[ WP ] The Chernobyl disaster was all a conspiracy and there was actually no radioactive meltdown . Something much worse happened there , and you 're the conspiracy theorist who just figured it out..

***DVD recieved by RT office 19th June 2016, no specific name on envelope*** 
 
 
 The camera switches on, a chair and table appear in shot. A man, dressed in a Soviet era uniform covered in a collection of medals sits on the chair; he looks old probably in his late 60/70s, wrinkled but still a giant of a man. He gives a deep guttural cough, struggling to catch his breath. A voice off camera asks “ Are you ok, do you want some water? ” 
 
 The man gestures with his hand, coughing into a tissue, blood clearly visible on it before managing to gasp, “ No thank you, it will pass ”. 
 
 The interviewer adjusts the camera as the man straights up in the chair, fixing the uniform placing the tissue in his pocket. The date in the corner reads 01/FEB/13 
 
 “ So do you want to start from the beginning Sergey? ” 
 
 The uniformed man looks behind camera in the direction of the voice. 
 
 “ First I want you to know I ’ m proud of my country, I wear this uniform with pride, I ’ m not a traitor telling this story. The only reason I am talking to you is because of the denial and lies they ( the government ) have told over the years which cost so many lives. ” He proudly touches the medals on his chest before continuing. 
 “ I am Colonel Sergey Antonov of the former Soviet army. I was based at our installation at Pripyat in 1986. At the time I was a Major over seeing the various experiments at our research site located at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. ” 
 
 “ What were your duties there? ” 
 
 “ Primarily to secure the site and keep the scientists and staff safe from outsiders and under a watchful eye. ” 
 
 “ What kind of research was done there? ” 
 
 “ I was never told the specifics, we where there to do our jobs, they ( the scientists ) where there to do theirs. It was on a total need to know basis and very few needed to know. That was the Soviet way. All I know was the Power Plant was build specifically for the facility and it involved energy experiments of some kind. ” 
 
 “ Describe to me what happened during the night of 26th April 1986? ” 
 
 “ I the scientists had been running tests for most of the day and had continued into the night. There was some sort of anticipation that they where on the cusp of something big, there was an air of near excitement that you could clearly read on their faces. ” He paused. “ And believe me, they had very little to smile about in those days. ” He shuffled in his chair slightly before continuing. 
 
 “ I had retired earlier that night to my bed, there was nothing untoward, just another day of testing. I was woken around 12:50pm by one of my staff saying that the facility was experiencing problems and the scientists had voiced concerns to the duty staff. As I got dressed the lights where flickering, not uncommon during some of the larger tests but this was different. ” 
 
 “ What was happening? ” 
 
 “ It was total chaos when I arrived. Technicians were running about and warning alarms ringing. The main lab area was bathed in a terrible bright light, flashing, blinding. I couldn ’ t see its exact point only that it was in the main test chamber, situated directly above the No.2 reactor. It was deliberately away from the civilian control room to reduce unnecessary contact. Someone shouted * ‘ It ’ s drawing more power, we can ’ t shout it down ’ *. I grabbed Yuri Satunov who was head of the research team and I demanded to know what was going on. ” 
 
 “ What did he say? ” 
 
 “ You must remember this was a very chaotic scene, I can ’ t remember his exact words but it he said they had run their tests as normal but something unexpected had happened he said the door had been opened and they couldn ’ t shut it. ” 
 
 “ The door? ” 
 
 “ Yes…at the time I didn ’ t understand but later on I came to know exactly what he meant. ” 
 
 “ Then what happened? ” 
 
 “ There was noise, ear piercing, building, getting louder and suddenly there was a blast of some kind, not an explosion as you or I know it but you felt it go through you, we all did. Like a wall of air had hit you, even though we where behind reinforce walls a blast proof glass. ” He gestures with his hands coming towards him. 
 “ Some panels on the control boards blew out, some lights shattered, I felt static in the air, I have never felt the like of it and that was when I saw it, one of them. ” 
 
 “ One of them!? ” 
 
