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Alexander Sergeievich Kolevatov

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Alexander Sergeievich Kolevatov (1933-1959) was a Soviet national and student at the Ural Polytechnic Institute, specializing in photography and radio engineering. He was one of the nine experienced hikers in the ill-fated Dyatlov Pass expedition in February 1959, where all members perished under mysterious circumstances in the Ural Mountains. Kolevatov, known for his interest in photography, carried specialized equipment including a German-made camera. While not a researcher himself, his death fueled decades of speculation linking the incident to UAP/UFO phenomena, Soviet secret weapons tests, or military experiments. Investigators like Lev Ivanov reported observing flying spheres, and Anatoly Gushchin's 1990 book 'The Price of State Secrets Is Nine Lives' proposed a classified weapons test as the cause, implicating government cover-ups. No direct involvement in UFO programs is documented for Kolevatov, but the case remains a cornerstone of UFO lore due to orange sphere sightings and unexplained injuries.

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