the being's helmet, and an oval shaped head became visible. It appeared human but seemed to have some "make up" on it. Moments later it walked back to the sphere, the sphere lit up, and the being re-entered the object. The sphere began glowing and changing colors then shot up vertically into the sky and disappeared. The next day Alexander and another witness reported seeing a metallic disc with a glowing green light land on a garden, remain there for about 5 minutes then take off at high speed and vanished.

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