The onboard cameras of the International Space Station recorded a strange object. According to ufologists, the orange disc could be an alien spacecraft. AT recent times There is growing evidence that aliens may have made contact with Earth. "MIR 24" has collected the brightest of them.
Incidents on the ISS
Proponents of the existence of aliens regularly monitor the ISS cameras, which operate around the clock. This time, their attention was drawn to an unusual glow near the station. The disk, along the edges of which symmetrically located bright orange lights are burning, seriously frightened users who decided that a spacecraft had flown to the ISS. Other space enthusiasts were skeptical about the idea of their colleagues: in their opinion, the reflection of the light of the ISS itself was recorded on the video.
This is not the first time that the ISS has allegedly interacted with an alien spacecraft. In June last year, ufologists saw on one of the videos a luminous ball that approaches the ISS body, gives a red glare and disappears. During the survey, the station was located on the night side of the Earth. When the Sun illuminated it, it became clear that in the place where the bright point disappeared, no repairs were carried out and there were no astronauts. Ufologists concluded that the ship at that moment could dock with the ISS. There have been no official comments from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on this matter yet. Prior to this, UFO flights in February 2016 and December 2015.
"Saucers" in space...
On video taken from the ISS or with the help of other devices, ufologists often discover mysterious phenomena that they interpret as evidence in favor of the existence of aliens. Last June, they discovered a flying saucer that is from the sun. Another UFO a couple of months before this ufology from the team Streetcap 1. He drew attention to the fact that the space object very abruptly, like an alien ship, changes direction. NASA was quick to assure that it was most likely space debris.
and not only.
UFOs in the sky are seen not only by ufologists, but also by ordinary people. eighth november 2015, a kind of glow, similar to an unidentified flying object, residents of California. It soon became clear that a suspicious plume was left by a rocket fired during an exercise in Orange County.
Nine days later, residents of Siberia observed a similar phenomenon in the sky. A bright dot with a white “tail” scared me a lotresidents of Omsk, Tomsk and a number of other cities. Not everyone considered this object similar to a UFO: some decided that it was an American missile or a weapon of mass destruction. Siberians phenomenon in fact turned out to be a rocket launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
Denials from the authorities and scientists do not stop ufologists. The latter, in turn, are trying to find a scientific basis for their assumptions. At the last conference of ufologists in Primorye, they identified the places where most often these are deposits minerals, as well as military training grounds.
How it all began: the Roswell Incident
Extraterrestrial civilizations have been of interest to humanity since ancient times, but the search for aliens became truly massive after the Roswell Incident of 1947. June 24 American businessman Kenneth Arnold noticed nine flying objects,. Soon the command of the local military base reported on the discovery of a "flying disc", which was delivered for research. A few days later, the military issued a refutation: according to them, the downed object turned out to be a weather balloon.
The incident was forgotten for almost thirty years. In 1970, an interview was published by Major Jesse Marcel, who stated that the wreckage of the "probe" was decorated with "hieroglyphs". After that, other eyewitnesses of the Roswell incident appeared. The story began to acquire details: “corpses of aliens” appeared in it.
“Their heads were round, their eyes were small, they had no hair. The bodies are quite small by our standards, but their heads are large relative to their bodies. The clothes seemed to be one-piece, gray in color, without belts and buttons.", - said one of the witnesses of the incident.
In 1994, the American authorities conducted an investigation, which found that under Roswell was wrecked at device from one of the ligaments balloons"Project Mogul". , however, did not believe the report and still continue to believe that a flying saucer fell to Earth in 1947. They found influential supporters - in 2008, the UFO version of the "Roswell Incident" was supported by famous American astronaut .
Pictured in 1969. Sweden. And here's the reason for all this:
Everyone more or less knows what Finnish houses are. Houses are like houses. Wooden, prefabricated, in general - ordinary. But not all Finnish houses are like that. In the late 1960s, a Finnish architect designed houses in the form of flying saucers. Space Finnish houses. How.
Needless to say, in those years, humanity was simply obsessed with space, which its representatives successfully began to conquer.
