More information regarding the story of the discovery of two giant statues in the desert. The main character is called Misha. He is the leader of a team of scientists that go and investigate two statues of a man and a women. In hindsight, I thought the setting of the story was in Russia.
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Hi, welcome to SF&F. Is this a short story or a TV show? What desert do they appear in? Is it on Earth?– DavidWCommented May 9, 2023 at 16:23
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Not the story you are looking for, but Alan Moore used the same premise in his 1985 short story Brief Lives.– ComicSansMSCommented May 10, 2023 at 11:28
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1It is indeed called 'Desert Encounter'. Re-reading this short story has jogged my memory. Thank you.– BonilCommented May 10, 2023 at 18:29
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It is "Desert Encounter" by I. Rosokhvatsky, isfdb
Other names: "Aliens from another time", "Newcomers from the next hour", "Meeting in time", "Meeting in the desert".
First published in 1961 (ukrainian version).
Plot
In the middle of the Asian desert, not far from the remains of an ancient city, archaeologists have discovered two strange statues of a man and a woman. The mystery of the statues haunts researchers. According to one of the hypotheses, a spaceship once landed in the desert, and intelligent beings left these statues as a sign of their stay on Earth. The truth is somewhat different...
"Misha" character:
His name was Mikhail Grigorevich Butyagin. When he came here for the first time, they called him "Misha"
answered May 9, 2023 at 18:27
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