Surviving a Mid-Air UFO Collision - A Mexican pilot’s terrifying encounter with three UFOs and a mid-air collision in 1975 still retains its power to chill the senses. Who were they? What did they want?

It was the morning of May 3rd, 1975. Upon returning from a routine flight from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City, twenty-three-year-old pilot, Carlos de los Santos, prepared his Piper PA-24 plane and was soon in the skies, heading for the Benito Juárez International Airport.

Upon returning from a routine flight from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City, twenty-three-year-old pilot, Carlos de los Santos, prepared his Piper PA-24 plane and was soon in the skies, heading for the Benito Juárez International Airport.

It was over the VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range when Carlos noticed something odd in the distance. As he approached the oddity on his left, it soon came into view. There in the skies was a craft, gray in color and saucer-shaped. It was much smaller than his plane as it began to follow his left wing. It had, what appeared to be, a cockpit of some sort on the top with a blacked out window. As Carlos stared in awe at the craft, he had a strange feeling that he was being watched from the other side of his plane as well. He turned to look, and on his right wing was yet another identical craft.

arlos now felt uneasy. But before he could even process what was happening, a third craft appeared directly in front of his plane, descending beneath the front of the plane. Reacting on impulse, Carlos dipped the nose of the plane to observe where this craft had gone. To his surprise and dismay, the craft was a little too close for comfort, hitting and scraping the fuselage, damaging the landing gear of the plane.

Losing Control

It was at this point that Carlos no longer felt in control of his Piper plane. No matter what he did to try to get a handle on the plane, nothing was working. Surrounded by the three unknown objects, he was sure that they were moving in to attack. Surprisingly, however, Carlos felt as though they were guiding him. He still felt threatened and attempted to bump the object to his right, hoping this would somehow stop their control over his plane. But it didn’t. They were still in complete control, and now forcing the Piper to ascend to dangerous altitudes.

Helpless, and afraid of the rapid increase in cabin pressure literally killing him, Carlos did the only thing he could do; he radioed for help. Connecting with the control tower in Mexico City, he sent a distress call, yelling “Mayday!” as loud and as frequent as he possibly could. He went on to describe what was happening, stating that: “I have three unidentified visual objects flying around me! I’m apparently flying without control, the plane is without control. I’m not controlling the plane!”

The control tower instructed him to decelerate and descend, but Carlos explained that he could not. He believed this was the end, but just as he lost all hope, the objects seemed to distance themselves and began to head toward the nearby Mount Popocatépetl volcano at unbelievable speeds. The objects soon disappeared out of sight and Carlos regained control of his aircraft.

Left to Die

He notified the control tower of such but the issue remained that his landing gear was damaged beyond control. The airport issued an emergency landing, clearing the area of all flights. Forced to circle the airport almost a dozen times, Carlos desperately searched for something to fix the landing gear. He was able to find a screwdriver, and in a makeshift process was successful in extending the gear and safely landing the plane. Carlos was treated at a local clinic, and no substances were found in his system. He was given a clear bill of health and permission to continue flying thereafter.

Proof Positive

Any doubt that the event occurred were squashed when the radar operators at the control tower that day, Julio Cesar Interián Díaz and Emilio Estañol López testified that they did indeed view the objects in real time as they were making the maneuvers that Carlos had been reporting. According to UFO researcher, Miguel Romero, an affidavit was recorded in official minutes of the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics, by the Office of Aeronautical Authority for the International Airport of Mexico City, on May 8th of 1975.

I decided to climb at full thrust to get above the object, bit began to ascend almost parallel to my plane, and when I reached 63,000 ft., it stopped. "It still gives me chills to think about it."Facsimile of Commander Oscar Huerta's UFO Encounter at 63,000 feet by RDM* At this point, I came within about 300 feet of the UFO. It was about 30 feet in diameter. It was an enameled, cream-colored dome, with a wide, circular, metallic base. It had no engines, no exhausts, no windows, no wings or antennae. It lacked all the typical aircraft components, with no visible propulsion system. It was at that moment that I realized that this was no spying device, but that it was a UFO, something totally unknown. I was almost out of fuel, so I couldn't attack or maneuver my plane, or make a high speed escape. I was afraid. I thought I might be finished.

When I had calmed down, I radioed for another plane to come and have a look, trying to hide my fear. They said no, it's too high, just come back. I had to glide part way down due to lack of fuel, zigzagging to make my plane harder to hit, always with my eyes on the rearview mirrors, hoping it wouldn't chase me. It didn't. I spent 22 minutes maneuvering with this object. After I landed, the object remained stationary in the sky for two more hours, for everyone at the base to see. A US Department of Defense document titled 'UFO Sighted in Peru' described the incident, stating that the vehicle's origin remains unknown. It still gives me chills to think about it."From left to right: Rodrigo Bravo Garrido, Captain and Pilot for the Aviation Army of Chile, Dr. Anthony Choy, founder, OIFAA, Peruvian Air Force, and a "Man in Black," with Oscar Santa Maria Huerta, Commander, Peruvian Air Force (Ret.), Sukhoi S-22 Pilot in the La Joya UFO Incident.

After the conference, I told Commander Huerta that I envied his experience, his flight and the amazing things his eyes had seen. This conference was truly a historic event in the annals of UFO research. "Out of the Blue" producer, James Fox, and reporter, Leslie Kean, are to be highly commended for organizing this unique event in UFO history.

THE OBJECT:

It is a classic UFO, lenticular in shape, with increased superior convexity, like a dome. The ratio in its profile: height / width, of 3.6 is located in the average of those objects. It presents solid aspects, defined contours, illuminated by light sources. These, in all probability, were 3, located at 120 ° to each other and close to the equatorial edge of the lenticular shape. The most intense and variable source is probably located at the apex of the upper convexity of the dome. Its intensity makes it difficult to see this part of the object clearly.

The perimeter light sources were dim, blue-green in color. The top font was orange in color, varying towards white. There was no rotation, no sound.

Altogether, the UFO was visible at a distance of up to at least 50 km.

THE AIRPORT AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA:

It corresponds to the pre-Andean, Patagonian region, characterized by mountainous areas to the West and plateaus and plains to the East. It constitutes the foothills of the Southern Andean Cordillera, with important glacial sediments from geological and erosive times.

There the great Nahuel Huapi Lake is located, more than 400 m deep; (In which they have also developed a legend about a Monster from the lake - the Nahuelito.)

The heights grow towards the West, from 1400-1500 m, east of the Airport, to 1800-2000 m and more, to the West. A water basin, with streams and swamps (mallines), to the SE, of the Lake, is framed by a slight flat elevation (Pampa Nahuel Huapi), 800 m above sea level ... which was used to locate the Airport.

Vegetation to the East is low, with isolated groves, having steppe forms. To the west, it is wooded growth.

