UFO INVESTIGATION COMMISSION
Barcelona Center for Interplanetary Studies (January 1968)
The recent increase in observations of unidentified objects (ONI) justifies and almost requires the periodic publication of this News Bulletin, written by this Investigative Commission, in order to keep the public duly informed, making our information available to them. “dossiers”, our network of correspondents and our analysis of cases, as well as our experience of several years in the study of the exciting phenomenon ONI. It is now that the public Power and official Science abandon their attitude of indifference towards something that can directly affect, in a more or less short time, the lives of all beings on the Globe. It has been more than twenty years since the elusive “Unidentified Objects”, baptized with the name, so unfortunate and that has contributed so much to its discredit, of “Flying Saucers”, jumped to the daily present all over the world. For twenty years, what everything tends to point to as a methodical, cold and stubborn recognition of our planet by a power or powers that are certainly not terrestrial has lasted for twenty years. Twenty years in which there have been thousands of occasions to establish contact with Humanity, and yet the contact has not been established. The question that the “man in the street” immediately asks himself is precisely this: If they exist, why are they not made known? Why don’t they make contact? This is one of the most disconcerting — disturbing, I would say — aspects of the problem, and if it is answered indirectly by Dr. Jacques Vallée, Ph.D. in Astronomy, Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Sorbonne, IBM computer specialist and NASA advisor in the map of Mars, which, in a study published in “The Humanoid”, an extraordinary issue of the English “Flying Saucer Review”, recently translated by me into Spanish, studied no less than “two hundred” cases of ONI landings recorded during the French wave of 1954, to reach these two very important conclusions: a) in terms of time, landings preferably took place late at night, and b) in terms of space, in the most depopulated and inhospitable areas of France . From this to deduce that the mysterious crew members of the ONI — The “humanoids” — deliberately avoid contact with us, there is only one step.
But I believe that there is no better way to initiate our regular contact with the public than by transcribing “in full” an important document: the Resolution addressed to 131 World Governments, to the UN Secretary General, U Thant, to the United Nations General Assembly. , to UNESCO, to the ambassadors of the attached missions to the UN and to the observers of the member nations, to His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldhein, Austrian ambassador to the UN, to the chairman of the Committee on Space Affairs and to the distinguished representatives from the world press, radio and television; This resolution, approved during the VII International Congress of ONI Researchers, held in Mainz last November, was presented by the “Intercontinental UFO Research and Analytic Network” (ICUFON) Institute, 35–50 75th Street, Apt. 1C Jackson Heights NY 11,372, USA, and one of its signatories is its director, Colman von Kewiczky, a distinguished engineer who belonged to U Thant’s own secretariat and carried out important missions within this high international body.
ANTONIO RIBERA Vice-president of the C. E. I. president of the Investigative Commission of ONI.
Here a hundred cases and years of investigation
UFO landings
outstanding UFO observation events in Spain
1925
La Mancha area (Castilla la Nueva region, Spain). Approximate date. A man suddenly came across a strange being, six feet tall, wearing a greenish uniform. The being’s arms and legs were rigid. He carried a disk in each of his hands. He was hovering over another disk that he was standing on. The witness observed everything from a distance of 2 meters. There was no exchange of words between the two. (Source: Antoni Ribera)
July 25, 1938 23:30 Monday
Guadalajara (Guadalajara province, Spain). An officer and his assistant suddenly saw a powerful white light, only to realize later that it was coming from a dark lens-shaped object, about 11 meters in diameter, suspended almost 2 meters from the ground and 60 meters from where they meet. Without any noise being heard, a kind of column emerged from the lower part to which a platform was attached, being able to observe two moving silhouettes on this platform. A circle of bluish light was projected towards the ground and focused on the two witnesses, who felt a sensation of cold. The platform rose again, while the two sections of the object came spinning in opposite directions. The artifact assembly was illuminated with an intense white light and flew off. The witnesses thought that it should be a new military device of the Germans (*) or the Republicans. (Source: Oscar Rey).
New York 27. The popular magazine True says that, according to “well-informed authorities”, the flying saucers that were seen in Scandinavia are interplanetary vehicles directed by men of a civilization different and more advanced than that of the earth . — — Efe
ABC Sevilla José A. Galán Archive 12/28/1949
March 22, 1950 Wednesday
Villarta de San Juan (Ciudad Real, Spain). Two businessmen, Messrs. Julián Nieto and Gregorio Ruiz, observed an object in the shape of a small cloud that emitted a very bright light. Blinded by it, they turned on the fog lights, but they could not pass through the thing, which was seen again at a certain distance from the car to reposition itself on the car; and so on up to twenty times before reaching the aforementioned town. (Source: La Vanguardia, Barcelona, March 28, 1950)
12 April 1950 sunset Wednesday
On the Reus-Tarragona road (Tarragona, Spain). Two brothers named Pedro and Andrés García were in a truck when they saw an object located on some olive trees. It was a disk-shaped ship, almost 1 meter in diameter, which emitted a strange luminosity. The object disappeared after a few seconds at an extraordinary speed. (Source: El Correo Catalán, Barcelona, April 13, 1950).
April 14, 1950 Friday
Camarasa (Lleida, Spain). The population of Camarasa observed how a bright object penetrated the waters of the lake of the «Riegos y Fuerzas del Ebro» Hydroelectric Power Plant. The object was seen floating for some time until it was submerged in the lake. (Source: ABC, Madrid April 15 1950)
August 1952 night
Aitona (Lleida, Spain). Mr. Ramón Vilardell and another person were on a regional road when they observed a somewhat spherical object located near the ground, about 100 meters from where they were. It was about six times wider than the full moon and emitted a green and blue “Vaporous” light. Estimated diameter: 1.50 meters. Observation duration: 10 seconds. The witnesses were astonished. (Source: CEI)
July 1, 1953 1:00 PM Wednesday
Villares del Saz (Cuenca, Spain). An illiterate 14-year-old shepherd boy, M. Muñoz Olivares, saw a “big ball” on the ground behind him. He realized this after hearing a hissing sound. The shape of the object was similar to that of a water jug and was metallic. That was opened and three dwarfs of about 60 cms. tall, with a yellow face, thin eyes, and oriental features. They addressed the boy speaking to him in a language that he himself could not understand. They were dressed in blue, they wore a kind of flat hat with a front visor and a metal plate on each of their arms. One of them slapped the boy in the face; then they got inside the machine, which glowed very brightly, emitting a sound resembling a soft hiss. The ship disappeared quickly “like a rocket.” The Civil Guard (rural police) found footprints and four holes of 5 cm. in diameter that formed a perfect square. (Source: Offensive, Cuenca, July 12, 16, 19 and 25, 1953. “Flying saucers and evidence” by Dr. Manuel Pedrajo, pp. 90–94).
