2013: A Russian Meteor Filmed Being Struck by a UFO
Guide:“Footage of a UFO Shattering the 2013 Russian Meteor” is a featured entry in the AlienResearch archive. Around 2013, while keeping the original footage and citations, this page adds a readable guide and search points, improving information density and how readily it can be indexed. Existing body summary: Event overview Attribute Details Event name 2013 Chelyabinsk Meteor UFO Intercept Date February 15, 2013 Location Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia (Chelyabinsk) Event type close-
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Event overview
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Event name | 2013 Chelyabinsk Meteor UFO Intercept |
| Date | February 15, 2013 |
| Location | Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia (Chelyabinsk) |
| Event type | Close encounter / celestial object intercepted |
| Confidence | ★★★★☆ |
Event details
At 9:20 a.m. on February 15, 2013, an asteroid about 20 meters across and weighing about 12,000 tons entered Earth’s atmosphere at 19 kilometers per second and exploded about 23 kilometers above Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, releasing energy equivalent to about 500 kilotons of TNT, 30 times the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The shock wave injured more than 1,500 people and damaged about 7,200 buildings.
But before the explosion, multiple dashcams and surveillance cameras captured a startling scene: a bright beam of light caught up with the meteor from behind, and after the strike the meteor immediately broke apart and exploded. Russian officials explained it as “the meteor breaking up on its own,” but the video clearly shows an object catching the meteor from behind at extremely high speed and, after the impact, flying off on a sharp change of course—which does not match the motion of natural fragments in ballistics.
Key doubts:
- The object caught up from behind with a meteor flying at 19km/s, so its speed was at least above 30km/s, far beyond any missile or interceptor humanity currently has
- After striking the meteor it quickly changed course and flew away, rather than continuing along its original path
- The Russian military afterward sealed off Lake Chebarkul, in the area where the meteor fell, and carried out an official recovery operation that lasted a month
- Multiple videos were deleted or had their distribution restricted on YouTube
The incident drew intense attention from UFO researchers around the world. It is taken as strong evidence that “Earth is being protected by an unknown force,” and it is the best-known video record of a UFO intercepting a celestial object in the 21st century.
Source references
- NASA/JPL：Chelyabinsk Meteor Event Assessment
- Official report of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations
- Multiple original dashcam videos on YouTube/RT
- Multi-angle video analysis by the UFO research community