The climate is transitional between that of Steppe and that of Cold-Humid Mountain. The International category Airport has a long runway oriented according to the prevailing winds from the West. During winter it usually remains inoperable for short periods, due to bad weather, in particular snow. As a Center for Tourism and Winter Sports, of international prestige, it is visited in the high season by strong contingents of visitors, who access by route 237 and by air (about 11 flights per day, in July). A few kilometers from the air station, there is the transformer substation "la paloma", which receives the high voltage line to lower it and feed Bariloche and the area. 10 km west of the airport, is the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, the main population center of the region, on the shores of the lake. Army and Gendarmerie agencies are based in the region, and there is no Air Force base. Also in Bariloche there is a training center and Nuclear studies.

METEOROLOGY:

The day of the event, Monday July 31, is towards the end of the meteorological cycle, between the passage of two cold fronts coming from the South Pacific. Temperature had a slight daily increase and atmospheric pressure, decreasing. The cloudy was partial and the ground in large areas, remained snowy, for weeks. With prevailing winds from the W and NW. These days the airport was operable and the roads passable.

On Tuesday, August 1, there is a new entry of a Cold front from SW, producing a drop in temperature and a rise in pressure, the cloud is total and there is a forecast of snowfall. Operable airport.

On Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3, the snowfalls with winds are general, the Airport becomes inoperable and the routes are wrong and semi-passable.

ASTRONOMY:

The Moon was on the 19th day of Lunation (4 days after the Full Moon occurred) and it came out almost, Last Quarter, at 9:30 p.m., on the horizon to the E.

DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED:

(The various testimonies allow the reconstruction of the events, within an acceptable margin of error. The equivalents of the measurements, of the original testimonies, in feet, knots and miles are given.)

20: 15.5-Flight AR674 enters the Controlled Traffic Area (TMA), with Level (N) 12,000 m; heading® 224 °, speed (V) 800 km / h (13 km / min).They authorize and give instructions; the descent begins.The GN 705 enters the TMA, with Level 3600 m, heading 214 °, speed 290 km / h (4.8 km / min). They authorize and give instructions.

20: 17-The blackout occurs in the area and the AR sees it from its position, 50 km NE of the Airport, Level 11,200m.

20: 17,5- At the request of the Commander, Ezeiza control authorizes a wait at 9,300 m.

20:18 - They see a light in the air (at 1-SW) and suspect "traffic", an aircraft in trouble (not communicated due to the power cut) The GN gives its position: 54 km NE of the Airport.

20:19 - Warn the passenger that they will wait orbiting, to return electricity to the Airport.

20: 19.8- The wait begins, turning right, 15 km NE, from the Airport, leveling off at 9,300 m.

20:22 - Observe the restoration of electricity at the Airport (through the autonomous equipment) and decide to leave the wait, returning to the air route and descent.

20: 22,5- They give the second authorization for a landing, they reiterate to the tower, to the request for identification of the supposed “transit”, they respond, Negative.

20:23 - Advises the passenger of the next landing.

20: 23.3-Arriving almost to the vertical of the Airport, with level 3,000 m, the first previous circuit begins, turning to the right, radially 300 ° (NW) maintaining the level.

20:24 - Turn right (making the first circuit) and take the 150 radial (S.SE) towards the vertical of the airport. Luminous object like a distant “transit”, with maneuvers that they interpret as “staying” and “waiting” for the AR.

20: 25,2- In the vertical of the Airport begins the descent from the level 3,000 m, taking the radial 120 (SE); in the maneuvering away.While the GN plane is approaching radial 214 ((NE) being 18 km away, with a level of 3,600 m (600 m above the airline level).

20: 25,5- Come to the object again (at 11) and now they suspect a UFO.

20:26 Warns the passenger of the next landing; level 2400; 10 km SE of the Airport, he observes the luminous object at a slightly lower level and "at 11", with respect to the aircraft (E.SE) and at a distance of 12 km. (He no longer interrogates the control tower and they observe its behavior, suspecting that it is a UFO). It makes light signals (powerful) with the "runaway" and at 10 sec. The UFO dimmed and moved slightly. While the GN Plane is 14 km to the NE. From the Airport… listening to the radio broadcasts between the tower and the Airlines (without intervening); level 3,500. Then Aerolineas maintains a communication (bridge), fleeting, with Plane GN.

20: 26,75- Starts the Procedure turn (approach) to the left, the object, which due to the displacement of the aircraft, has been seen “at 10” E, now due to the turn, is bowing, level 1920m at 20 km from the Airport.

20: 27- Almost halfway through the turn, the Object is located forward and 2 or 3 km, almost at the same level.

20: 27,3- The turn ends and it is placed on the ILS axis (runway axis) with a heading 284 ° (NW) and level 1920 m (at 500 m above the maximum heights of the relief). The Object that had overtaken the aircraft, comes towards it and in rapid maneuver, it is placed "in formation" to starboard (right) about 50 m from the wing tip, it resumes the descent towards the final approach, prior to the landing.

20.27, 6- The Airline Pilot says to the tower: “we have formed a traffic to the right,” the Tower responds. We are not aware of anything "

20: 28- The autonomous power supply at the Airport stops, the Airlines is on the axis of the runway at level 1000m, 11.2 km from the head of the runway, 50 m above the hills, next to the Condor. After a brief interval, the decision is made to initiate a missed approach maneuver, which includes an escape, and all the aircraft's readiness begins to be reversed. The GN plane, also witnessing the power outage, had not yet seen the luminous object, it was 4.5km NE of the Airlines… level 3350m (2350m above the airlines and the UFO).

20: 28,7- The GN plane observes how Aerolineas makes the escape, it has started a turn of 90 ° to the right, starting the previous circuit, it is 15oo m to the N.NE of Aerolineas ... 2394 m higher than the Airlines and the UFO.

20: 28- At 1,000 meters from the head of the runway, at level 906m, (75m above the ground) with a slight change of course, to the left, (268 °) accelerates the reactors, at a rate of ascent 4.5%; is the escape.While the Aerolineas starts the climb on the escape, being almost 2 km to the South and below, the GN Plane sees to its right and 2394 m below (coming out from under the belly) how the UFO advances, while they are in the turn, with a divergence (to the right) of about 40 ° (NW) and at much higher speed (perhaps 600-800 km / h). They observe that the UFO travels from there, about 4 km and making vertical climb through a practically right angle, which takes it to the level 3000 m (300 m lower than the GN plane) stopping suddenly, under a thin cloud layer.

20: 29- The GN plane describes to the tower the maneuver of the UFO, until its arrest.

20: 29,9- The Aerolíneas over San Carlos de Bariloche, begins the turn upward, to the right, over the lake, Level 1410m ..

20: 31- The power supply through the network begins… Airlines at level 2300 turning, sees UFO “at 2” (N. 3000) 10 km away (SE).

20: 31.8-The Aerolineas completes the turn and continues to climb, level 2700 m, takes radial 150, 11 km N.N.… from the Airport, heading towards its vertical, they give it its third authorization to land.

20: 31-32. The GN plane completes the turn of the previous circuit, 10 km N.N. of the airport.

20: 28-stop audio recording in tower, 20:32 for its engine.

20: 32,2- The GN plane and the Aerolineas are almost in the same vertical, separated by 500 m in height and the UFO at level 3000, to their right.