September 1953 night
Santoña (Santander, Spain). During a clear night, Mr. F. Campana saw a solid object come out of the sea some 3,500 meters from where he was and fly vertically for almost a minute. It was bright and blue in color. (Source: Eridani AEC)
October 17, 1954 Sunday
Or Alvito (Baixo Alentejo, Portugal). Mr. Manuel Madeira heard a noise that he thought was emitted by an animal. Going to see what it was, he saw an object take off vertically from the ground at high speed. (Source: Diario de Noticias, Lisbon, October 19, 1954).
1 November 1954 10:40 PM Monday
Órdenes (La Coruña, Spain). Mr. G. Rubinos Ramos stopped his car at the point called “Curva del Obispo”, on the road between Santiago de Compostela and Órdenes, when the gearbox fell to the ground. He sent a message to La Coruña and, around midnight, his friends Rafael Corrollo Sabell and Juan Pardo Ramos arrived to tow the car. The two friends found Rubinos inside the vehicle in a state of maximum excitement, with the rosary in his hand, informing them that a spherical object, about 6 meters in diameter, had appeared near the ground going up and down while the surrounding dogs they barked. That same night, the radio receivers were blocked and witnesses from the towns of Becerreá and Mera reported having observed an unknown flying object. Mr. Rubinos is a very religious man, also having two brothers in the Society of Jesus. (Source: Oscar Rey)
December 3, 1954 Friday
Azuaga (Badajoz, Spain). Twelve workers saw what they described as a square machine, about 10 meters on a side, that landed and shot off at high speed, flying south. (Source: La Voz de Galicia, La Coruña, December 5, 1954. Other newspapers of the same date).
December 6, 1954 07:25 Monday
Irún (Guipúzcoa, Spain). Mr. Juan Martínez Portolés, 2 6 years old, who lives in the town of Renteria and works in lrún, was riding his bicycle on the road near the place known as “Loidi-Berri” when he saw a round and luminous object that lost height. The object came from the sea following an N-S trajectory. The witness approached up to 6 meters from the object when he landed on the ground. Its approximate dimensions were 3 meters long by 1 high. The object had a luminous turret from which four eaves started. The witness walked away very scared. Later, later, he returned to the place with his father, and both could see the marks left by the object: the grass was crushed and footprints of about 15 cm were found. in length, as well as a kind of metallic samples. (Source: La Vanguardia, Barcelona, December 8, 1954).
December 8, 1954 Wednesday
Zuera (Zaragoza, Spain). Mr. Miguel Sevilla Gálvez, who was hunting in the Sierra de Alcubierre, said that he had seen how a luminous ship, about 20 meters in diameter by 4 meters high, equipped with antennas and propellers, had landed about 50 meters from where he was. Two men who spoke to him in an unknown language exited the ship through a door that was opened. Then they re-entered the object, the door closed, and the ship rose vertically at extraordinary speed with a hissing sound. (Source: El Noticiero Universal, Barcelona, December 9, 1954. La Voz de Galicia, La Coruña, December 10, 1954. Amanecer, Zaragoza, December 9, 1954).
December 19, 1954 Sunday
Cartaya (Huelva, Spain). Messrs. M. Moral Bernal and J. Riquelme Camacho were in a place called “Tavirona” when they observed a circular aircraft perched on the ground, some 50 meters away. When they approached the object they were surprised to see that it rose with a lot of noise and flew in the direction of Portugal. (Source: El Noticiero Universal, Barcelona, December 20, 1954).
January 5, 1955 4:00 PM Wednesday
Oiarzun-Gantxuriketa (Guipúzcoa, Spain). Messrs. Félix Galarraga, 23, and Miguel and Martín Arraspio saw, from different and separate places (near a train station and on a highway) a red balloon about 2.5 meters in diameter that fell to the ground. It was metallic and very shiny. Galarraga approached the object, but when it was about 100 meters from it, it rose. (Source: La Vanguardia, Barcelona, January 7, 1955).
June 1955 01:00
Muros (La Coruña, Spain). The fisherman Don Juan Agulla Riveiro was working when he suddenly saw a marine creature, dwarf and similar to a gorilla. The creature had a herculean chest and very small arms and legs; he was dressed in a very strange way: he seemed to be covered in plastic and wore a hood. He took an object with his hands, while the witness was paralyzed thanks to a green light. The fisherman affirms that he does not know how long all this lasted. (Source: Diez Minutos magazine, Madrid, June 1955).
August 28, 1957 03:00 Wednesday
Nazaré (Estremadura, Portugal). A 19-year-old young man, Carlos Foja, and a girl were on the beach when they observed a dark object, surrounded by greenish light, located about 200 meters above sea level. When it stood on top of them they could appreciate its perfectly circular shape. The ship lowered to about 5 meters from the ground, at a distance of approximately 100 meters, which allowed them to discern a small tower and a large curved window about 3 meters wide, through which they perceived a yellow light. Soon after, the object emitted a beam of yellowish-green light from its base to the ground. Then it went even lower until it was almost 2 meters high on the sand of the beach. After the object disappeared, traces were found in an area of four square meters, an area in which plants and stones had disappeared. (Source: CEI Archive).
April 30, 1958 Wednesday evening
El Padul (Granada, Spain). Messrs. Ignacio Jiménez Leyva and Torcuato Sánchez saw a very bright object, about 10 meters in diameter, descending towards the ground on a hill. A short time later, the strange object began to rise and disappeared at a fantastic speed in the direction of Baza, at high altitude and leaving a yellowish trail. (Source: National Radio of Spain, broadcast of May 1, 1958).