 “ Yes ” Sergey pauses. “ I will never forget it till the day I die. It was huge. Twice, three times the size of a man. It raised a huge fist and struck the chamber glass, once, twice ” He motions with closed fists, hitting the table. ” The glass cracked, staff where going crazy, shouting orders ” …* ’ SHUT IT DOWN, KILL THE POWER ’ * “ Then there was another huge flash and it vanished. I looked at Yuri, he was white, pale, scared. I would have shook him till he told me everything but then my radio started, someone was reporting intruders in the Plant, there was gunfire screams. I tried to replay but there was no response. I bolted from the lab and told the two guards to seal the door and let no one in or out while I tried to find out what was going on. ” 
 
 “ What did you do? ” 
 
 “ I contacted my second in command, Captain Norrov and ordered a total lock down but he was already reporting we had causality ’ s. I raced to the duty station and already men had been brought there, injured, badly. Norrov informed me the men had been attack by unknown assailants throughout the Plant, some kind of creatures. ” Sergey raises his hands making himself large in the chair. 
 
 “ Then what!? ” 
 
 “ First and foremost I ’ m a solider…we grabbed our rifles and I picked up the phone to contact area command, the line was dead, then I tried to contact the lab. I got hold of Yuri and asked for an update. He couldn ’ t give me any answers only that the reactor was going to melt if they didn ’ t stop it. Just then there was another one of those blasts again, the phone went dead. There was gun fire in the corridor outside. We ran out and a solider was firing at one of those monstrosities. We aimed our rifles and fired too. ” He raises his hand as if holding a gun. 
 
 “ I emptied the whole clip, they did too but it did nothing. It ran at us, fast, so fast…it was upon us in seconds. It picked up Norrov and crushed him in front of me…those claws, his screams. ” He closes his eyes and shakes his head. “ Before it could get me there was a flash and it vanished. That was around 01:30am and that was when the reactor blew. I new immediately what it was. The Plants Klaxons started blaring and I told my men in the duty station to get out. I shouted for an evacuation over the radio, I didn ’ t know who was alive to receive the order. I turned and ran, the ground was shaking, I heard explosions, screams it was a nightmare. ” 
 
 “ But you got out? ” 
 
 “ Yes me and a dozen other soldiers a handful of the science staff from another part of the building. I later found out others were still in the civilian control room, totally unaware of what was happening else where in the building…as they should. I looked up and saw the hole in the No.2 reactor building roof, flashes of light and fire illuminated the sky, bits of the roof and graphite littered the ground. I wasn ’ t an expert in radioactivity but I knew I had to get out and contact command. ” 
 
 “ How quickly did they respond? ” 
 
 “ Quickly, maybe a hour had passed. They must have been monitoring the Plant; they arrived before I could make contact. Men in NBC suits picked me up in a forest not far from the Plant as I tried to make my way to Pripyat. I along with many others where picked up and transported away to be debriefed. There was a lot of soldiers, tanks, helicopters, I could swear I heard gunfire in the distance as the lorry drove us away, but I can ’ t be sure. ” 
 
 “ What did you tell them? ” 
 
 Sergey makes a *hmm* noise. “ I knew what would happen if I told them the truth. I told them I was in bed when the explosion happened, that I couldn ’ t contact my duty station or the lab and escaped once I realised the reactor had blown. ” 
 
 “ Did they believe you? ” 
 
 “ Maybe, maybe not, all I know is I never saw any of the others from that night. I was reassigned to a quiet base in Arctic Circle to police polar bears and I have never spoken about it since. I knew they would be watching, listening. The KGB was everywhere. ” 
 
 “ Why tell your story now? ” 
 
 “ I ’ m an old man who has been carrying the burden of a secret too long. So many men needlessly died that night, many more innocents with the radiation after. I watched every lie over the weeks, months and years that followed. The rehearsed testimonies, the documents, the investigations that pointed to an accident, all fake. ” He coughs again, deep, painfully. “ Besides soon I will be joining my comrades, the radiation has seen to that. ” 
 
 “ Did you ever return to Chernobyl? You have to understand with no proof it is a hard story to believe. ” 
 
 “ Only once, to the forest they found me in. ” Sergey reaches for his pocket and pulls out something a white handkerchief, long curved. He sets it on the table and slowely unfolds it. He lifts up a claw, long, sharp and holds it up. “ Monsters do exist….and I have seen them. ” 

