Attack of balloon boys
2:00 am in South America would be what time in Plesesk? During the day, at any rate.
Over South America is just about the right place for the apogee burn for a launch from Plesesk (which is in Russia — way north). That would create a cigar-shaped glowing cloud. So would a second stage tank re-entering the atmosphere — and over South America is the right place for that to be seen, just like the Shuttle’s ET reenters over the Indian Ocean. That a crappy infrastruction (prone to power and water system failures) and a good dose of mass hyseria would be sufficient to create a UFO panic.
Just sayin’.