20: 32.4-The Aerolíneas finishes the ascent, level at 3000 m on the same radial, 4.5 km from the airport is GN.

20: 32,7- In the vertical of the Airport, the Aerolíneas takes the 120 ° radial (SE) and begins the descent towards the procedural turn.

20: 33-The plane GN passes through the vertical of the Airport, initiating a descent a turn towards the procedure, by radial 120 (SE) behind and above the Aerolineas.

8:34 PM- Berta and Silvestre, two essential witnesses, located on Route 237, 1 km SW, from Dina Huapi and 5 km NE of the UFO, see it static (level 300m) after the strange maneuver.

20: 43.3- At the end of the route on the 120 ° radial, levels at 1920 m, starting the Procedure turn, to the left.

20: 34,9- End of Aerolineas turn, it is located on the ILS axis in the final procedure; resume the descent, it is 19 km from the head of the track.

20: 35- The Aerolíneas, with the UFO “at 1” and 21 km away, it begins the very fast trajectory towards the W. The GN plane being 6km from SE Aerolíneas and the airport “at the end” at 15 km E.SE. (The GN plane with the UFO in the stern and the airlines with the same in the bow) The UFO moves away at very high speed towards the W, in two phases. 1- "fast" - 2 "extremely fast" - getting lost in a few seconds. The witnesses of Route 237, Berta and Silvestre, cannot follow it with their eyes, due to its speed.

02: 36,4- The AR-674 Airlines lands.

20: 43,7 Plane GN-705 lands.

SYNTHESIS OF THE EVOLUTIONS OF THE UFO:

20: 18- (Or shortly before), near (or on) the lake, between the Airport and San Carlos de Bariloche, (maximum 7-8 km of both), 20:17 great blackout in the area.

20: 22- (approximately) moves 21-22km SE of the Airport- N- 1900m (altitude 680m), start of the autonomous power supply.

20: 27,3- The Aerolíneas al N begins the “formation” (height over peaks 500m).

20: 28- The autonomous power supply stops 12 km from the Airport.

20: 28.8-The Aerolineas breaks formation, somewhat slower.

20: 29,7-Makes the anomalous turn, with vertical ascent and stops in the N 7km NW of the Airport.

20: 31-Mains power is restarted, 7 km, NO Airport.

20: 35- In two stages it is projected towards the NW.

Observation: the Blackout and the restart of the mains power, occur with the UFO in the same position

LOCATION OF THE EVENT IN THE WAVE:

It is located in the middle of the ascending branch of the 2nd Main peak (2nd phase), of the wave- 94-95 and 96.

Areas covered by this peak: Buenos Aires- Patagonia-Entre Ríos and Córdoba.

COETANEAN CASUISTICS:

July 29- Between lg. Mascardi and lg. Gutierrez-Río Negro- a video-3:30 p.m.

July 30- Route 14-Posadas Misiones- UFO-4: oo hs.

July 31- Garibaldi Pass- Tierra del Fuego- 5: oo hs.

July 31- Bariloche Case- Río Negro- 8:18 PM- 8:35 PM.

July 31- El Bolsón- Río Negro- 11:30 p.m.

03-August- Río Cuarto- mental contact? - Abduction? -22: 50-23: 30 Hs.

MAXIMUM PROXIMITIES BETWEEN THE AIRPLANE PLANE- NATIONAL GENDARMERÍA AND THE UFO:

20: 28.9- Within a circle of 2.3 km in diameter- Airlines- N-1050 / Plane GN-N- 3300 / UFO-N- 906.

20: 32,25- Within a circle of 3.0 km in diameter-Airlines-N- 2875 / Plane GN- N- 3300 / UFO-N- 3000.

REACTION OF THE AIRLINE FLIGHT CREW:

On this plane, the only ones who were aware of the events were the four people who were in the cockpit: Commander Polanco- The First Officer, Copilot- Julio Dortona, the Flight Engineer- Jorge Allende and accompanied- the First Officer of Jumbo 747, Mr. Benavente.

Commander Polanco has been flying since he was 16 years old, he has been Commander since 1983, he was in command of FOKKER F-18. He had general, prior knowledge of the existence of the UFO Phenomenon, but with little hope of ever being around anyway; he had an appreciable margin of doubt about whether it was actually a Non-Human phenomenon. During the first five minutes of seeing the "traffic", his conviction progresses from considering it an "uncommunicated plane", to almost the "serial suspicion of a UFO" - during the following minutes, he is convinced that "it is a UFO", until the close sighting occurs, at which time, there is no room for doubt.

maintains the decision not to communicate it to the Passage, strictly adhering to internal regulations. He manages to maintain his composure, at least, until the moment he enters "in formation" - from then on, he is somewhat startled, but his professionalism keeps him focused on the flight.

In a report made four days later, he still has some of that excitement. The other people who were in the cockpit, react in a similar way, with the obvious differences of character, their testimonies are answers.

The company to which he belonged, only demanded the statutory Internal Report and released them to make statements. This decision departs from a certain style, in these companies, which generally tend not to disclose facts of this nature. Probably, the magnitude and forcefulness of the event led to this determination.

REACTION IN THE CREW OF THE NATIONAL GENDARMERÍA PLANE FLIGHT:

Commander Gaitán and his co-pilot Cipuzak also demonstrated professionalism, in addition to being spontaneous and rigorous in their testimonies, they were not censored by the Superiority either.

Commander Gaitán does not mention his previous condition regarding the phenomenon, but from his expressions it is deduced that he seriously considered the possibility of its existence, now drastically confirmed by him. They remained expectant and to a certain extent, outside the development of the events; in particular from 8:18 p.m., in which the Airlines radiates its first request for information about the "transit" ... they were all tuning in to the same communication channel, but the usual thing is to go only to the Tower.-even so there was ( 20:26) a brief communication between the GN plane and Aerolineas- 12 minutes later, almost over the Airport, the UFO is observed that almost surpasses them on the same course, but faster and 2000m lower.

* They are strongly impressed by the UFO's maneuvers which they consider absolutely anomalous. Their testimonies, permeated with excitement, are totally consistent with each other and with others.

REACTION OF THE AIRPORT TECHNICAL STAFF:

The Superiority of the Air Force ordered them to express themselves only through internal documentation, which did not prevent the Chief of the Airport, Mayor Oviedo, from making some statements. This testimony is consistent with the rest and in some passages, it shows the strong impression that the UFO and its evolutions caused them. In addition, increased by the responsibility of having occurred at the precise moment when an aircraft of the characteristics of the Boeing 727 landed, with the complication of the auxiliary generator equipment taking out of service.

REACTION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCIAL WITNESSES ON ROUTE 237:

Berta Y Silverio, neighbors of Dina Huapi, a small community 10 km north of the airport, when the blackout occurred, they go by car along the almost deserted route, to a nearby grocery store and when they return between 8:30 p.m. and 35 p.m., they observe the “static phase” of the UFO, when it is located 5 km NW of the Airport on the N3000 and in the trajectories of its vertiginous distance. It looks like a strange plane to them, but noticing its statism and strange lights, they suspect a UFO.