August 1958 19:30
Pico Mulhacén (Granada, Spain). At the top of Mount «Mojón Alto» (at an altitude of 3,000 meters, with an ambient temperature of 10 to 15 ºC and in clear and dry weather) three witnesses observed an object perched on the ground for about 15 minutes, at about 4 kms. away. It should be about 8 meters. in height, it was similar in shape to a rocket and was supported on three legs. It appeared to be metallic (something like steel) and reflected light. It made no noise. It rose rapidly increasing in speed heading towards Alvica. (Source. File: CEI).
July 14, 1959 00:00
Sucs (Lleida, Spain). Approximate date. Mr. Antonio Domingo, 40 years old, saw a spherical object surrounded by a bright halo from his house, a farmhouse (a typical Catalan farmer’s house), 25 km away. of Lleida. At first the object was immobile, but then it began to move in a west to east direction, all at a height of about 15 meters from the ground. It illuminated that place in a way that “seemed to be daytime” for about 10 seconds. The noise of an explosion was subsequently heard and the witness panicked. (Source: CEI Archive).
June 10, 1960 03:00 Friday
Algoz (Algarve, Portugal). Mr. Carlos Sabino, 25, and his friend “Felipe” were walking through a place known as “Peuras” when they suddenly saw what they thought was a car. Then, when they observed that it was disk-shaped and gave off a never-before-seen glow, they hid themselves and six men could see around the object. Later, the ship went straight and very fast. Then Sabino ran toward his house, but the object reappeared, illuminated the ground with an intense beam of light, and disappeared. Mr. Sabino is considered a person who always tells the truth by all who know him, who have testified to the true terror that Don Carlos suffered as a result of the incident. (Source: Diario de Noticias, Lisbon, June 12, 1960).
June 11, 1961 23:00 Sunday
Cantillana (Seville, Spain). This point is located near Fuentelaguna, about 50 kms. of Sevilla. Feeling a strange itchy discomfort all over his body, especially in the head, the witness, Mr. José G. Darnaude, saw a luminous disk appear from the SW and hover in the air at the level of his eyes. He would turn on himself and change color: from white to red, to orange, to purple, back to white. Other witnesses saw the phenomenon for a few minutes until, suddenly, it rose vertically at high speed and disappeared. During the event all the insects in the place stopped singing. The object was about 5 meters in diameter and shaped like two overlapping plates. Its outline was hazy and no visible structure could be discerned. Neighbors reported seeing a flying light. (Source: Ignacio Darnaude)
November 1963
Comarruga (Tarragona, Spain). Mr. Sesplugues, director of the «Hotel Mirador» in Andorra, was driving his car, accompanied by his wife, between the towns of Comarruga and Torredembarra, when they saw a black being, the size of a headless man crossing the road ahead of him. (Source: Antoni Ribera).
July 1964 11:30
Las Rozas (Madrid, Spain). An economist, Dr. Barceló, was driving his car between Madrid and El Escorial when he observed a metallic object perched on a hill. It was shaped somewhat like a cone section. Four kilometers later he met two policemen with whom he returned to the place where he was observed. They climbed to the exact point where the object had been perched, finding the crushed earth and plants. The object, which reflected the sun blindingly, should be about 20 feet wide by 30 feet high. (Source: Eridani AEC).
May 13, 1965 Thursday
Barzana de Quirós (Asturies, Spain). The inhabitants of this town near the town of Pajares saw a circular metallic object fall to the ground, but were unable to find physical traces of it. (Source: Pueblo, Madrid, May 21, 1965).
February 6, 1966 20:00 Sunday
AZuche (Madrid, Spain). Messrs. Jordán, Ortuño, Ruiz, and Jiménez observed a bright orange disc of about 11 meters in diameter. The object was perched on the ground supported by three legs. The disc descended, landed, and rose again. The events occurred at the “El Relajal” farm. (Source: Antonio Ribera).
May 16, 1966 Monday
Córdoba (Spain). Mr. Manuel Hernández was walking through the fields near the city when he saw a disk-shaped object land about 100 meters away. Small beings that resembled “green birds” emerged from the ship for a few moments. Then they went back inside and the object rose. (Source: Paris Jour, Paris, May 18, 1966)..
June 27, 1966 04:00 Monday
Cistella (Girona, Spain). Three witnesses, Mrs. Rosa Massó, Mr. Francisco Crous and Pastor Vicente Arajil, suddenly saw a stationary disk, initially believing that it was the Moon. The object descended at high speed, sporting fantastic colors: red, blue and green. Its contours were well defined. “It was more beautiful than the rainbow.” The disk approached the ground about 500 meters away from the witnesses. Then they believed that they had seen how an artificial satellite had fallen to earth. But about 6 minutes later, a second and a third objects appeared: they were cylindrical and thick smoke came from their back, which dried the mouth and nose of the witnesses throughout that day. There was no noise. One of the witnesses had “a great dizziness.” Some days later, investigations were carried out in the area, resulting in the discovery of footprints in a clearing in the area. One of the witnesses, Mr. Crous, became very sleepy as a result of the incident. (Source: Cecilia C. de Puig).
1 June 1967 21.00 Thursday
Santa Monica (Madrid, Spain). A large lens-shaped object with a bright dome on top that emitted a yellowish light and with a badge on the bottom, was observed at 20:20 at low altitude by a large number of people in San José de Valderas , who managed to take quite a few photos of the object. The same album landed near the restaurant “La Ponderosa”, being then seen by Don Manuel Rivera Ciudad and by Doña Eugenia Arbiol de Alonso. It was circular and with windows. It was observed by Mrs. Arbiol as she descended and landed for a minute or so. The next day, footprints and some very small curious tubes were found at the site. (Source: Antoni Ribera and Rafael Farriols).
July 1967 03:00
Palma (Balearic Islands, Spain). A daughter of the Count of Ribes was awakened by an intense light that came from the patio. The young woman saw two little creatures near the window that seemed to be talking to each other. They had very big heads and huge eyes. The witness tried to turn on the light in her room but it did not work. She then she went to look for candles, but when she returned everything had disappeared and returned to normal. Two small footprints were found in the courtyard next to the window. (Source: Enrique de Caralt and Antoni Ribera).
