The Mystery of the Polar Urals That Has No Explanation

Winter, 1962.Seven people — geologists and engineers — set out on an expedition under the Ministry of Geology of the USSR. Their route ran through the remote and inaccessible regions of the Polar Urals. The goal was to record magnetic anomalies that, according to rumors at the time, even the military had taken interest in.

Ten days later, all communication was lost.When rescuers finally reached the camp in spring, they found a tent neatly pitched in the middle of a snowy plain. Inside — food, observation journals, personal belongings. Everything was carefully arranged, as if the group had only stepped away for a few minutes.

But no one ever came back.

In the expedition leader’s diary there was only one word:

“Heard.”

The handwriting was steady but slightly uneven, as if written with a trembling hand.The following pages were blank.

In the field journals, the instruments’ readings were described as strange: compass needles spinning, radio signals “drifting,” and sensors reacting to an unknown field. One participant wrote:

“Heard a rumble, like the wind — but it came from beneath the ground.Saw a light, like the northern aurora, but it moved horizontally.”

The official explanation blamed weather conditions.Yet no storms, avalanches, or extreme temperatures were recorded in the area at that time.

In 1987, when one of the archives of the Ministry of Geology was dissolved, documents connected to “Commission No. 12” and magnetic field research were destroyed.With them vanished the case of the seven geophysicists from 1962.

Some researchers claim the expedition may have witnessed an experimental energy test, others — that it encountered an unknown natural phenomenon, later referred to as the “Gromov Anomaly.”

The expedition was searched for months.Nothing was found — no footprints, no remains, no campfires.The snow around the tent showed signs of melting, as if briefly exposed to intense heat.

Only fragments of the official reports survived in the archives:

“The site was examined.No signs of escape, struggle, or attack were found.Installed instruments remain intact.It is recommended that further searches be discontinued.”

The “Puzzles of History” project has reconstructed all surviving fragments — letters, reports, telegram copies, and oral testimonies.So far, there is only one conclusion: the disappearance of the seven people has no logical explanation — neither natural nor human.

“Heard.” — the only word left behind by the expedition,a symbol of how the past still whispers to us through the dust of forgotten archives.