U.S. Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D-Ga.) was travelling on a Soviet train in 1955 during a fact-finding mission in Russia when he spotted a disc-shaped, flying saucer UFO taking off near the tracks. He and his aides reported the sighting to U.S. security agencies after they left Russia, but the U.S. government kept the UFO sightings secret for about 30 years.
Senator Russell, then chairman of the Armed Services Committee and one of the most influential senators until his death in 1971 after serving in Senate for 38 years, was travelling with two aides in the Transcaucasus region of Russia when, at about 7 p.m. on October 4, 1955, he looked out of the window and spotted two disc-shaped UFOs taking off from a spot near the tracks.
He called his military aide Lt. Col. Hathaway and interpreter Ruben Efron to the window urgently. Hathaway came to the window in time to see the first UFO, but Efron barely caught a glimpse of the first UFO as it disappeared. However, all three saw the second UFO as it took off.
They reported the sightings to the U.S. Air Force authorities immediately after they left Russia, agreeing that they saw a disc-shaped UFO.
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