August 7, 1967 9:00 PM Monday
Ingriés (Huesca, Spain). The young Fernando Alcázar Albajar, an Industrial Expert student, was driving his motorcycle 15 km. between Huesca and Sabinanigo when he saw a disk twice the size of the full moon, which was flying about 150 meters above him and later landed, emitting a strong white light. The witness panicked when the object’s lights went on and off three times. It appears that there were other witnesses who also saw the object. Source: CEI Archive).
September 1967 21:30
Sant Feliu de Codines (Barcelona, Spain). Two people called Wiesenthal and who were going in a car in the direction of Barcelona, they saw, about 4 kms. before St. Feliu de Codines, on the Moiá road, thanks to the car’s headlights, a creature with bright green skin, about 65 cms. of height. The being had short, thick legs. Both witnesses suffered emotional shock. (Source: CEI Archive).
October 1, 1967 10:30 PM Sunday
Tibidabo (Barcelona, Spain). Don Valeriana Ruiz Fontes, 28, a communications technician, suddenly observed an object that he initially took to be a bus. Near it there were four people of an approximate height of 1.70 meters, who wore black uniforms and wore shiny helmets. A light could be seen below the object, which was suspended some distance from the ground. It should be about 4.50 meters long. Six internally lit oval windows were visible, as well as a rectangular turret at the top that protruded about 10 feet from ground level. Two of the beings climbed into the turret and used some mechanism. After about 30 minutes the exterior lights went out; the only lighting came from the windows. The ship rose vertically silently to a height of about 180 meters. Two yellow lights were then observed at the ends and a flashing reddish-orange light was seen in the center. Later, three blue-green circular lights were seen and a loud metallic noise was heard coming from the object, which was lost from sight in the direction of the sea in less than 3 seconds. (Source: CEI Archive).
17 November 1967 13:00 Friday
Plencia (Vizcaya, Spain). About ten fishermen who were in various boats in the La Concha area saw an oval-shaped, dark gray object descending at high speed. It was about 10 meters in diameter and was observed flying up and down, sometimes reaching sea level and swaying from side to side. It was seen for almost 9 minutes less than 2 kms. away from where they were, until he shot off at a speed that the human eye could not follow. (Source: El Correo Español, El Pueblo Vasco, Bilbao, November 21, 1967).
December 3, 1967 Sunday
Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain). One woman reported seeing a strange four-limbed cactus-shaped being that left significant footprints. The witness did not want to comment on the case. (Source: Antoni Ribera).
1968
El Padul (Granada, Spain). A 28-year-old college student was riding in a car with his mother when they saw a luminous object at low altitude, moving from east to west. The object alternated its color between yellowish and bluish. Witnesses pursued him until he was out of sight; then they stopped the car. Suddenly, a blinding object began to fly just a few meters above the car, at high speed. Its shape was that of two domes with a section in the center that rotated. The mother suffered a nervous breakdown and had to stay in bed for two weeks. The car’s engine failed to start. (Source: Gil).
January 5, 1968 08:15 Friday
Torrelles de Foix (Barcelona, Spain). Mr. Josep Carbó Massagué, 60 years old, and another man were waiting for the bus at a point on the road between Vilafranca and Pontons, when they saw a disk-shaped object, about 10 meters in diameter, perched on the Sant Joan mountain, about 45 meters from the summit. It rose in a curved path, flew over the top, and was lost from sight behind the mountain. It was yellow and bright. (Source: CEI Archive).
January 18, 1968 7:30 PM Thursday
Umbrete (Seville, Spain). In an olive plantation called “Dehesilla”, Mr. González Porrua, 45, his 19-year-old son and a 33-year-old ex-seminarian named Sábado Pichardo, who were heading north, suddenly observed an oval object of 1 20 meters long, yellow and very bright, about 3.5 kms. away and at about 200 meters of altitude. He drew a circle and approached them, closing it, but lost sight of behind some trees. At the same time. J. Arcos Román, 13, who was gathering grass for cattle near a farm called “Torre Arcas”, observed “An object in the shape of a cake with something round on the top”, of a color “between yellow and red ”, about 2.5 kms. away. It was flying very low in a SE direction. He was able to observe it for 4 or 5 minutes. (Source: Manuel Osuna).
March 22, 1968 8:00 PM Monday
Candanchú (Huesca, Spain). Some 300 people observed a dome-shaped object perched in the snow near Mount Tobazo, reporting the incident to the neighboring border police. The object disappeared rising before a group of people arrived to investigate, who found clear hexagonal footprints. (Source: Levante, Valencia, March 24, 1968; Las Provincias, Valencia, March 24, 1968; and Jornada, Valencia, March 23, 1968).
April 1968
Tossa de Mar (Gerona, Spain). The driver of a boys’ tour and his passengers observed a circular and shiny object descending in an area planted with pine trees. That landed and a tall man was seen near the ship. All the witnesses fled except the guide. The crew member held a glowing ball in one of his hands. He circled the ship, re-entered it, and rose. The watch of the main witness stopped. A report was made to the Civil Guard. (Source: CEI Archive).
June 23, 1968 00:05 Sunday
Bilbao (Biscay, Spain). Mr. José Lesaga Martínez, a 58 year old retired officer, was returning from his garage accompanied by his wife when they saw a circular object flying at high speed towards a mountain. The object landed about 300 meters away. It was turning with strong red, green and yellow lights. Estimated diameter: about 5 meters. Another witness was the 25-year-old student Florentino López, who claimed to have seen the object perched on the ground illuminating an area of about 50 meters in radius. The young man got scared and ran off, hoping he could “forget that observation.” (Source: El Correo Español, El Pueblo Vasco, Bilbao, June 24, 1968. CIFA).
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Alcalá de Guadaira (Seville, Spain). The family of a doctor who wishes to remain anonymous observed, during two consecutive nights, a gigantic reddish-orange object which came directly in the direction of their house, stayed a few moments on it and rose away again, all this without the slightest noise being heard. (Source: Manuel Osuna).
