The UFOCOM or Belorussian UFOlogical COMmunity (previous and inner-used - Ufological Committee of Belarus) is a non-commercial, non-government, non-registered public organization in Belarus. Founded in 2001, in Gorky, Belarus, as a group of enthusiasts, mostly students of Gorky state University, studiing paranormal phenomena in local area. Later, group developed into a state-wide networked community of volunteers, performing both local and state-wide field, monitoring and analytical research projects.

Kosmopoisk relations

Since 2005 UfoCom acts as a part of Kosmopoisk international movement, serving as officially non-registered office and public nod of all-CIS network of anomalistic/UFO researches. All-Belorussian annual field meetings are hold jointly by Kosmopoisk and UfoCom in most notable and attractive from researcher point of view places state-wide. Coordinator of UfoCom also serves as a coordinator for Belorussian regional branch of Kosmopoisk Unity(Kosmopoisk-Belorus). Since 2006 UfoCom coordinator is Ilya Butov.

Orthodox Church relations

In 2005 UfoCom was included into the list of destructive religious organizations of Belarus due to a series of Church-unfriendly articles, published by UfoCom's previous leader, Ruslan Linnik. Problem was eventually solved with Linnik withdrawal from Ufocom activities in 2006

Structure

UfoCom consist of a number of local groups in large cities of Belarus - most active in Minsk and Brest, also in Vitebsk, Gorki and some others - together with a number of individual members and corresponding
members from Belarus and foreign countries. In addition exists a special urban explorers team called 'Diggers of Brest'(performs researches of underground like Brest Fortress and abandoned ancient and Soviet-era fortification installations), and an archaeological team called 'Artefact'. UfoCom focuses on studying various anomalous phenomena (UFOs, crop-circles, poltergeist), meteorite impact sites, civilian, military and religious historical sites. Researches are being hold in close cooperation with Belorussian national Academy of sciences and its facilities.

Joint research activities

UfoCom widely participates and supports in Belarus various networked(mostly Kosmopoisk

Kosmopoisk

Kosmopoisk , or Spacesearch, is a self-styled all-Russian public scientific Organization , and an International Movement with interests in ufology, cryptozoology, and other mystery investigations....

-based) initiatives

Project	Activities and researches	Achieved result
Infra-S	Travelling infrared Infrared Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...  phenomena instrumental study, hold via a networked observations with low-budget amateur photoelectronic devices	Unidentified sources(LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR is an optical remote sensing technology that can measure the distance to, or other properties of a target by illuminating the target with light, often using pulses from a laser...  beam-like) with about 0.4 Hz amplitude variation spotted in 2008
Tonnel	A field search and exploration of underground installations, possibly related with UFO phenomena, and their possible influence on processes in the environment	Several archaeological sites(non UFO-related) discovered and investigated
Dromos	A search and investigation of sites with regular UFO appearing, suspected for being UFO bases and nod of hypothetical extraterrestrial transportation system	Several locations, supposed to be UFO-nests, have been identified in Belarus

Awards

Since 2005, a number of UfoCom members and implemented activities were nominated for Kosmopoisk

Kosmopoisk

Kosmopoisk , or Spacesearch, is a self-styled all-Russian public scientific Organization , and an International Movement with interests in ufology, cryptozoology, and other mystery investigations....

 annual award.
In 2007, two UfoCom volunteers were awarded diplomas from March for Parks, hold by Biodiversity Conservation center, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, international environmental programme(first time in history of post-USSR members of ufological communities received award for nature protection actitities)

Media coverage

UfoCom collects and makes available for researches a library of various literature devoted to anomalous phenomena, including rare items.
For promoting researches and their results, a periodical newspaper 'Anatomy of Phenomena' is published on a non-commercial basis.

Field work

• Investigation and excavation of Stolbtsovsky meteorite
  Meteorite
  A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...
  
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• Discovery of a previously unknown Adolf Hitler command bunker in Belarus
  Belarus
  Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
  
  
• Study of Kupa archaeological site, which is supposed to be a 'Belorussian Stonehenge
  Stonehenge
  Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks...
  
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• Investigation of snow cropcircles site