It seemed that from that moment the future had come - exactly what science fiction writers predicted.
In a state of euphoria, people had the feeling that various futuristic novelties come into use almost every day. Yesterday we flew into space, today we will make robots work, and tomorrow we will drive flying cars into garages.
Matti Suuronen looked colorful (photo by arcspace.com)
Literally everything had to correspond to the new "cosmic" world. Vehicles, household appliances and much more began to take on the shape of rockets, and people mentally tried on the uniform of space travelers.
It is clear that the dwellings could no longer look like rectangular boxes. We needed houses in the spirit of the era. And they appeared.
In 1968, Finnish architect Matti Suuronen made his hard-to-pronounce name famous by designing a house in the shape of a "flying saucer". Elliptical windows, interior lines flowing in intricate waves, an all-round view and a kitchen that resembles a compartment spaceship.
By the way, the door to the dwelling opened like a ladder - it fell out.
Against the backdrop of numerous reports of UFO sightings in imminent contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, then many had no doubts.
Suuronen did not seek to explain his fantasies with logic. The convenience and rationality of such a house, in comparison with a traditional dwelling, is debatable. Take, for example, furniture. You can't put an oak wardrobe in a round house.
This means that all the details of the situation had to be reinvented, which, however, was not a problem - there were more than enough “space” design solutions in those years. Even in Finland.
"Futuro" on Dombai during the Soviet era, 3,000 meters high (photo phinnweb.com)
By the way, at first the architect did not impose his concept as a new form of housing - he assumed that the structure would be used as a ski lodge or something like that.
Then his plans changed, and non-flying saucers were called ideal. country house where a small family can spend a vacation or a weekend.
The project was overgrown with new details and acquired a proper name - "Futuro" (Futuro).
The Finnish dreamer almost did not think about the choice of material - shortly before that, he built a plastic dome of a granary in Seinajoki with a diameter of eight meters.
He chose the same polyester with fiberglass now.
Moreover, this material was inexpensive. Matti believed that his creation would be available to all the inhabitants of the planet, which means it would change the world.
In addition, if you could ask any architect of that time “Will plastic replace ordinary concrete?”, You would surely hear a positive answer.
By the way, in those same years, automotive designers assured everyone that just about all cars would be made of plastic.
Since then, engineers have built a lot of such cars, including serial ones, but the “mainstream” has remained steel.
Suuronen's house being driven along the Thames, 1969 (photo phinnweb.com)
A similar fate awaited Suuronen's house, but then he rolled up his sleeves with enthusiasm.
So the "plate" could accommodate 8 people and had a diameter of 8 meters, like the aforementioned dome. The height of the house exceeded 4 meters. The house was manufactured at the factory and, due to its extraordinary lightness, it could be delivered to the installation site by helicopter.
The Finnish inventor even considered the practice of "mobile living" - a week there, a week here. The streamlined house on legs-supports perfectly, in his opinion, fit into the virgin landscapes.
Suuronen's rosy dreams were drowned in the 1973 oil crisis: plastic prices soared and Futuro's production could no longer be profitable.
1968 Futuro is assembled at the Polykem plant (photo by arcspace.com)
It seems that only 20 such houses were built, but if you dig a good deal on the Web, you can find that there are more than two dozen Futuro around the world now.
And each is attributed to a famous Finnish architect.
Whether this is a desire to attract tourists, or proof that the feelings that people experienced 35 years ago have not disappeared anywhere.
At least in Finland, the USA and the Netherlands, several examples of unusual Finnish houses have been preserved.
One of them, registered in San Diego, was even put up for an online auction in 2001: in a very well-maintained condition and with a starting price of $25,000.
The layout of the "flying saucer" (illustration arcspace.com)
His other brother was less fortunate. In the spring of 2003, rumors spread around the state of New Jersey about allegedly found fragments of a UFO.
Later, explanations were added - we are talking, apparently, about some forgotten scenery for a science fiction film.
Only in the summer, a group of enthusiasts managed to establish that it was one of the Futuro houses, which changed hands more than once over the years and moved from place to place throughout the country.