August 2, 1968 18:00 Friday
Valdemanco (Ciudad Real, Spain). The ladies Cándida Barna and R. Aliseda Barba saw a rectangular object, some 150 meters away from the place «Los Razos». The object had two windows, about 30 feet long by 3 feet high, and was about 4 meters above ground level. It rose silently and was lost over the horizon in 30 seconds in a SW direction. The witnesses were scared and tried not to approach the object. Two “legs” at the front of the ship made up its landing gear. (Source: José Darnaude).
August 2, 1968 11:44 PM Friday
Monte Gallicant (Tarragona, Spain). In the “Los Castillejos” camp, a soldier drew the attention of his companions to a strange object, very bright and red, with well defined sides, located at the level of the trees of Mount Gallicant. The object was swinging like a pendulum. Some parts of it turned dark every 15 to 20 seconds. It was observed for more than 8 minutes, until the object disappeared. The main witness went to the barracks but could not observe him during the entire time that the observation lasted. (Source: Antoni
Riverbank).
15 August 1968 00:30 Thursday
Between Villaverde de Leganés and Brenes (Seville, Spain). At a point located between both towns and about 20 kms. from Seville-city, the witness saw an oval object similar to a small bus with lights on the top. Only a few doors were lighted. The witness chose not to say anything so as not to alarm his wife and his son, but the 5-year-old saw the object and said, “Look, look! A bus has had an accident! ». So the witness wanted to go back for an inspection but his wife objected. (Source: from a letter to the editor of ABC, Andalusia edition, September 1 and 22, 1968).
August 16, 1968 06:00 Friday
Tivissa (Tarragona, Spain). A man named Mateu who lives in a farmhouse between Tivissa and Serra d’Almos, got up early to go take care of his poultry, when he saw a light similar to the headlight of a car located 1 km away. away. Then he called his wife, thinking that it was a damaged vehicle. He headed towards the point accompanied by his dog. Then he verified that it was an object in the shape of a half sphere oscillating 1 meter from the ground, with a powerful light. On the other side he saw two “things” about 100 meters from the object heading towards him. These “creatures” resembled “octopus” one meter in height and with “four or five legs” of very bright color. This whole scene disgusted him. A large area of burned grass was found at the observation site. In addition, there were two other burned areas (apparently older) at a certain distance from the one in question. An Austrian couple (Hans Volkert, from Vienna) were camping in that area and saw the tracks. Both the Austrian couple and Mateu had their clocks stopped when they were near the place affected by the landing. (Source: Tele / Exprés, Barcelona, August 27, 1968).
August 28, 1968 7:30 PM Wednesday
Ucero (Soria, Spain). Mr. Pedro Alyagas was returning from a field when he saw a light as bright as the Sun of multiple colors. (He Inwardly he thought of the apparition of the Virgin Mary.) The object descended and emitted a stream of light upwards. He performed a strange maneuver, sweeping his rays across the surrounding terrain and hitting the witness in the face blinding him. He felt his hair stand on end and as his whole person was subjected to a powerful force of attraction and the bottle he held in one hand fell on him. The object stabilized. He saw it coming down, turning, and showing windows lit from inside. Then it stopped, though it continued to spin, and landed. It was something like two inverted concave plates. It had four large windows and four smaller ones at the top. Small dark objects were “thrown” towards the ground from the central part of the UFO, which “entered” again after a minute. Then it rose with a powerful jet of light in the upward direction and flew off at high speed in a few seconds. In total, the observation lasted about 7 minutes. This object was also seen by two other people separately: Mr. Don L. Hernando and a priest. (Source: Research carried out by Eridani AEC).
August 29, 1968 9:30 PM Thursday
Sant Sadurní d’Osmort (Barcelona, Spain). At km. 11 of the road that goes from Vic to St. Hilari, six people, among whom was Mrs. Solé, 54, saw an object located about 200 meters away and about 2 meters above the ground. It rose like a paper balloon and headed west. It was spherical, metallic yellow in color and gave off an intense light. The duration of the observation was 15 seconds. (Source: CEI Archive).
29 August 1968 21:40 Thursday
Castrejana (Vizcaya, Spain). Several people observed a very bright square object on Mount Cobetas, stating that it had a kind of dome on the top. It disappeared after a minute or a minute and a half of observation. (Source: El Correo Español, El Pueblo Vasco, Bilbao, August 30, 1968).
August 30, 1968 Friday
Colloto (Asturies, Spain). Two people from this town, located 5 kms. from Oviedo, and who prefer to remain anonymous for fear of ridicule, they observed an intense glow, which came from an umbrella-like object flying above their heads. Both witnesses felt pushed to the ground and one of them suffered a nervous shock. (Source: La Gaceta del Norte, Bilbao, August 31, 1968. Tele / Exprés and El Correo Catalán, Barcelona, August 31, 1968).
31 August 1968 20:00 IM Saturday
Santiponce (Seville, Spain). According to four girls (4, 5, 5, and 8 years old), they had seen a strange ship with several lights. Traces were found at the scene. Investigators were able to speak to 3 of the 4 witnesses. The object was round, with green and white lights and “came from the sky” landing among the trees about 50 meters from where the girls were, just outside the town (Santiponce is 14 km from Seville). At this point there is a high voltage line. The object had two black wheels and, shortly after landing, a very tall man wearing a white shirt and black pants appeared. The other girl — 5 years old — also described the incident, except for the individual’s height: according to her, he was short. The 8-year-old claimed that the object had green lights on its sides, a white one on top, and, in addition, two small windows. The man was smaller than the ship; his shirt was brown with black checks and his pants were the latter color. The parents said that the girls were very excited when they explained what happened, however, when they all went to the scene together, they only saw a man riding a bicycle who remained motionless for about 10 minutes, and then took a turn in 180o and walk away. The present case was not told to the press by the parents of the creatures, since they were embarrassed by what its publication could represent. Finally, it must be said that they did not see the object fly at any time. (Source: ABC, Andalusia edition, September 8, 1968 Investigations by Manuel Osuna and Felipe Laffitte).