When they see his escape, they are very impressed because they see him make an impulse and immediately walk away, not being able to be followed by sight; to the point that Silverio cannot sleep that night and the next day, they continue to comment on the event. To his surprise, during the morning he listens to the radio, the news of "Last Night's UFO", he speaks to the station's driver and gives his testimony (in all coincidence with the others). They see it to the SW. About 5 km and an angular height of 24 °.

COMPARED UFOlogy:

1- CASE: FLIGHT IB-279… FEBRUARY 12, 1985 CANARY ISLANDS-SPAIN:

A UFO is seen at a relatively low altitude, in the center of Lanzarote Island (N of the archipelago), at 8:35 PM.

As flight IB 279 (21:58, heading south-west) departs Lanzarote Airport, They ask him to fly a little to the O. to try to see the UFO.

The crew of the Boeing 727 sees it at a distance of approximately 70-150 km, in an almost parallel trajectory. It is a very luminous object that rises almost to their level (6000m) and performs unconventional and “impossible” maneuvers according to Commander Adolfo Morales.

* At 10:14 p.m., when they begin approach maneuvers to the Airport-Gran Canary Islands, they lose the S- behind the mountains, when the UFO from N. to S. crossed off the coast of the E. of the Tenerife Islands ( to the SW of the archipelago) IB 274 lands at 10:17 p.m.

The UFO turns by then, towards the E, by the S of the Gran Canary Islands and is lost from sight. Its evolutions were followed by residents of the three islands mentioned.

* It was also seen by flight IB 408 that had left Tenerife Island, towards the N. The color of the UFO, varied between- white-green, red and pink- The on-board Radar did not capture it, on the other hand the one in Las Palmas yes.

2- CASE: CATAMARCA -LV-ITR- JUNE 18-1968- SOUTH OF CATAMARCA- ARGENTINA.

The Plane, a Cessna 182, took off from Villa Dolores at 4:00 p.m., heading N, under the command of Jorge Raúl Scassa Suter, carrying Rubén Andrawos as a passenger, at 4:25 p.m., flying over the guard (S of Catamarca), at 2250m high, with perfect visibility, appears from behind and to the right (starboard), a UFO (30m) with a classic shape and blue-gray color, without lights or other details- it was about 1000 m away. Radio communications were difficult or impossible, but nothing on the plane was altered. The UFO overtook them, positioning itself forward a few seconds, and then at fantastic acceleration, it was out of sight in seconds, towards the N. Then communications were reestablished. A few minutes later it returns vertiginously (presumably, the same UFO) from the same sector, stopping a few meters from the bow, swaying, immediately undertaking the same escape. The plane lands without problem in Catamarca. On Route 60, crossed by the plane - passengers in a car - at that time a UFO came and stopped their engine.

3-CASE: PIPER LVMEE- AUGUST 23, 1984-VILLA OCAMPO SANTA FE.

An 8-seater Piper, Biturbohélice, commanded by Carlos Sorini, with 5 passengers, is arriving at the Resistencia Airport (Chaco), 80 km away, flying toward the N.NE. At a level of 5700 m at 8:40 p.m. Suddenly, a UFO with a circular profile, very bright, white-orange-red, somewhat larger than the plane, crosses quickly on the left (port side), towards the bow ... soon it returns from the back to the right (starboard, towards the bow For 20 minutes, the UFO was in different positions around the plane, making passes and improper evolutions of a plane. All the instruments are altered, but due to the integrity of the Pilot and due to the non-disturbance of the engines, it continues its course without problem The flight AR760 from behind and somewhat to the W of the Piper, surpasses it, also seeing the UFO in the distance. Flight AU 61, in the opposite direction, also in those minutes, he sees it. Everyone communicates by radio, the news of the UFO. The three planes and the UFO came to be, for 5 minutes, within a radius of a few km. The speed of the UFO varied between 300km / h perhaps supersonic. Total duration - 20 minutes.

4-CASE: VASP FLIGHT -169- FEBRUARY 8, 1982- BRAZIL.

A Boeing 727-200. From the VASP, under the command of Commander Gerson Maciel de Britto, it leaves from Fortaleza- Ceará- at 01:50 am, bound for Rio de Janeiro (4:37), it is a trip to the S, of 2230 km, about fields-jungles and mountains, to be covered in 2 hours 47m, non-stop.

Without having warning from the Ground Controls, flying S.SO. (196 °), stabilized at cruise level (12.ooom), with automatic pilot, they begin to spot an Air Object, at their level, very bright ( double or more than Venus), toward E.SE. (at 9), that is to say to the left. The weather is good - unlimited visibility, slight cloud cover, no moon. The Object still distant, very luminous, has colors -red-orange on the periphery -white, bluish in the center- with very fast movements- horizontal and vertical and on the Object-Airplane axis.

They fly over the eastern slopes of the Sierras de Diamantina, 370 km W of Salvador de Bahia- at 1:13 pm (1h22m flight).

They signal him with the lights of the plane and calls on the frequency used, without answers. The plane does not suffer electromagnetic or mechanical alterations. The crew begins to suspect a UFO.

At the height of Brasilia, they ask for information from the Brasilia Center, negative answer, they request information from any airport in the area, responds the AA 169 that was coming very far behind them, bound for Buenos Aires. Then the Trans-Brasil 177 appears frequently, between Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, confirming the sighting.

* The VASP crew reaffirms their suspicion of a UFO. The object is closer to the plane, with the same behaviors - it is accompanying them - for hundreds of km. They repeat signals from time to time, without results. At 4:17 am, having passed Bello Horizonte and with the UFO very close, illuminating the interior of the plane, the CINDACTA control warns of an unidentified traffic "at 12.8 km at 9 o'clock" - the Commander estimates that this control was coming knowing about the object, but staying away from the plane, he did not report it, only doing so when it approaches. The Aircraft is now heading SE. (165 ° 9 and the UFO is a little further towards the bow "at 10" ... - the passage is notified that they spot a UFO.

The descent to Rio de Janeiro begins, being 3.2 km from Galeao Airport, at level 1800, the UFO is at the bow over Guanabara Bay, they ask the Tower to identify it, without results.

At 4:37 a.m. they land, having been accompanied for 2 hours and 47 m (1,100 km) by the UFO, then they set off towards San Pablo, without news, nor seeing the UFO again… it was seen from the ground by several witnesses.

5- INTERCEPTION OF OUR AIRCRAFT BY UFO.

A study on 20 aeronautical cases, yields these results:

Port (left): 25%.

Starboard (right): 20%.

Bow: 20%.

Up: 15%.

Rear convergence to starboard: 10%.

Port rear convergence: 5%.

Starboard anterior convergence. 5 %.

Simple crossover (very brief approximation): 17.4%.

Accompaniment (training): 82.6%.

Insistent, repeated developments: 30.4%.

Evasive maneuvers of the plane: 34.7%.

Deviations in ascents: 70%.

Horizontal: 20%.