He was in a difficult state - broken glass, dirt and empty bottles inside, peeling paint hung in tatters. Traditional American graffiti completed the picture of desolation.
The Finnish architect hoped that millions of families would follow in the footsteps of these people.
Fortunately for the creation of a Finnish architect, there was new owner for a pretty house - Scott Gifford (Scott Gifford), who decided to turn it into a gift shop.
However, the history of this instance is rather an exception, reminiscent of the unenviable fate of Suuronen's design.
However, before the romantic fantasy of the 1960s gave way to the cold sanity of the 1970s, UFO houses had time to "scatter" far beyond the borders of Suomi.
Round houses served as cafes, motel rooms, exhibits.
This was the comfort of the space age (photo arcspace.com)
"Futuro" successfully conveyed the airy atmosphere of its time and therefore was not forgotten. In 1998, Mika Taanila made a documentary about Futuro, which was successfully shown at international film festivals.
In addition, an exhibition of photographs of extraordinary houses traveled around the world.
In Europe, several Futuro houses were bought by the Air Force to house technical staff at remote stations. The Soviet government purchased several of these houses for the 1980 Olympics.
But the oil crisis in 1973 caused plastic prices to skyrocket, fashion trends changed at the same time, and Futuro's market success waned. Polykem discontinued their production in 1978.
Then, in the early 1990s, Futuro returned when European artists began using it in their installations.
Well, here is the result:
And here is where someone else lives:
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Nostalgic selection of buildings from the 1960s-1980s.
Soviet architecture can be treated differently, but, nevertheless, it retains the unique spirit of the times, the monumentality and grandeur of the Soviet Union. We present you a selection of the most fantastic buildings of Soviet architecture.
Tarelka Hotel, Dombay, Russia
It was built in 1969 on the slope of Mount Mussa-Achitara, at an altitude of 2250 meters above sea level. The hotel can be transported: it is disassembled into parts or completely transferred by helicopter.
Boarding house "Druzhba", Yalta, Ukraine
A joint project of specialists from the USSR and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The building was filmed in the movie "Resident Evil: Retribution" (2012), as a former Soviet military base in Kamchatka.
Exhibition complex Belexpo, Minsk, Belarus
Exhibition pavilion of the architect Leonard Moskalevich, 1988.
Engineering Corps of the Ministry of Highways
The building was built in 1975 by the architect Georgy Chakhava, who ironically held the post of minister at the time. highways Georgia, i.e., in fact, the author of the project was at the same time his customer. Between the buildings there is a sloping park with a swimming pool and a cascade waterfall. Now the former ministry belongs to the Bank of Georgia.
Embassy of the USSR in Cuba, Havana
The complex was built in 1985 according to the project of V. Piasecki. Today, the Russian embassy is located here.
Central Research Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, St. Petersburg, Russia
It was built according to the project of S. Savin and B. Artyushin for 14 years (1973-1987), experiments were carried out here with a 16-meter manipulator of the Buran reusable spacecraft.
Summer theater in the park, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
The building was built in 1978 according to the project of the architect O. Petrov in the park pond.
Amalir Sports and Concert Complex, Yerevan, Armenia
It was opened in 1983 on Tsitsernakaberd hill. The project of a group of Armenian architects: A. Tarkhanyan, S. Khachikyan, G. Poghosyan and G. Musheghyan. A year and a half after the opening, there was a major fire, and the complex was closed for reconstruction until the end of 1987.
Regional Drama Theater in Grodno, Belarus
The building was built in 1977-1984 according to the project of the Moscow Institute "Giproteatr" (architect G. Mochulsky).
Regional Drama Theater named after F. M. Dostoevsky, Novgorod, Russia
The building was built in 1987 according to the project of V. Somov. Andrei Makarevich, who worked at the Giproteatr Institute in those years, took part in the work on the construction.
Crematorium, Kyiv, Ukraine
The crematorium at the Baikove cemetery was built in 1975 according to the project of the architect A.M. Miletsky.
The building of the Kazan State Circus, Kazan, Russia
Opened December 9, 1967. The building was designed by architect G. M. Pichuev, engineers O. I. Berim and E. Yu. Brudny.