31 August 1968 23:00 Saturday
Umbrete (Seville, Spain). Just outside the town of Umbrete, three young witnesses (Consuelo Perejón García, 16, Isabel Macías, 16, and Manoli Lunar Flores, 5) saw an object moving 3 meters above the ground, so they fled in fear. A few minutes before, two men riding bicycles saw in the nearby town of Bollullos 5 kms. from Umbrete a luminous object of 1.50 meters in diameter, narrower at the top, located 2 meters from the ground, which rose and flew towards Umbrete. (Source: Manuel Osuna).
September 1968
Valverde de Leganés (Badajoz, Spain). Mr. S. G. M., 28, was riding his motorcycle when a powerful circular yellow light appeared a few meters above the ground, flying over his head for 5 minutes and changing its light to an intense blue. Scared and fearing to be treated as insane, the witness did not report his observation immediately. (Source: ABC, Andalusia edition, September 14, 1968).
September 1968 22:00
In Sierra Nevada (Granada Spain). When his car broke down in the middle of the road, a family of four went outside to repair it. It was then that the wife observed an object, located near ground level, about 180 meters away, which was oscillating slightly like “a falling leaf.” She immediately called her husband and her children when she saw that he was beginning to rise. They were able to see the ship flying until it was out of sight (Source: CEI Archive).
September 1, 1968 01:00 Sunday
Pollença, Spain). A family of 4 was driving towards this city, on the island of Mallorca, when they observed a yellow ball located on a food factory. The object descended. It was surrounded by a ring of the same color. It lit up nearby trees for about 15 seconds. Then it disappeared. The place of observation is the only area with streams in that area. (Source: CEI Archive)
1 September 1968 23:00 Sunday
Noreña (Asturies, Spain). Mr. José Antonio Rodríguez, an industrialist, was about 800 meters from Noreña, on the highway that goes to Oviedo, when he observed an intense light from about 400 meters away, which was approaching. It was emitted by a yellow object, apparently solid, in the shape of an egg placed vertically, 1.50 meters high by 50 cm. wide, flying about 6 meters above the ground to the right of the road. From this position, the ship moved until it was located on the central half of the road, a maneuver that caused the witness the greatest scare of his life. Then he flew back and to the left. The observation took place in less than a minute. (Source: De Silva-Jovellanos. CEONI).
7 September 1968 22:45 Saturday
Arriondas (Asturies, Spain). The witness was between the towns of Carrio and Tope, about 4 km. de Arriondas, when he saw, 30 meters away, an object that looked like “A phosphorescent tube”, rectangular in shape, slightly curved at the top, about 4.50 meters wide, located near the ground. It emitted a bluish-white light that was seen for a minute and a half and a soft sound similar to that produced by a refrigerator. (Source: CEI Archive).
11 September 1968 23:45 Wednesday
Sant Martí de Tous (Barcelona, Spain). The witness, who wishes to remain anonymous, was driving his car on the road that goes from Barcelona to Santa Coloma de Queralt, during a clear night and in a mountainous area. Suddenly, he saw a yellow light, similar in shape to a dome, illuminating the pines up the slope. Continuing in a straight line, the witness seemed capable of going to investigate that since he could see it clearly. He got out of the car and got on some. 50 meters down the hill, when he saw four forms of beings or objects, with metallic reflections, about 80 cms. of height. “They” headed for a large oval object, which rose up, displaying various colors and making a deafening noise. In a few seconds it was already a point in the distance. (Source: Antoni Ribera)
September 21, 1968 at dawn Saturday
L’Escala (Gerona, Spain). Two strange beings, with yellowish faces, were seen from a distance of 10 meters on the island «Cargol» by the fisherman Mr. Joan Ballesta, 52 years old. The beings came out of an object similar to a marine buoy. They were dressed in ornate black suits, all tight fitting. Their faces were yellowish and they seemed to be scared. Mr. Ballesta rowed as fast as he could in the direction of the coast, running to the village tavern to warn more people. The event was reported to the Civil Guard, but no trace was found when the authorities arrived at the scene. (Source: El Noticiero Universal, Barcelona, September 23, 1968. Las Provincias, Valencia, September 22, 1968).
September 21, 1968 02:00 Saturday
La Llagosta (Barcelona, Spain). On the road from Barcelona to Puigcerdá, near the «Prebetong» factory and about 200 meters from La Llagosta, a truck driver saw an egg-shaped object. It was perched vertically on the ground and glowed with great brilliance. Near the ship was a small being. The witness did not stop, but sped up and upon reaching the aforementioned town he reported what happened to the gas station staff. (Source: CEI Archive)
September 24, 1968 9:00 PM Tuesday
Cedeira (La Coruña, Spain). A 56-year-old woman returning from the town of Piñeiro saw a bright light. Next she saw two “human beings” heading toward her down the road. Changing colored lights could be seen on her faces. Scared, the witness went to the nearest house. His in quilino hers, a 40-year-old sailor, went out to investigate but returned without having seen anything abnormal. A Galician investigator found an irregular burned area, about 2 meters in diameter, at the scene of the event. (Source: Añeiros).
October 1968 21:00
Acula (Granada, Spain). Mr. Juan Maldonado García and four members of his family were in a car on the Granada-Malaga highway, and when they reached a point located 2 km. from Acula, they observed a formation of three objects, about 4 meters in diameter, projecting intense jets of green light. red, blue and white and heading towards them. These objects landed nearby and turned black as witnesses panicked. They continued driving to Granada where they explained what they had transferred to a local newspaper, which published a short reference to the events the next day. The witnesses are “absolutely trustworthy.” (Source: Gil).
11 October 1 968 Friday
Setcases (Girona, Spain). Some climbers from the group “Unió Excursionista de Catalunya” reported having observed an object perched on the ground in a place known as “La Pedrera”. Two small figures emerged from the ship. The witnesses gave false names and refused to be interviewed by investigators. (Source: CEI Archives).
October 14, 1968 00:40 Monday
Zafra (Badajoz, Spain). At km. 2 of the Zafra-Huelva highway, five witnesses observed a hemispherical object, about 10 meters in diameter. It was red in color and emitted a blue light from its sides. He changed position twice suddenly, disappearing here and appearing there. (Source: CEI Archive).
