Salyut-7 Encounter

June 1984 marked the Soviet Union's ninth mission to its orbital space station Salyut 7.

The mission launched on cosmonauts day was intended to resupply the station and conduct scientific and technical research.

However, the mission gained more fame not for its scientific endeavors but for a mystifying experience reported by the crew members.

The accounts involve an ethereal encounter that occurred 155 days into their 237-day mission.