Theories Discussion > Lightning strike / Ball lightning
According to Nigel Evans himself
Nigel Evans:
Ivanov used the term fire orbs -
The study of the case now fully convinces, and even then I stuck to the version of the death of student hikers from exposure to an unknown flying object. Based on the evidence gathered, the role of UFOs in this tragedy was quite obvious. Correspondent Bogomolov, whom I gave an interview, in his publication claims that the criminal prosecutor Ivanov at that time clearly highlighted: the cause of the deaths was an unidentified object, although he encoded it in the final document with the words "force majeure". To the correspondent’s question, have I changed my view of the causes of death of the hikers over these thirty years, I replied that I only changed my view of the impact technique. If earlier I believed that the ball exploded, releasing completely unknown, but radioactive energy, now I believe that the action of the energy from the ball was selective, it was aimed only at three people. When I reported to A.F. Yeshtokin about my findings - fireballs, radioactivity, he gave a completely categorical order: to classify everything, to seal everything up, to hand it over to the special unit and forget about it. Needless to say that all this was exactly done?
"Mystery of the fireballs" Lev Ivanov, "Leninskiy Put", Kustanay, 22 and 24 November 1990
The problem with showing a consistent pattern of injury across BL events is that they are rare and violent events are rarer still and modern pathology is well modern and historical BL violence not recorded in any detail. But the Black Dog of Bungay comes to mind - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Shuck#Bungay_and_Blythburgh
Here you're seeing snapped neck injuries ala Kolevatov.
Also with the roller link i posted earlier Yuri K had a serious burn on his leg.
But chest/skull fractures due to BL are harder to find due to pathology being a modern science. But i think it follows that if this phenomena has the mechanical energy to snap necks and smash stone tables and walls then it could create these other injuries.
Marchesk:
--- Quote ---When I reported about my discoveries, the fire orbs and radioactivity, to A.F. Yeshtokin, he was very categorical in his orders: absolutely everything related to the must be made secret, classified, sealed, sent to special archives and forgotten. Am I to explain that orders had to be and were executed right off?
--- End quote ---
But why would there be a coverup for a natural phenomenon like ball lightening? Even if it wasn't understood then, the higher ups would be able to find out whether there was any military testing in the area that night that could have been responsible. If not, then why would it matter? Let the investigation continue as is since there's nothing secret to uncover.
If you want to create the appearance of a conspiracy, this is the perfect way to go about it.
Nigel Evans:
It's a good question.
My answer would be that the authorities didn't know what had happened. This is indicated by the cost of the investigation which was enormous - say a 30 strong team supplied by helicopters for months. The motive for this expense was that some of the party had worked in sensitive areas and the state wanted to know if they had an issue with defection. If they were confident that military testing was responsible then they could have just waited for the summer and found the bodies say a four to six weeks later than they actually did with no expense at all. Also there was no effort to cover it up before May when they found the rav4, public funerals in open coffins with orange brown faces, if the state wanted a coverup they wouldn't have released the first five bodies whose condition fueled accusations of state involvement.
The coverup happened when they found the rav4 and imo it's because of Semyon's camera. it seems that there are missing frames from that roll and the frames we do have can be interpreted as aerial self illuminating objects at 30x magnification (or water damage et al of course). Remember that Ivanov saw all the evidence before the coverup and he steadfastly maintained his view throughout his life that it was the fire orbs. So why coverup a natural phenomena? Well this is the Cold War era and if a natural phenomena can accidentally kill 9 people then perhaps it can have military applications, perhaps they wanted to study it. When Ivanov requested returning to the area in the summer to hunt for more evidence without snow cover it was simply refused and access to the area was shutdown for several years afterwards.
So i think the two best theories for the DPI are natural electro magnetic phenomena or military testing. For me a big clue is the last entry by Igor in the diary where the night before they died he questions the wisdom of going up to the ridge in those conditions. The theory would be that Semyon was KGB and had been seconded to the group with a camera for this purpose, so Igor couldn't overrule the decision even though he didn't like it.
But all we can do is wonder until the real evidence hidden in a secret archive is made public.
HadrianSharr:
It is hard to imagine such a comfort somewhere on the ridge, with a piercing wind, hundreds kilometers away from human settlements.
Dyatlov (last record in the diary)
It's quite sad, the way he's written it.
sarapuk:
I dont see any real evidence of ball lightning causing similar injuries to those that occurred to some of the Dyatlov Group. Irrespective of ancient reports and legends there are plenty of instances of ball lightning that have occurred and still occur fairly regularly, but no injuries to humans. Or are we to believe that we are dealing with intelligent ball lightning that inflicted such extraordinary injuries on some of the Dyatlov Group, I dont think so. There may have been ball lightning in the area at the time of the incident but it doesnt mean it was responsible for the demise of the Dyatlov Group. There was snow and sub zero temperatures and wind but that doesnt mean they succumbed just to those conditions. Something happened apart from those things.
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