Cafe "Pearl", Baku, Azerbaijan
Built according to the idea of the city's measure A.D. Lemberansky in the 1960s. It goes back to the architecture of the Manantiales restaurant, built in 1958 in the suburbs of Mexico City by the Spanish architect Felix Candela.
"House-ring" residential area Matveevskoe, Moscow, Russia
Architect - Eugene Stamo, 1973. Six years later, the twin brother of this house was built. In the courtyards of these buildings there is a green area with a playground.
Historical and Ethnographic Museum on Mount Sulaiman-Too, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
It was built in 1978 on the slope of the Sulaiman-Too sacred mountain, designed by architect Kubanychbek Nazarov. A small concrete arch with panoramic windows divided by vertical ribs closes the entrance to the cave. It was planned to house a restaurant in the building, but then it was given over to an archaeological exposition. A futuristic portal to the mountain bowels conceals a two-story cave complex, where the lower floor is expanded manually, and the upper one is left in a natural, “natural” form.
Salyut Hotel, Kyiv, Ukraine
Built in 1984 by architect A. Miletsky. The building was designed to have 18 floors, but already in the process of construction it was “cut down” so that it would not compete in height with the bell tower of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Experts believe that the author was inspired by the architecture of metabolism, popular in Japan in the 1960s and 70s.
Hotel at the Olympic Sailing Centre, Pirita Port, Tallinn, Estonia
Built in 1980, according to the project of Estonian architects, this is a ship in the captain's cabin of which there is a restaurant. Project leader - Henno Sepmann. The current name is Pirita Top Spa Hotell.
Railway station, Dubulti station, Jurmala, Latvia
Built in 1977 to mark the station's centenary, designed by architect Igor Georgievich Yavein. The Baltic wave frozen in concrete is both a reference to the Soviet architectural avant-garde of the 1920s and a kind of predecessor of modern “space” architecture.
Pavilion on the territory of VDNKh of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Built in the 1970s. Unfortunately, this building has not survived to our time. The inspiration for the architects of the pavilion was obviously Cathedral in Brazil, architect Oscar Niemeyer, a communist and a great friend of the entire Soviet people.
Cinema "Russia", Yerevan, Armenia
The building was erected in 1975 in the central part of the Armenian capital under the leadership of a creative team of architects (G. Poghosyan, A. Tarkhanyan, S. Khachikyan).
Khmelnitsky Regional Literary and Memorial Museum of Nikolai Ostrovsky, Shepetovka, Ukraine
The ring, according to the authors of the project M. Gusev and V. Suslov, symbolized a wreath dedicated to the memory of the writer, and the pylons supporting him - the hands of admirers of Ostrovsky's talent. The scarlet smalt mosaic is a red banner around a commemorative wreath. 1979
Building of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Construction began in 1974 and was completed 20 years later; at the time construction began, the project had no analogues in Moscow. Artistic compositions made of metal and glass are the main decorative element. The people called them "golden brains", there are many legends about their real purpose, including the ideas of "conspiracy theories".
Museum of Ilya Chavchavadze, Kvareli, Georgia
The museum of the Georgian poet and publicist Ilya Chavchavadze was designed by one of the most avant-garde Soviet architects Viktor Jorvenadze and commissioned in 1979.
Olympia Hotel, Tallinn, Estonia
In 1980, along with the Olympia Hotel, a variety show was opened on its ground floor. The building was designed by architects Toivo Kallas and Rein Kersten.
The building began to be built in 1970 and completed relatively recently. It is located on the site of the former Königsberg castle and for a long time it was the most famous long-term construction in the west of Russia. Project by Lev Misozhnikov and Galina Kucher locals dubbed the "buried robot".
Palace of Ceremonies, Tbilisi, Georgia
Erected in 1985 according to the design of Viktor Jorvenadze. During the years of independence, the building was bought by an authoritative local businessman, Badri Patarkatsishvili. Here, on the territory of the former wedding palace of the capital of Soviet Georgia, in 2008 he was buried.
