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| On Sunday, February 20, 2005, "around 3 p.m., Walter Jara and his cousin, Luis Aguilar, saw a UFO fly over a mountain, Cerro Hornopiren," near Puerto Montt, a city on the Golfo de Ancud in Chile's far south. "According to Jara's account, the UFO flew over the summit before his startled eyes and, a few seconds later, he gathered his wits and managed to take a digital photograph of the object." "Jara said that at the moment of the photograph he was not aware that it was a flying object. He was surprised a few minutes later. At first he thought it could have been a spot on the camera lens." "But after keeping the UFO in sight for 60 seconds, his perspective and that of his camera had changed." "According to his story, the flying saucer was not visible in plain sight. However, when he zoomed the camera lens, he was able to see the object clearly." "'It was a moment of wonder and amazement,' said Jara, 'The day was clear and cloudless. The object oscillated violently in the sky. I saw that it was not a bird because they move differently.'" "He added that the UFO was grey in color and oval- shaped." "Jara's friend, Fernando Garces, said that his family lives in Hornopiren and has never seen any object with the characteristics witnessed by Walter Jara. The Meteorology Office at Puerto Montt's Tepual Airport dismissed the possibility that weather balloons could be involved, since these are launched at 8 a.m. and fly over the area for a maximum time of two hours." "According to weather official Gaston Munoz, by 11 o'clock (a.m.) the (weather) ballons have burst." (See the Chilean newspaper El Llanhique for February 21, 2005, "Eyewitness saw UFO flying over Cerro Hornopiren for 60 seconds." Muchas gracias a Scott Corrales y Liliana Nunez Orellana por este articulo de diario.) |
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| "An unidentified flying object of prodigious size, silver in color and with the characteristic shape of the so-called 'flying saucers,' was photographed with a high- definition camera by a Buenos Aires mountaineer during an ascent of Nevado de Cachi" mountain in northwestern Argentina, "one of the greatest challenges for South American climbers." "The photograph, of extraordinary clarity, was taken while the sportsman was at Las Pailas, an inhabited location halfway up the summit at an elevation of 3,500 meters (11,550 feet) above sea level, which includes the ruins of an ancient (pre-Columbian) Chalchaqui settlement." "The protagonist of the event was Guillermo Martin, an instructor with the Buenos Aires-based Entrenamientos de Montana (Spanish for Mountain Trainee --J.T.) club." "The photo was taken in November 2004 but was made known only last week. 'I didn't realize I had taken the shot until I saw it as a print,' Martin said, 'We researched it with speculations, and there was no error or damage to the systems. Nor does it appear that the object was the result of an undesired chemical reaction of some sort.'" "What the camera did record, for no reason, perhaps due to the 'thing's' speed, could not be seen by human eyes, according to the sportsman, who forwarded the startling images to Antonio Zuleta, a Cachi UFO researcher, also an enthusiastic mountaineer and host of a radio show on FM Radio San Jose. He also managed to send the object on a videotape." "Cachi, located 150 kilometers (90 miles) from the provincial capital" of Salta "and some 2,200 meters (7,260 feet in elevation) high, has become a worldwide center of interest for lovers of this mysterious and intriguing subject." "Martin has returned to this locale once more since last week and is attempting a new ascent of El Nevado de Cachi," which stands "6,380 meters (21,004 feet) above sea level, this time with a team of eight mountaineers." "'The day I took the photos--around noon--the skies were clear, cloudless, the sun was shining, there was no sound and the temperature was quite pleasant,' Martin told Zuleta, who in turn forwarded a transcript of the sportsman's statements to El Tribuno." Salta, capital of the province of the same name, is located 800 kilometers (500 miles) northwest of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. (See the Argentinian newspaper El Tribuno for February 24, 2005, "Mountain climber photographs a large UFO." Muchas gracias a Scott Corrales y Mercedes Casas por este articulo de diario.) |
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| DAYLIGHT DISCS ON VIDEO IN CULIACAN, MEXICO Daylight disc UFOs flying over the city of Culiacan in Mexico's state of Sinaloa were captured on videotape by Juan Antonio Lopez, a local resident. Lopez "managed to obtain excellent footage of the UFOs over his city," Mexican ufologist Ana Luisa Cid Fernandez reported. "Upon viewing the video, strange shining structures can be seen moving around at high speed." Culiacan is 460 kilometers (276 miles) northwest of Mexico City. The Culiacan sighting is just the latest in a series of recent encounters in Mexico. On Sunday, March 20, 2005, Prof. Cid "photographed a spherical silver UFO over Tlalnepantla," a suburb 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Mexico City. "Days later, she discovered a police helicopter in the photo." The helicopter "was flying at low altitude to monitor a disturbance of some area street peddlers. The UFO became apparent when she doubled the size of the photo." On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, "according to a report by aircraft technician Alfonso Salazar, Radio Rojo News reported that a spherical UFO had been reported hovering motionless over Tlalnepantla. The news report was made by Jorge Flores, a reporter for Radio Rojo, and Guadalupe Juarez, a reporter on Radio Rojo's nighttime news hour." The following day, Wednesday, March 23, 2005, Salazar and another Mexican ufologist, Carlos Guzman, were interviewed about the Tlalnepantla sightings by Radio Rojo. On Thursday, March 24, 2005, "Sra. Malena Mendieta told Prof. Cid that she had witnessed 'strange low-flying lights' near her home in the barrio Patera Vallejo (neighborhood) north of Mexico City. The lights emitted a buzzing sound that surprised Sra. Mendieta greatly. This sighting took place during the early morning hours, and she was in the company of her daughter." During a skywatch on Friday, March 25, 2005, Mexican ufologists Alfonso Salazar and Salvador Guerrero "manged to observe and record on video a spherical object on the east side of Mexico City. The UFO suddenly shifted speed and embarked on a new trajectory at the exact moment the (Good Friday reenactment of the) Crucifixion was being executed in Ixtapalapa." On Saturday, March 26, 2005, "an amateur television cameraman captured video of a spherical object emitting white lights in Mexico City's northern region, flying at high altitude from south to north," according to ufologist Alfonso Salazar. (Muchas gracias a Scott Corrales y Ana Luisa Cid Fernandez para estas noticias.) |