Downhill: 10%.

EM alterations: very few cases.

Maneuvers that interfere with the flight: very few cases.

6- OVERFLIGHT OF THE UNIDENTIFIED PLANE JULY 23, 1968- BARILOCHE AIRPORT-ARGENTINA.

Between 13:15 and 13:35, it was later established that the US strategic reconnaissance aircraft, SR 71 A, carried out illegal low-altitude evolutions without responding to the tower. It came from the W in low flight (70-150m), at a very low speed of 200 km / h and at a distance of between 500 m and 12 km. Evolutions: horizontal flight from the west in front of Bariloche, arrives at the airport and turns towards the N- 6km-, up to the middle of the lake- returns to the west in front of Bariloche, returns to the first path, entering, and passing the airport , makes a closed orbit, then keeping the course and moving away. Still, having accepted the identification with SR 71, there are doubtful aspects:

What looked like wings and turbines were in the center of the fuselage (on the SR they are towards the rear)

Turbine sound that does not vary in turns (where power increases).

Estimated speed, very slow (min-150 km / h) when it is a Mach 3 aircraft, for very high flights, with little wing area.

Very low flight height (70m), for the little wing area and low speed.

BACKGROUND AND SUBSEQUENT FACTS, VARIOUS:

During 1994 a notable wave of UFO activity took place in the Center-East of the country, but there are some testimonies in the region of the case studied.

On July 30 at 2:13 a.m. (that is, 42 hours earlier), the great earthquake of Antofagasta Chile, of 7.8 degree, Richter, occurs, which produces aftershocks for several days, even generates other seismic sources, such as that of the Bermejo Valley (San Juan). On July 1, 1995 (2:00 p.m. after the case, with grade 4.

On the same day and subsequent days, there are testimonies of anomalous luminous Aerial objects, in the region (El Bolsón, Rincón de los Sauces, Cultralcó, Caleta Oliva. )

On July 27, the Russian Base Vostok in Antarctica issued an alert for probable tidal waves, as a result of detecting suboceanic eruptions south of Madagascar, at a log of 45 °.

The World Meteorological Organization affirms that never before as in the month of July / 95, there have been so many simultaneous geological and atmospheric shocks of such magnitude.

INFORMATION FROM THE BARILOCHE ELECTRIC ENERGY COOPERATIVE, ABOUT THE GREAT BLACKOUT.

A generalized power outage occurred when the protections were overridden (8:17 pm on Monday), in a transformer substation near the airport… in La Paloma.

The place where the problem occurred, nor the reasons, is not known.

The electricity supply in the entire city was completely interrupted, it began to be restored after a few minutes, being normalized at 9:31 p.m.

HYPOTHESIS OF AN ACTION CONTROLLED BY THE UFO.

Wait for the Aircraft; (on the Lake, near the Airport and San Carlos de Bariloche).

Produces the power supply cut by the electrical power grid (4 minutes before the vertical initially estimated by the aircraft).

Knowing the maneuver of the previous circuit, he goes to the area of ​​the procedure turn and waits for the plane, 3-4 min; it is not present in the area of ​​the aforementioned maneuver, prioritizing the area of ​​turning procedure, with a view to carrying out the "formation".

Slight reaction to the light signal of the Plane, with the "runaway".

Starts “formation” at the end of the turn, prioritizing the approach maneuver by ILS. (Instrumental Descent).

It produces the departure of the Autonomous Team, after the approach maneuver has started, to force the missed approach maneuver.

Leaves "formation" after 1.4 m.

Knowing the frustrated approach maneuver, he goes to the corresponding area, almost to the center and waits 5.3 min.

It allows the power supply by network, ending the Operation.

Observe the maneuvers until: the Aerolineas plane enters "final" - the Gendarmerie plane is heading for the procedural turn; it is withdrawn before the landings because it is assured of its normal development.

CONCLUSIONS:

The case fits perfectly into the characteristics of Aeronautical events.

This event is highlighted by the accompaniment "in formation" of the UFO, during the delicate maneuver of final approach and also by the simultaneity of several groups of reliable witnesses.

Evidence indicates that the UFO caused the "blackout" due to some type of overload in the grid or transformer substation and the airport's generator equipment shutdown for similar reasons, without causing damage.

There were circumstantial alterations, in the instruments and equipment of the Airport but not in the planes, in particular the Aerolineas, despite their proximity to the UFO. (Among others, the tower recorder, the audio stops and then its engine).

A relationship could not be established between the distance to the electrical equipment and the occurrence of EM effects on them.

The action of the UFO seems centered on the Aerolineas flight, even so, at a certain moment, the two planes, the control tower and the UFO, were within an environment of 3 km.

The UFO makes movements, accelerations, turns, stops, typical for the Phenomenon; including estimated speeds between 100km / h and Mach 6, apparently in silence.

The available Testimonials do not mention Radar detections, probably because they did not occur.

This manifestation complies with the constants of the phenomenon: Limited Contact-least possible damage-presence-superiority-proof or test: strangeness.

Since complex and significant situations are highly unlikely to have occurred randomly, plus the significance of any of them, it is entirely probable that this case results from a programming carried out by the Intelligence inherent to the phenomenon.

Complying with the constants of Limited Contact and the least possible damage, the fact of taking the aircraft to such an extreme situation, of the final frustrated approach, implies that, despite a certain risk, the aircraft would be able to carry out the escape maneuver , with success- which puts us before unsuspected capacities of control, by an Intelligent phenomenon.

Airliner buzzed by maneuvering cone-shaped object, took position above tail. Lights in plane dimmed, radio interference, radio compass oscillated (section I).

Feb. 2, 1967; Lima, Peru

This is the only surviving photo of the funnel-shaped flying object that paced the Fawcett Airlines DC-4 passenger liner in flight from Piura to Lima on February 2, 1967, at 06:30 P.M. The passengers were all held for interrogation by authorities after the plane landed. Several of the passengers had taken photos of the strange craft alongside the airliner, but all cameras were taken and all film was confiscated. One passenger, who insisted on remaining anonymous, succeeded in saving his film from which this single photograph was made.

Source: Inexplicata, Scott Corrales, editor / Ovnivisión (Chile) / Revista TOC / Terra Chile

INEXPLICATA 

The Journal of Hispanic Ufology 

January 2, 2003 

SOURCE: Ovnivisión (Chile) 

DATE: December 26, 2002 

RETIRED CHILEAN GENERAL DISCUSSES HIS ENCOUNTER WITH A GIANT UFO 

SANTIAGO DE CHILE.- In an interview with Terra.cl., retired general Hernan Gabrielli Rojas mentioned that he had squared off against a gigantic UFO while engaging in a training flight in the skies of northern Chile. 

According to the military man, the object was the size of 10 or 15 aircraft carriers, and its presence was picked up by the radars aboard two F-5 jet fighters as well as the Cerro Moreno airport in Antofagasta. 

- What do you remember about your contact with the UFO? 

