Leonid Kizim, 68, RIP

Six Soviet Cosmonauts in 1985 saw "celestial beings" on the 155th day aboard their orbiting space station. This was first reported by Cosmonaut Vladimir Solevev and Oleg Atkov as well as Leonid Kizim. This is what they said, "What we saw were seven giant figures in the form of humans, but with wings and mist-like halos as in the classic depiction of angels."

When the Cosmonauts were performing medical experiments in Salyut 7 high above the earth, a brilliant orange cloud enveloped them, blinding them temporarily, and when their eyes cleared, they saw the angels.

Well, a couple days ago (6/14), Leonid Kizim, a Ukrainian cosmonaut, passed away at the age of 68.  A little young if you asked me, but he certainly will be remembered for all the impressive work he was able to accomplish in his life.  

The angels story is unusual, no doubt, but if true, he is certainly much larger now, and has a shiny new pair of wings to hurdle forth through space and time.  God speed, Kizim.  God speed.

The heavenly visitors, they said, followed them for about 10 minutes and vanished as suddenly as they had appeared. However, 12 days later, Cosmonauts Svetlana Savitskaya, Igor Volk, and Vladimir Dzhanibevok, who had just joined the others on the space station, also saw the beings. "They were glowing," they reported. "We were truly overwhelmed. There was a great orange light, and through it, we could see the figures of seven angels. They were smiling as though they shared a glorious secret, but within a few minutes, they were gone, and we never saw them again.""