Appearance / Description of Object(s)

It was saturn-shaped, with a ring around the middle, and two blinking red lights on each end. Its color was silver-gray, dull metallic.

Size of Object(s)

Relative size: It was about two inches across. Actual size: I'd guess about 40 feet in diameter.

Description of Area / Surroundings

It was a mountain in an urban area, although there were no buildings on the mountain itself, just the radio tower. You could see the lights of the city all around this mountain, though.

Full Description & Details

I first noticed this object when working in my office around dusk. The blinking lights drew my attention to it. It was hovering over a nearby mountain, next to a radio tower. I stood there watching it for ten to fiftten minutes, then it started slowly accelerating upward in a diagonal direction. Finally, it took off at very high speeed, as fast as lightening, and was gone.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

At first I thought it was a balloon, but not after I kept watching it for so long.

Witness Background

I have a Ph.D. in history and foreign relations and am currently chair of the department of political science at KIMEP University in Kazakhstan.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I had read some books about UFOs and seen TV programs, but was never all that interested in them. I had heard about cases like Roswell, for example, but also conflicting evidence over whether there was any truth to it or not. I took UFOs far more seriously after I saw this object.

Other Comments

This is the truth as best I can recall it. I have never seen anything like it before or since.

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