Molyobka 'M-Triangle' (Perm zone)
A forested area near the village of Molyobka on the Perm–Sverdlovsk border, famous in Russia as an anomalous zone after geologist Emil Bachurin reported a glow and a 62-metre ring on a field in October 1983.
1983 CE · 57.24, 57.94 · status: claim
The account
The zone, about 70 square km of forest near where the Sylva and Molyobka rivers meet, is also called the Perm Anomalous Zone or Zone M. Visitors report lights, voices, equipment failures, odd time sense and a feeling of presence, and local guides show named 'anomalous' glades. Ufologists cite older peasant stories of flying machines.
The sceptical view
The reports are anecdotal and many come from tourism and ufology circles; proposed natural causes include local magnetic and geological effects, and none of the claims has been tested independently.
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