A group of four tourists were hiking in the remotely populated area in East Kazakhstan not far from the Chinese border. The group included, Alexander Shamov, Oleg Zadorozhnyi, Valeriy Pavlovich Abramov and their leader Vladimir Shepelev. They camped out and had gone to sleep and after sleeping for no more than 30-40 minutes, Alexander suddenly was awakened by something that frightened him. He opened his eyes and saw the moon and clouds in the sky, but suddenly shone into his eyes. At first he thought it was the moon, but he turned around and saw the real moon in the same position as before. He looked back and saw "the second moon" descending lower and approaching their small camp. He then thought that it could be a helicopter shining a powerful beam of light, but it was soundless. The object then landed on the slope of a nearby hill and Shamov could see that it was shaped like a children's top, its top and bottom separated by horizontal plates. Stunned, Shamov slowly approached the object. Soon he noticed movement near the object as if someone was walking around it. He fell prone and then crawled forward towards the object, carefully propped up on his elbows. Suddenly a violet beam of light flashed from the object. The beam rushed forward scanning the ground and approaching the witness, gliding over stones and a small stream. As Alexander attempted to shout and warn his friends the scanning beam of light enveloped his arms, which became matt white for a brief moment. At the same moment a powerful enveloping force seized him and he had the sensation of submerging into a liquid with a strong gravitational pull. He had difficulty in breathing, and he felt some strong pressure on his chest. He saw circles floating in front of his eyes and blacked out. After an unknown length of time he woke up but found that it was now easier to breath. He still felt confuse. He opened his eyes and found himself in a room approximately 15 x 15 meters in diameter. There were no corners, the ceiling was a huge arc and the walls were matt white in color. Several humanoid entities then appeared. They were short in height, lacked mouths and noses (apparently wearing protective suits). Alexander felt that there was something "unnatural" about the entities or more exactly they seemed somehow "lifeless", he thought that they resembled mannequins or dolls that "somebody" had created. Their eyes were immovable, resembling those of fish, and placed approximately like those of humans but significantly higher. They had light colored faces but the rest of their bodies were lilac-brown in color. The witness did not seem to notice from where the humanoids had come from, they had suddenly appeared. There were 6-7 of these entities. The "dolls" quickly approached him and one of them touched Alexander. Their hands resembled mittens. Most likely the entities were dressed in spacesuits resembling diving suits. As soon as the entities began touching him, Alexander began floating in midair and simultaneously rotating in different positions. At this point Alexander noticed that the entities had no feet on their legs, which seemed to "broaden" towards the bottom. The aliens examined Alexander thoroughly, taken their time as they did. The examination lasted about 10 minutes. The witness felt restrained fear as he watched his abductors. One of the entities was carrying some type of device in his hand, which he placed against Alexander's head. This caused Alexander to tense up and attempt to push the device away. But his movements despite his efforts became languid, and limp. His reaction seemed to irritate the aliens who then grabbed Alexander by his arms and legs. Suddenly all aliens turned their heads to one direction, one still held Alexander's head. However Alexander was able to see the motive of their sudden attention, it was another humanoid, this one much taller, about 2 meters in height. He stood about 10-12 meters away. This entity was hairless, and the witness could not remember if it had ears and it had two holes for a nose. He lacked a mouth, no neck and had sloping shoulders. His arms and hands were similar to humans. As this new entity approached, the witness noted that it moved like an ordinary human. The alien's face was light-colored, similar to the short "dolls". The rest of his body was silver in color. Suddenly Alexander heard a loud whistling sound reminding him of an alarm. As if obeying an unheard command the small aliens left the witness alone and ran towards the wall located behind the tall entity. There was a rectangular shaped opening located there. Suddenly Alexander began floating in midair, traveling towards the opposite side. He passed the room and then went through a round hatch or opening and found himself floating under the night sky. He continued flying through the air. He stretched his hands to the sides and seemed to touch invisible smooth walls that felt like "notebook" paper. He tried to hit the invisible wall with his fist my met strong resistance causing his fingers to hurt. He continued to float or fly within the invisible antigravity globe. He then saw rocks and the river below him and suddenly he fell to earth quite rigidly. He looked around and saw his pick axe lying among some rocks; he picked it up, stood up and was able to now move around freely. He looked up and saw a glow in the sky in the direction where the top-shaped craft had been. From the southern section of the sky a new object appeared which resembled an elongated dirigible that was quickly approaching. Apparently this new object was disc-shaped seen from its side with narrowing edges. From one side its contour appeared to be dissolved and had what appeared to be a gaping opening. The disc was silver in color but appeared to change colors as it moved. Its flight direction suddenly changed to a sharp angle without decreasing speed. The second object (original top-shaped craft) seemed to "tremble" ascend soundlessly for several meters and fly in a circle of about 40 meters in diameter. It its circular movement the top-shaped craft was quickly gaining altitude. Alexander followed its movements closely as it flew over him. As Alexander watched the object holding his axe on his hand something like a bolt of lightning was directed towards the witness and hit his axe, flinging it from his hands, it fell among some nearby rocks. A wave of electricity shot through Alexander's body. He did not loose consciousness but closed his eyes and tensed his muscles. He took a deep breath and managed to relax, once he opened his eyes both objects were gone. There was only silence and the sounds of the nearby stream. His axe was later found apparently cut in half by some type of laser weapon.

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