A Russian soldier, native of the Krasnodar region was on sentry duty at the staff of the main East German-Soviet military base located 40km south of Berlin, which had a large airfield when he was reported missing. His disappearance was discovered during a change of shifts. He could not have been able to leave the building unnoticed since his post was on the 2nd floor and to get out he would have had to pass 2 sentry posts and a bunker. He was found quite by accident 2 weeks later roaming through an area of disused bunkers, tanks and other equipment located about 15kms from the base. The area also contained dangerous unexploded ordinance and was cordoned off by 4 rows of barbwire and was well guarded. He was in a very confused and agitated state, he could only remember that while on guard duty he was confronted by several huge men all dressed in black. The men's head resembled that of an inverted bucket. The soldier remembered nothing else. He could not explain how he had appeared in the restricted area and where he had been for the past 2 weeks. The soldier was then sent to a rehabilitation center in Belitz. There he was hospitalized for a long time. The soldier never returned to his unit again. His story became the subject of wide circulating rumors among the military garrison at Szperenberg.

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