On December 1, 1963, Well No. 11 at the Urtabulak Gas Field in the Bukhara Oblast of the Uzbek SSR hit a high-pressure (300 atmospheres) gas formation, destroying the wellhead and igniting a massive, seemingly unquenchable fire. Unquenchable, that is, using traditional methods. The fire would go on to burn for nearly three years, afterContinueContinue reading “1966: Soviets Detonate 30-Kiloton Nuclear Charge to Extinguish Out-of-Control Gas Fire”
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December 1966: Man-Made Objects on the Lunar Surface! Soviet Luna-13 Spacecraft Sends Mysterious Photos to Earth, Scientists Offer Answers
On December 26, 1966, the Soviet-developed interplanetary spacecraft Luna-13 transmitted to Earth a photo panorama of the lunar surface, on which objects resembling parts of apparent man-made origin can be seen. On 26 December 2025, the 59th anniversary of the Luna-13’s achievement, the Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation [RGANTD] published declassified documentsContinueContinue reading “December 1966: Man-Made Objects on the Lunar Surface! Soviet Luna-13 Spacecraft Sends Mysterious Photos to Earth, Scientists Offer Answers”
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