Over 20 years have gone by (this was in 1978). I was a captain and was flying a mission with two F-5 fighters. It was noon and I was flying with captain Danilo Catalán - we were both flight instructors. Accompanying us was Fernando Gomez, an avionics tech, and another trainee. The F-5 is radar-equipped, and a line appeared from side to side - in other words, a trace throughout the bottom side of the screen. A trace for a surface ship, a cruiser, is approximately one centimeter long, but this line went from one side [of the screen] to another. I assumed the radar scope had failed, and told Danilo Catalán, but his radar also "failed". I then advised the ground radar at Antofagasta and they also picked up the line. We were engaged with these details when we looked toward the east: we were flying from north to south in the vicinity of Mejillones, and saw a deformed cigar-shaped object. Deformed, like a plaintain banana. It was swathed in smoke. 

- What was the object's size? 

It was large and must have been some 15 to 20 miles away. It moved in the same direction as us. We had no missiles, guns or anything. As you can imagine, the fright was more or less considerable. We could see a large thing surrounded in smoke, and from which a vapor issued. All of this situation must have lasted some five minues. We approached the UFO but it was motionless. It neither approached nor retreated - it merely sailed parallel to us. It was quite impressive, because it was truly something strange, and something could be seen in concealment behind the smoke. 

- What happened later? 

The object then disappeared toward Easter Island at an impressive rate of speed. The sky cleared and the lines on the radar vanished. However, there had been an object physically flying there. It's not a yarn, let me tell you. It's my only experience with UFOs. 

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FORMER CHILEN AIR FORCE COMMANDER DISCUSSES UFOS 

SOURCE: Revista TOC (http://www.revista-toc.cl.nu/) 

DATE: 08.31.03 

FORMER AIR FORCE COMMANDER DISCUSSES UFOs 

[Interview conducted by Alejandro Guillier; transcription by Rodrigo Cuadra Salazar] 

Alejandro Guillier (journalist): UFOs, well...nothing better than to ask a war pilot about the experiences he's had if he's seen anything, but it turns out that I've heard talk about there being a military pilot in Antofagasta who toward the late Seventies -- '78 -- had been flying and ran into a very strange thing. It also turns out that the pilot became a general, retired general Hernan Gabrielli, and we're going to talk to him about this rather interesting experience. How do you do, general? Good morning. 

Hernan Gabrielli Rojas (general-Ret.): Hello, Alejandro. Good morning to you. 

Alejandro Guillier: This occurred in '78, according to one version, but what is the story about your running into a UFO while flying a warplane? 

Hernan Gabrielli: We were two F-5s, dual training craft, and we were returning to base after completing our mission, Cerro Moreno, noon. From Mejillones to Antofagasta, at an altitude of some 35,000 feet - 40,000 feet. I suddenly detected a radar fault and saw a line that ran side to side on the scope, and my student, Danilo Catalán, also detected the same, and curiously enough it was the ground radar, which has a large screen, that also indicated a radar fault. At that time we looked toward [the part of the sky indicated on the radar screen] and we saw that UFO. 

Alejandro Guillier: What was it exactly? What was it you managed to see? Can it be described? 

Hernan Gabrielli: It was visualized as a smoke-covered, half- deformed banana, very large, in other words, very large in plain sight. We were between 15 or 20 miles away. It was tremendously large and surrounded by a fumarole which moved in our very same direction and at the same speed as our aircraft. 

Alejandro Guiller: ...and you felt tempted to check it out. 

Hernan Gabrielli: We approached it carefully and...but those were good instructions. We were heading back from Attack 1, which is a combat tactic involving gun cameras, no cannon, missiles or anything else. So we approached it with caution. Unfortunately the UFO did not go away toward a single minute, so we arrived in an instant. 

Alejandro Guillier: But I understand that you had to ascend. 

Hernan Gabrielli: No... 

Alejandro Guillier: In order to approach, what was your position? Going upward.. 

Hernan Gabrielli: No...we shared the same altitude, between 30,000 and 35,000 feet.

Alejandro Gabrielli: But F-5s are swift airplanes. When you got near it scurried way so... 

Hernan Gabrielli: Of course. It's a fighter that covers 10 nautical miles a minute, in other words, 20 kilometers a minute. That is the normal speed for that aircraft. 

Alejandro Guillier: And this object you saw, how soon did it vanish? At what speed? 

Hernan Gabrielli: Unimaginable, in other words, thousands of nautical miles a minute, because it vanished toward the west suddenly and the screen cleared up. In other words, all three radar screens--the ground radar, mine and Danilo's -- were operating normally; it wasn't just a visual experience but a physical one as well, a material one, that materialized on the screen. Now, if you ask me what it is, where it comes from, don't ask me. I haven't the slightest idea. 

Alejandro Guillier: Now...is this time of sighting customary among Chilean military pilots? 

Hernan Gabrielli: No, they are not. 

Alejandro Guillier: And has any other functionary remarked that he had been flying and seen strange things? 

Hernan Gabrielli: Look, at that time there was also another sighting by a functionary near Calama, but no...that was the age of the Vampire aircraft. 

Alejandro Guillier: What's that? 

Hernan Gabrielli: Vampires were wooden aircraft, and the fighter climbed to a certain number of feet and could see from below that this UFO didn't...didn't move. However, as the pilot climbed, he said that the object or UFO's size was such that... 

Alejandro Guillier:...that it didn't move and he could never reach it. 

Hernan Gabrielli: He never reached it. They later sent out a pair of fighters, then an F-5 and nothing, really... 

Alejandro Guillier: And they couldn't continue climbing. 

Hernan Gabrielli: No, they couldn't continue their ascent. 

Alejandro Guiller: It reached its maximum altitude and then... 

Hernan Gabrielli: Fifty something thousand feet, and it had to turn back. 

Alejandro Gabrielli: And by the descriptions you recall, general, was there any similarity with the sighting you had in Antofagasta? 

Hernan Gabrielli: No, because this one had another shape, it had a shape...in other words, as though looking from below upward, the pilots flying at the time said it was triangular. 

Alejandro Guillier: Triangular...it couldn't have been an American plane, one of those spy planes. 

Hernan Gabrielli: I don't think so. This was 1978. The latest thing around at the time was the SR-71, which is a U.S. spy plane, but it flies at Mach 3, so there is displacement. This thing did not move. 

Alejandro Guillier: Right, this thing was suspended in the air. Well, and after that you landed and must've had a shot of whisky, I imagine. 

Hernan Gabrielli: No, no. There were remarks, in other words, each combat or training flight is its own story, so this was just another anecdote. 

Alejandro Guillier: Now, why does the FACH [Chilean Air Force] handle all of this with such secrecy, because it has in fact appeared before Congress, before parliamentarians, and everyone was deathly silent...there were no such things. All they do is create more concern, because one says: "Well, there must be something awful that the FACH, the senators and the deputies don't want to discuss," and in this case they were all quiet. 

Hernan Gabrielli: Look, it's not that there's an unwillingness to talk, but since it is an almost intangible piece of information it cannot be handled, it cannot be processed. To tell you the truth, the base commander is informed and then the page is turned and normal activity resumes. 

Alejandro Guillier: Right. Well, last week in Calama, a LAN airliner was flying over the weekend with the players of the Wanderers team for the big match against Cobrelola and the pilot was forced to make a spectacular turn, diving to avoid a collision. Supposedly there was no airplane there. This would also be equivalent to a UFO. 

Hernan Gabrielli: Surely. In other words, if the pilots were forced into taking an evasive maneuver, with passengers aboard, it must have been something... 

Translation (C) 2003 Scott Corrales 

Institute of Hispanic Ufology 

Special thanks to Rodrigo Cuadra Salazar 

Phénomènes Spatiaux

Un engin extra-terrestre coupe la radio et fait baisser l'éclairage d'un avion de ligne

« La voix du pilote Oswaldo Sanvitti crépita dans le haut-parleur de l'avion : «Appel à tous ! Regardez par les hublots à notre droite. Il y a là un étrange objet et il nous observe. C'est un UFO ». Les 52 passagers et 6 autres membres de l'équipage scrutèrent le ciel au-dessus de Chiclayo (Pérou), et virent un spectacle qui les abasourdit. Un engin lumineux de forme conique — ne ressemblant à rien qu'ils eussent jamais vu auparavant — glissait à grande vitesse à côté d'eux. La liaison radio de l'avion fut soudainement coupée et les lumières de la cabine baissèrent. Pendant l'heure qui suivit, les passagers et l'équipage contemplèrent, dans la peur et l'étonnement, la danse de l'engin autour de leur avion. Lançant de vifs éclairs de couleurs variées — rouge, orange, bleu, blanc, — il montait et descendait, et sauta d'un bord à l'autre en passant par-dessus l'avion. Lorsqu'il fut proche, les passagers et l'équipage effarés virent que sa base était en forme d'entonnoir. Sanvitti, pilote chevronné, avec 22.000 heures de vol à son actif, estima que l'engin mesurait environ 230 pieds (70 mètres) de diamètre à sa partie supérieure. Après une heure de manoeuvres fantastiques, l'aéronef extra-terrestre disparut soudainement en passant par une incroyable accélération. Immédiatement, la radio de l'avion se remit à fonctionner et l'éclairage redevint normal. Sanvitti reprit contact avec la tour de contrôle de l'aéroport de Lima et se trouvait justement en train de rapporter ce qui était arrivé lorsque l'engin extra-terrestre reparut soudain, comme s'il sortait du néant. Et, cette fois, il était accompagné d'un second appareil. Les deux engins voltigèrent quelques instants autour de l'avion et disparurent ensuite pour de bon en accélérant de nouveau d'une manière hallucinante.

« Lorsque, quelques minutes plus tard, l'avion atterrit sur l'aéroport de Lima, tous les passagers secoués, effrayés, s'accordèrent sur les détails de ce qu'ils avaient vu — et sur le fait que c'était quelque chose d'étrange et de terrifiant qu'ils ne pouvaient pas comprendre. Beaucoup d'entre eux qui s'étaient auparavant moqués des rapports sur les OVNIs avaient maintenant changé complètement d'attitude. L'un d'eux Jorge Santa Maria Calderon, doyen de l'Ecole d'Ingénieurs à l'université de Piura, au Pérou, déclara : « Je n'avais jamais cru un instant aux OVNIs jusqu'à ce que ceci fût arrivé. Mais j'ai vu celui-ci de mes propres yeux et je l'ai observé pendant plus d'une heure. En qualité d'ingénieur, je puis dire que cet objet était quelque chose dont la vitesse, la taille, la forme et le système de vol ne sont connus nulle part au monde. Dans cet avion, tonus les gens ont vu la même chose ».

« Un autre passager, Elmer Nunez, rédacteur en chef d'un journal péruvien, déclara : « J'avais toujours entendu parler des OVNIs mais, jusqu'à cet événement je ne leur avais jamais accordé aucun crédit. Je suis à présent convaincu. Je sais que nous avons été suivis par un OVNI et, croyez-moi, tout cela m'a épouvanté ».

« Le commandant Sanvitti pense que si les deux engins, après être revenus ensemble, s'éloignèrent de nouveau à perte de vue, c'est parce qu'ils interceptèrent son message radio. Il a expliqué : « Il m'a semblé qu'ils s'étaient rendu compte que j'étais en train d'envoyer un message à la tour de contrôle et, de nouveau, ils disparurent immédiatement. Je pense que si la radio ne fut pas coupée la seconde fois, c'est parce que j'avais déjà alerté la tour ».

« La terrifiante expérience des 59 personnes, passagers et équipage, eut lieu autour du vol de 18 h. 00 Piura-Lima, le 2 février dernier. L'avion, un DC-4 appartenant aux « Faucett Peruvian Airlines », avait quitté Piura depuis une demi-heure et survolait la ville de Chiclayo, lorsque le commandant Sanvitti repéra l'engin. Le commandant Sanvitti, âgé de 40 ans, raconta : « Nous étions à une altitude de 7000 pieds (environ 2100 mètres) lorsque je vis soudain, à la droite de l'avion, un objet lumineux. Il commençait juste à faire sombre et l'objet, qui émettait une lumière très vive, avait la forme d'un cône renversé. Il se trouvait à environ huit milles (12 km. 800) de l'avion, volant à la même vitesse, à la même altitude et dans la même direction. En d'autres termes, il volait en ligne avec notre avion, comme s'il voulait nous observer de près. Pendant que je l'observais moi-même, je le vis faire de nombreux mouvements qui étaient tous effectués à une vitesse fantastique. Plusieurs fois, Il s'élança dans les airs à la verticale puis redescendit à sa place primitive. J'alertai mon équipage puis je dis aux passagers de regarder l'OVNI. Je leur ai dit qu'à mon avis il nous observait. Pendant quelque temps, l'objet nous accompagna, à notre droite, effectuant de temps à autres des manoeuvres de montée et de descente, mais en suivant toujours une route parallèle à celle de notre avion. Puis, soudainement, il vint vers nous comme une flèche et passa au-dessus de l'avion. Ce faisant, il lançait des éclairs de couleurs vives. Quand il s'approcha de l'avion, il y avait une lumière bleuâtre à la partie supérieure et une lumière rouge par en dessous. Mais, lorsqu'il s'éleva et passa au-dessus de l'avion, la lumière bleue devint rouge et la lumière rouge devint orange. Quand l'OVNI passa au-dessus de nous, je vis que sa partie inférieure était en forme d'entonnoir. J'estimai que son diamètre à sa partie supérieure la plus grande était de 230 pieds. Après avoir passé au-dessus de nous, l'OVNI s'établit sur notre gauche à une distance de deux milles (3 km. 200) de l'avion ».

« Le comandant Sanvitti dit qu'il essaya de se mettre en rapport avec la tour de contrôle de Lima — et découvrit que sa radio ne fonctionnait plus. Il dit : « Les lumières, dans l'avion, étaient aussi devenues très faibles. Je ne cessai d'essayer de mettre en marche la radio, mais je ne pus en tirer absolument aucun signe de vie ».

« Derrière, dans la cabine de l'avion, les passagers ne tenaient plus en place. Le journaliste Nunez déclara : « Nous survolions Chiclayo lorsque le pilote nous dit par haut-parleur : « Regardez à droite de l'avion et vous pourrez voir un objet rare qui nous observe depuis un moment. C'est un OVNI ». Mon siège se trouvait sur le côté droit. Je tournai la tête, regardai à l'extérieur et vis un objet très lumineux. Il était 18 h. 30. L'objet attira l'attention de tous par son éclat et sa vitesse vertigineuse. Il montait et descendait par des bonds si rapides qu'il était difficile de le suivre des yeux. Par haut-parleur, le commandant cria : « L'OVNI passe maintenant au-dessus de notre avion ». Après quelques instants, le commandant nous dit : « Il est présentement sur notre gauche ». J'allai vers le côté gauche et je revis l'objet. Il était tout près de nous et avait la forme d'une toupie en rotation. Il lançait par en dessous des éclairs oranges. L'OVNI resta là, à nous observer, une heure durant. Il y avait de la lumière dans l'avion, mais elle était très faible. La nuit était tombée lorsque le commandant nous dit : « Il s'éloigne de l'avion ». L'OVNI, lançant de très vifs éclairs, s'éleva en trombe et disparut à une vitesse incroyable.

« Nunez déclara que de nombreux passagers étaient terrifiés et que quelques femmes étaient au bord de l'hystérie. « Une femme, dit-il, éclata bruyamment en sanglots, mais l'un des passagers lui parla et lui fit reprendre son calme. Ce furent les enfants qui, à bord de l'avion, se réjouirent de l'incident. Ce ne fut pour eux qu'un grand sujet d'amusement. Mais j'étais quant à moi très nerveux et apeuré. J'essayais de ne pas le montrer. Personne à bord n'avait d'appareil photographique pour prendre des vues de l'OVNI. Ordinairement, j'en ai un avec moi, mais, cette fois, je l'avais oublié. J'en fus très déçu ».

« Après la disparition de l'OVNI, le commandant Sanvitti essaya rapidement de se mettre en rapport avec la tour de contrôle de Lima. Il déclara : « Je découvris que, de nouveau, la radio fonctionnait parfaitement et que l'éclairage à bord de l'avion était redevenu normal. Je pus obtenir la tour de contrôle et j'étais juste en train de dire aux opérateurs que nous avions vu un OVNI lorsque je vis soudain l'engin revenir. Un second OVNI se trouvait à côté de lui. Les deux appareils survolèrent notre avion. Ils étaient tous deux de même taille et de même forme. Je commençais à dire à la tour de contrôle qu'il y avait deux OVNIs autour de nous lorsque soudain tous deux partirent d'un trait, à une vitesse fantastique, et disparurent. Ce fut notre dernière vision d'eux ».

« Calderon, le doyen d'Université, déclara avoir observé l'engin pendant une heure entière. Il fit ce récit : « Il semblait tout bonnement jouer autour de l'avion. Il était conique et projetait des lumières intermittentes. Lorsqu'il volait parallèlement à nous, il émettait des lumières blanches. Quand il montait ou descendait, ses couleurs tournaient au bleu, au rouge et à l'orange. Ce fut pour moi un choc total. L'objet était complètement étranger à tout ce que je connaissais. Son poli, sa maniabilité et sa vitesse étaient presque incroyables. Tous les passagers virent les mêmes choses que moi. Quelques enfants qui étaient dans l'avion s'en amusèrent beaucoup, mais le reste d'entre nous fut déconcerté et tourmenté. Ce que nous vîmes, les autres et moi, n'avait aucun rapport avec rien de connu dans le monde entier. C'était un OVNI et, cet OVNI, je ne pouvais ni l'expliquer ni le comprendre. C'était quelque chose de réellement déconcertant, et je ne pense pas que qui que ce soit puisse l'expliquer ».

« Edwin Boris, l'officier radio de la tour de contrôle de Lima, déclara : « J'étais très préoccupé par le fait que le Capitaine Sanvitti ne s'était pas mis en rapport avec nous. Je ne pouvais avoir aucune communication ni avec lui ni avec son avion. Soudain, sa voix se fit entendre, nous disant ce qui se passait. Il disait : « Un OVNi a volé autour de nous, nous observant. Les passagers sont effrayés ». Je lui dis que nous étions prêts à le recevoir à l'aéroport et que nous avions sous la main équipement de secours, médecins et infirmières. Mais, quelques minutes après 19 h. 30, l'avion atterrit et aucun des passagers n'avait besoin de soins médicaux, bien que beaucoup fussent secoués et encore tremblants. Ils parlèrent tous de leur vision et de l'étrange OVNI ».

« Passager de l'avion, Alberto Rosell, colonel de l'armée péruvienne, confirma lui aussi tous les détails relatifs à l'OVNI. Le colonel Rosell, qui reçut peu après une affectation en Europe, déclara : «n Tous les passagers et l'équipage eurent tout le temps pour voir ce qui se passait. Et nous étions tous pratiquement d'accord sur chaque détail de ce que nous avions vu. C'était un OVNI d'origine inexpliquée ». Le colonel Rosell et le doyen Calderon dirent avoir demandé que des enquêtes fussent conduites par des autorités militaires et des savants, mais jusqu'à présent leur demande n'a eu aucun effet.

« Pour le commandant Sanvitti, c'était la répétition d'un spectacle, car il avait fait un rapport sur une observation d'OVNi en 1953. Il rappela : « Il était 6 heures du matin et je volais, à bord d'un petit avion, à environ 10 milles (16 km) de l'aéroport de Barcelona (Vénézuela). Je vis soudain un objet ressemblant à une assiette d'argent surgir au-dessus de la tour de contrôle. J'appelai la tour par radio et leur parlai de l'objet. Ils se précipitaient sur le terrain de l'aéroport pour observer cet objet, mais ils ne virent guère qu'une traînée car l'objet disparut soudainement à une vitesse incroyable ».

« Mais cette observation n'était pas comparable à l'observation récente. Pendant une heure entière, nous avons été 59 personnes à observer cet OVNI — et ce que nous avons vu était incroyable. Pendant près de 200 milles (320 km), l'objet nous suivit, exécutant sans cesse les manoeuvres les plus étranges et les plus fantastiques. Ensuite, il disparut, presque à la vitesse de la lumière. A un instant, il était ici et, l'instant d'après, il n'y était plus. La même chose eut lieu lorsqu'il revint avec le second OVNI bien que, cette fois, nous n'eûmes que quelques instants pour l'observer ». Tous unanimes, les passagers et l'équipage se dirent convaincus que l'OVNJI était quelque chose qui ne relevait pas des explications conventionnelles. Le doyen Calderon résuma la chose en disant : « Chaque personne qui, prenant l'avion pour ce vol, ne croyait pas aux OVNIs en ressortie avec un point de vue entièrement différent. Tout ce que je peux dire maintenant, c'est : « J'y crois ».