October 15, 1968 9:00 PM Tuesday
Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz, Spain). A nine-year-old girl named Candida Sumariva saw a very bright red light “similar to a large tomato” which emitted a noise. Then the luminous object rose until it was out of sight. The Civil Guard found traces at the place of observation. (Source: ABC, Madrid, January 24, 1969. Carlos Murciano)
17 October 1968 20:00 Thursday
Seville. One object was observed by several people, among whom was a woman named Salud. The ship descended while changing color (blue, red, orange). He disappeared from sight among some trees. Investigators who went to the scene found no footprints. (Source: Seville, October 18, 1968. Las Provincias, Valencia, October 19, 1968).
19 October 1968 04:45 Saturday
Santa Eugenia de Berga (Barcelona, Spain). Several women on their way to work at a factory in the city of Vic observed a luminous white ball that landed about 30 meters to the left of the road. Upon reaching Vic, they reported what had been seen and several cars drove to the place, finding a burned area 2 meters in diameter. At the same time, a man living near Santa Eugenia saw a “fireball” flying towards Montseny. (Source: CEI Archive).
October 24, 1960 12:00 Thursday
Calig (Castellón de la Plana, Spain). Approximate date. Mr. Vicente Rambla and his two sons were working in a field when they saw a white balloon fly silently, at a moderate speed, about 2 meters above ground level. Suddenly, he rose vertically as one of the witnesses yelled something. He sensed that that object “was a bad omen”, and the object went down again until it was 50 meters from where they were, rose above their heads to finally lose sight of it in the North direction. (Source: Gilabert).
2 November 1968 04:35 Saturday
Villarreal de Ebro (Zaragoza, Spain). A soldier, Mr. Francisco Martí, and four of his companions who were in a car in the direction of Zaragoza, observed that “the Sun rose like a great yellow disk” in the west. The car radio, headlights and engine stopped working when they were about 500 meters from the object, which was on their left. It was metallic in appearance and immense: of a diameter comparable to that of a bullring. After 3 minutes it rose silently, accelerated suddenly and disappeared. Then all the instruments in the car returned to normal operation. The sky was cloudy. There were no power lines around. The witnesses reported the event to the Zaragoza military authorities. (Source: CEI Archive. Antonio Ribera).
10 November 1968 17:40 Sunday
Port of Espadán (Castellón de la Plana, Spain). With a clear sky and cold weather, three witnesses (Mr. Manuel Pastor Camarena, head of the telephone office, his wife and son) observed a very powerful blue light at the height of the crown of some pine trees. No explanation was found for the presence of this light. (Source: CEONI).
14 November 1968 22:45 Thursday
Zafra (Badajoz, Spain). At km. 3 of the Zafra-Huelva highway, a witness saw a motionless human-looking figure, 2 meters tall, about 30 meters away on the side of the road. His clothing was phosphorescent green and his face was only a black area. (Source: Hoy, Badajoz, November 19, 1968.)
November 22, 1968 7:30 PM Friday
Boadilla del Camino (Palencia, Spain). Mr. Don Melecio Pérez Manrique, 56 years old, a tractor driver, was returning from his work when he saw some lights, initially thinking that it would be a corduroy vehicle. He resolved to go help them but he saw the lights fly up next to his tractor. For an hour he observed six white lights of about 12 inches. in diameter and a red one of something like a meter in diameter, all at a distance of about 5 meters. Once in town he called several neighbors who saw the lights rise in the distance. (Source: Rev. Antonio Felices).
November 30, 1968 Saturday
Palencia (Palencia, Spain). An industrial acquaintance, who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of ridicule, saw an object land 10 meters from where he was. He did not dare to investigate and left the place. The newspaper ABC commented: “Reports that have reached us speak of a motorist who has seen a« flying saucer »; some of this news comes from towns located in the south of the province of Palencia.” (Source: ABC, Madrid, December 8, 1968).
December 10, 1968 Tuesday
Olleros de Pisuerga (Palencia, Spain). Near the town of Aguilar de Campoo, Mr. José Díez Martín saw an object located near ground level. It was similar to a star and had three points, and it emitted powerful yellow and green lights. The witness called the patrons of a bar and all of them were able to observe the object from 30 meters away. He disappeared when those present approached him. (Source: Las Provincias, Valencia, December 14, 1968).
December 31, 1968 08:15 Tuesday
Yuste (Cáceres, Spain). Mr. Francisco Moreno, 45, a “typical Spanish peasant”, who has lived with his wife all his life in this town, was driving his mule to one of his fields when he saw an intensely luminous discoidal object, followed by two others, about 300 meters from the Yuste Monastery, at a point known as “Cruz Verde”. The three objects “detached” several smaller objects that were placed at ground level in a circle, until finally they headed towards the town of Garganta la Olla. When Mr. Moreno was interviewed, he explained the following: at first he saw three clouds, thinking that they were condensations produced by an airplane. Then they seemed to “disintegrate” finding themselves surrounded by “an infinity of small round lights of various colors, many of them red.” (Source: Information from Radio Plasencia de Cáceres. Investigation by Ares, Begule and López de Eridani AEC) (See an extensive account of what happened on these same pages under the title of “The Yuste Phenomenon”).
January 1969 night
Ginés (Seville, Spain). Two employees of a reputable bank saw a green creature with two legs, about 10 feet tall, near a road. No UFO presence was observed in relation to the being. The witnesses made their observation from inside a car that was racing down the road. Due to the nervous shock produced by this extraordinary experience, they did not want to argue with anyone about this matter. (Source: Ignacio Darnaude).
2 January 1969 20:00 Thursday
Albacete (Albacete, Spain). Messrs. Isaías Navarro Serrano and Francisco Morcillo Martín observed a quadrilateral-shaped object that emitted an intense yellow light and was located near ground level. The ship climbed vertically, made a turn, and headed east. (Source: Europa Press Agency. La Vanguardia, Barcelona, January 8, 1969).
January 6, 1969 9:00 PM Monday
Pontejos (Santander, Spain). Four people who were inside the kitchen of a small cafe near the Pedrosa Sanatorium, saw, through a wide window, an illuminated yellow rectangle, about 30 meters away and located about 5 meters from the ground, and in the one that could clearly distinguish the figure of a man who was pacing up and down. Then others appeared, similar to the previous one, which gathered in the center of the rectangle, until, later, they stopped seeing each other. The great luminosity died away and the outlines of a gray object resembling an inverted bowl on a plate became discernible. It rose like a luminous body and flew out of sight, illuminating the grass and trees. (Source: Prof. Manuel Pedrajo).
