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took off showing flickering body lights. It emitted a red flash, rose quickly, and separated into two bodies which flew off in different directions. Navy Capt. Luis Sanchez Moreno investigated and interrogated witnesses. They said light seemed to come through small windows in the UFO. Samples of a grayish sub- stance found at the site were taken to Puerto Belgrano Naval Base for analysis. (Capt. Sanchez Moreno told the press the Navy had been investigating UFOs since 1952, andhe had personally observed UFOs with other witnesses in Mar del Plata, ‘‘mobile bodies with incredible speed and irregularity of movement.’’) May 12 - The Navy Department received reports from four people who sighted a UFO about 4:30 a.m., while traveling by automobile. The UFO illuminated the car like daylight; one of the passengers had to undergo treatment for eye damage. May 13 - Many residents of Cordoba witnessed a bright elongated UFO passing overhead at high speed about 4:30 a.m. Two women in a car then saw a glowing object in woods near the road, May 14-16 - Several UFO reports from Bahia Blanca, La Rioja, and La Barrera. In the latter location, 4-5 elliptical UFOs in a line were sighted by Dr. Jorge M. Vallina and others. May 18 - A highly luminous reddish UFO flew over an airport early in the morning at such a low altitude that tongues of ‘‘flame’’ were easily visible on the object. May 22 - A formation of Navy planes near Espora Naval Air Base had several UFO sightings over a 35 minute period. The formation was headed by an instructor, Lt. Galdos. 7:10 p.m. Student pilot Eduardo Figueroa saw an orange object moving on an oscillatory path below the visible horizon. 7:20 p.m. Student pilot Roberto Wilkinson, flying at 4000 feet, reported that his cockpit was suddenly illuminated by an object astern. A luminous UFO then passed below his plane and was lost from sight in city lights. During the observation, his radio transmitter failed to operate. 7:30 p.m. The flight instructor, Lt. Rodolfo Cesar Galdos, was aSked by the control tower whether he saw an object in the sky. ‘‘At about 30 degrees above the horizon over Bahia Blanca he saw a disc or luminous circular spot, orange colored and of an apparent diameter of a small moon. .. The object was moving to the south, obscured at times by the lights of Punta Alta.” 7:45 p.m. Lt. Jose A. Ventureira and Ensign Eduardo Vigier, in the control tower, watched a.luminous object about 10 degrees above the horizon. The UFO ‘‘moved vertically and horizontally and 15 seconds later disappeared in the horizon.”’ About May 24 - La Pampa woman rancher reported landed UFO and two robot-like beings. May 24 - The astronomical observatory at Cordoba announced that it was collecting reports on the UFOs to try to determine what they are. May 24 - Medical Capt. Constantino Nunez ofthe National Atomic Energy Agency was reported to be in Bahia Blanca to take part in the official investigation. La Nacion stated he flew to the landing Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 site by helicopter. (The Agency next day said they had sent no one to investigate the UFO reports, and denied that Capt. Constantino Nunez was one of their employees.) May 25 - La Prensa reported that results of the Navy analysis of samples taken from the May 12 landing site were released. No radioactive elements were present. (No other details given). The analysis report was said to confirm results already obtained from scientists of the National University of the South. (NICAP has no record of reports in June) Second Series: July 17 - La Razon reported that five UFOs were sighted by airport employees and farmers in the lake region of San Carlos de Barilocha, maneuvering in the sky in broad daylight. Radio messages were sent to all aircraft in the vicinity requesting eye-witness reports. (Embassy report dates incident: July 7). July 24 - La Razon reported that three mathematics and as- tronomy students in Cordoba obtained 9 clear photographs of a UFO. Photographic experts reportedly declared the pictures authentic. August 2 - Numerous witnesses at Camba Punta airport near Corrientes, including the airport director Luis Harvey, sighted an obviously controlled UFO. Advised by telephone that the strange object was approaching, Harvey cleared the landing strip. <A ‘‘perfectly round’’ UFO approached the field at high speed, stopped and hovered for about 3 minutes. Rays of blue, green, and orange light were visible projecting from the UFO. When the observers attempted to move closer, the UFO took off at high speed. August 2 - An engineer and his wife traveling from La Plata to Chascomus about 1:40 a.m., noticed a reflection of light on the hood of their truck. Then they saw a cylindrical UFO, emitting red sparks, which flew parallel to them at low altitude for about 15 kilometers. The engineer told reporters he believed the UFO was ‘‘some space vehicle from another planet.’’ August 23 - A newsman of the ‘‘Saporiti’’ information agency and his wife saw two luminous spheres approaching his house on a zig-zag course. The movement of the UFOs, which were close together, were ‘‘rhythmic and violent.’’ They left an in- tensely luminous trail and made no noise. After about 4 minutes, the UFOs disappeared upwards at high speed. September 8 - Navy Lt. (j.g.) Juan Jose Vico, in the Floresta district, saw a ‘‘burnished metal’’ disc-shaped UFO maneuvering so smoothly that he stated it must have been manned or ‘‘tele- controlled.’’ (Embassy report lists additional sightings, with no detail, on May 23, Bahia Blanca; May 25, General Pico, La Pampa; July 19, Parana, Entre Rios; July 31, Misiones (4 towns); July 9, Mar del Plata; Sept. 9, Santa Lucia, San Juan). NOTES . From Air Force Intelligence Report . London Daily Sketch; July 27, 1955 . Associated Press; May 15, 1959 . Michel, Aime, The Truth About Flying Saucers. (Criterion, 1956), ppg. 206-207 . From Air Force Intelligence Report . Ruppelt, Edward J., Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. (Doubleday, 1956), p. 217 7. Ibid., p. 201 8. Ibid., p. 204 9. International News Service; Atlanta, July 25, 1952 10. From Air Force Intelligence Report 11. From Air Force Intelligence Report 12. United Press; July 27 & 28, 1952 13. From Air Force Intelligence Report moO eR ow 14. From Air Force Intelligence Report 15. United Press; Washington, July 28, 1952 16. United Press; July 29, 1952 17. From Air Force Intelligence Report 18, From Air Force Intelligence Report 19. From Air Force Intelligence Report 20. United Press, Associated Press; September 15, 1952 21. Reuters; September 20, 1952 22. Ruppelt, op. cit., p. 257 23. Michel, op. cit., p. 133 24. Ruppelt, op. cit., p. 258 25. United Press; Stockholm, September 29, 1952 26. United Press; October 8, 1952 27. Writer’s Digest; December 1957 Approved For Release 2001/04/02"7'CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0