Alien in Google Russia Doodle

• When: March 6th, 2014
• Where: Korosten, Ukraine (far north of Crimea)
• What: Very large cigar-shaped craft flying in broad daylight over war torn country

UFOs have a habit of showing up in places troubled by violent weather or war.

About a month ago, eerie footage of a giant, cylinder shaped craft flying over a Ukraine city in broad daylight surfaced on YouTube – specifically an entertainment news channel.

It’s difficult to find any fresh local news or insights out of the Ukraine right now, and unsurprisingly I have not been able to track down any original eyewitness accounts of this event. The video however is quite compelling and the handful of mainstream media outlets that tend to report on UFO sightings – MSNBC, Huffington Post – gave it some attention.

But then it gets weird.

The Turner Radio Network, a small alternative news site, released a story that the UFO was actually a result of the US’ impressive and growing black budget, a gravity-defying craft called “Sky Dreadnought,” and it was just flexing its muscles (sending a message to Russia perhaps?). Whether this was a tall tale, cover story or the real deal, it’s now 404ing. A YouTuber was able to grab some screenshots of it as proof, though. If this was a tall tale intended to generate page views, it’s rather odd it would 404.

The MSM’s interest in the story and the short-lived explanation that the UFO belongs to the US military makes the story worthwhile however – amazing crafts and UFOs are photographed and videoed all over the world around the clock, but lighthearted media outlets like the Huffington Post only pick up .0001% of them and their cherry picking methods are curious. Sometimes reporting on a UFO is means controlling the story and then diverting people away from it. Sometimes it means reporting on hoaxes so as to undermine other more legitimate sightings.

With that said… watch the original UFO footage, featured on a pretty interesting YouTube channel called TheLipTV:

Nearby Kiev was one of the first cities to hear the strange earth sounds that have been sweeping the world of late. So, in addition to civil war, the country is clearly undergoing a lot of change.

The Ukraine and Russian people do not hesitate to explore paranormal topics and conspiracies like Americans do (for better and worse probably). News stories of alien visitation and interaction with world governments come out of Russia all the time, so it’s no wonder one of the country’s citizens would have such an imagination.

Google Russia has a great doodle today and it seems especially relevant today: