Brief
Igor Volker
The claims the writer was given for Igor Volker, in the order they were given.
1
Igor Volker is a ufologist who did extensive work researching the Merivälja object and the Soviet investigation reports.
“Igor Volker, who's the ufologist who did a lot of work on Merivälja, and also the Soviet papers, the reports of the Soviet investigation team that did this work with the KGB”
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2
Ufologist Igor Volker claimed in the Estonian media that there were actually two objects beneath the Merivalja property.
“very dramatic claims aired in the Estonian media by a ufologist called Igor Volker, and he suggested there were actually two objects beneath the property”
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3
Igor Volker claimed one of the two objects beneath the Merivalja property was an elliptical disc measuring 17 by 22 metres.
“One elliptical, the disc, which was enormous, 17 by 22 meters.”
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4
Igor Volker claimed the other object beneath the Merivalja property was grenade-shaped and measured two by four metres.
“The other was a grenade-shaped object, two by four meters.”
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5
No hard evidence was ever produced for either of the two objects Igor Volker claimed were beneath the Merivalja property.
“we never saw any hard evidence of either of these objects, did we?”
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6
Igor Volker reportedly said the Merivalja object is a very dangerous object that should and must be closed.
“Mr. Volker reportedly said that this, it's a very dangerous object and it should be and must be closed”
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7
Igor Volker performed a ritual to close the shafts at the Merivalja site after Alexander Deyev left in 1988, believing this would keep the object dormant.
“after the day I've left in the late 80s, '88, he performed this, dare I call it, ritual of closing the shafts... to make sure that it stays dormant”
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8
Igor Volker was convinced that once the Merivalja object awakens, it will have dire consequences for everyone.
“he was quite convinced that once this object awakens, it will have dire consequences for everyone”
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9
Vormsi Enn and Igor Volker were not really interested in the KGB's (Committee for State Security) activities.
“I think these gentlemen who are by now, sadly, all passed on, both Vormsi and Mr. Volker, they were not really interested in the KGB and their doings.”
Object M: The buried Estonian mystery the KGB spent years trying to reach | Reality Check 2026-08-11 00:53:54.0-00:54:06.6 opinion first hand
10
Vormsi Enn and Igor Volker were deeply worried about the effects that the Merivalja object or structure might have on the country and the city.
“They were really concerned and deeply worried about the effects of what this object or structure might have on the country, on the city.”
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11
Vormsi Enn and Igor Volker suggested that the Merivalja object be reburied and the excavation shafts refilled.
“they really suggested that this must be reburied and the shafts refilled and they managed to do that by 1988.”
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12
Igor Volker, who died two years before this conversation, reportedly had some of the footage filmed by the 1991 Japanese investigation crew at the Merivalja garden.
“But I've heard that Mr. Volker, who passed away two years ago, has or had some of the footage filmed by the crew.”
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