Russian Air Defence Chelyabinsk UAP Reports 2013

The Chelyabinsk meteor event of February 15, 2013 was one of the most-recorded natural events in history. However, Russian Air Defence Forces and civilian witnesses in Chelyabinsk Oblast reported anomalous aerial lights and objects in the region for approximately 48 hours preceding the meteor impact. Multiple witnesses reported unidentified objects that were clearly distinct from the meteor — appearing before the meteor, on different trajectories, and behaving unlike meteoric phenomena. Russian Air Defence initially tracked multiple contacts in the region. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations received numerous reports from the civilian population that predated the meteor. Post-event Russian Air Defence analysis separated the meteor track from approximately six other unidentified contacts that appeared in the Chelyabinsk airspace during the 48-hour window. The temporal proximity to one of Earth's most dramatic modern impact events gave the Chelyabinsk UAP reports particular scientific interest among researchers examining potential correlations between UAP activity and cosmic impact events.