This is an excerpt from "Above Top Secret" by T. This incident has been confirmed from other sources, however. For the following summary I am indebted to Chris Rutkowski's thorough analysis in "Flying Saucer Review", which I have leaned heavily on.
At p. The objects appeared more oval and disk shaped as they came closer. Suddenly, the object furthest away stopped in midair as the other came nearer and then landed about feet away. The object in the air hovered for a short period, then departed silently, changing color from red to orange to gray, then back to orange as it disappeared behind clouds. The craft on the ground also changed color from red to gray and finally to "hot stainless steel," surrounded by a goldenish glow.
It was about thirty-five feet in diameter and twelve feet high. Michalak knelt on a rock as he observed the object through welding goggles that he normally wore to protect his eyes from chips of rock. A dazzling purple light flooded out of openings in the upper part of the object. The witness sat on the rock for the next half hour, sketching the object and noting as many details as possible.
Waves of warm air and a smell of sulphur radiated from the craft, and there were noises like the whirring of an electric motor as well as a hissing sound. A door the opened in the side of the craft, with lights coming from the inside.
Michalak decided to approach closer, and when he was sixty feet away heard two human-like voices, one higher pitched than the other. Convinced by now that the device was a new experimental American aircraft, he asked the occupants if they were having trouble. There was no response, although the voices subsided, so he asked in Russian, "Do you speak Russian?