January 15, 1969 Wednesday
Villafranca de los Barros (Badajoz, Spain). The students of two classes of a Jesuit College saw a giant being and fled in terror. Then they returned to the same place finding strange footprints. The event was reported to the Civil Guard. The next day, the director of the College attributed the case to the excessive imagination of the boys. (Source: Sánchez).
January 16, 1969 last hours of Thursday
Las Pajanosas (Seville, Spain). A man who was driving his car back from the province of Extremadura observed a light. He stopped and walked over to her. When he reached a point located about 200 meters from it, he realized that it was coming from an illuminated rectangle in which figures were seen walking up and down continuously. He edged closer, meeting a dog staring at the light with bristling hairs and howling low. Scared, the witness left the scene. Upon arriving in Seville, he explained what happened to his neighbor, an engineer, who accompanied him to the point of the event several days later, finding three tracks separated by 1.80 meters. (Source: Felipe Laffitte).
January 28, 1969 10:30 PM Tuesday
Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz, Spain). Mr. Manuel Espinar Anillo, a 41-year-old guard, suddenly saw a very powerful light, thinking that it was a car that had been lost. However, shortly afterwards, he observed something like a pot flying silently over the treetops, with a North-South direction. It lit up the area as if it were daytime. The horse showed no signs of panic but the witness, who was blinded by the light, had to go inside the house until he had recovered. (Source: ABC, Andalusia edition, January 29 and 31, 1969).
29 January 1969 10:00 Wednesday
Matadepera (Barcelona, Spain). An old woman who was walking through the hills near the town located a few kms. from Sabadell and near Barcelona, she heard a loud noise and observed a strange flying object that suddenly carried out a maneuver in order not to “trip” over a high voltage cable (5,000 volts.). The object was about 10 feet long, 2.50 wide, and 1.50 high, with a metallic appearance and several very bright colored lights. The ship headed towards Terrassa. Possible traces of her landing were found in that place when several investigators attended. (Source: CEI Archive).
February 2, 1969 9:00 PM Sunday
Aroche (Huelva, Spain). In a place called “Valdefanegas”, located 7 kilometers from Aroche, seven people, including the Vázquez family, saw a luminous and immobile object, 1.50 meters from the ground. It emitted an intense yellow light, was round in shape, and its size was comparable to that of a car wheel. They watched this scene for two hours without daring to get any closer to the object. The next day no footprints were found at the scene. A few minutes earlier, neighbors saw a fireball in the sky lighting up the area as if it were daytime. (Source: ABC, Andalusia edition, March 11, 1969).
28 February 1969 04:00 Friday
Miajadas (Cáceres, Spain). At the same time as the earthquake that struck the Cáceres area, a truck driver and his assistant observed a rare object and five tall, luminous beings with a humanoid appearance. Prisoners of irrational terror, they sped away from the place. (Source: Manuel Osuna).
March 1969 Thursday
Busot (Alicante, Spain). The electrical system of a car driven by Mr. Juan Arenillas López, director of a Cavas de Busot, failed when three unknown objects landed on a mountain known as “Cabeso d’Or”. Mr. Arenillas and his wife remained in the damaged car and watched, for three minutes, how the objects illuminated the mountain. (Source: ABC, Madrid, March 7, 1969).
March 9, 1969 22:00 Sunday
Monreal del Campo (Teruel, Spain). Two medical students, Mr. and Mrs. Mira, were driving their car from Valencia and heading to Zaragoza when they observed a white light that flew parallel to the road, on their left, about 1,500 meters above the ground and at a speed of 80 km / hour, about 2 kms. away. They stopped the car twice to make sure they weren’t the victims of a hallucination. The object descended vertically and landed displaying various lights. A small white circular object was observed near the first. The witnesses moved away and, some time later, they observed the flight of another similar object. (Source: CEONI).
March 12, 1969
Mérida (Badajoz, Spain). Approximate date. On the road between the towns of Almendralejo and Mérida, a family of five observed a round object, bright like the Sun, which “fell” near them until it was at the height of their heads. The object followed the car for about 20 minutes until they approached the surroundings of Merida. When he flew over the car, he did it very low. He was also seen above the cemetery by Mrs. Macarro, who left her house due to some strange interference that she observed on her TV receiver. Said lady affirmed that it had the shape of a hat. (Source: Pueblo, Madrid, March 26, 1969).
March 25, 1969 10:30 PM Tuesday
Renedo de Valdavia (Palencia, Spain). An 80-year-old woman observed an object with a powerful red light in the center, about 50 meters high. The red light descended and landed, then returned to the main object which was compared to a white square. This object was seen again several days later and yet again on April 12. The witness thought that it was some secret experiment and that, having seen it, she would have complications with the military; that is why she did not give her name. (Source: Rev. Felices a Ballester Olmos, dated April 24, 1969).
May 11, 1969 Sunday
Santa Catalina de Somoza (León, Spain). A taxi driver who works in Astorga, Mr. Primitivo González López, claimed to have observed an orange object on the road. It gave off a brilliant luminosity, and something resembling an “incandescent iron triangle” could be seen at the top. González went to find his friend Zacarías Fernández and his wife, who observed the object. (Source: El Noticiero Universal, Barcelona, May 14, 1969).
July 4, 1969 7:00 PM Friday
Ribarroja d’Ebre (Tarragona, Spain). A family of five were traveling in a car when they saw an object descend at a fantastic speed, only to shoot upwards again after almost touching the ground. It looked like a glowing ball that disappeared as it rose out of sight. (Source: Tele / Exprés, Barcelona, July 7, 1969).
July 6, 1969 10:50 PM Sunday
Aracena (Huelva, Spain). Three ladies of Sevillian high society and their two maids who lived in two country houses, 70 meters apart, saw a luminous object that emitted a jet of light after having dropped dust. According to what was said by two of the witnesses, the incident began when they observed interference on the TV set and that, almost immediately, the entire town of Aracena was left without electricity. Ten minutes later, it worked again. Some heard them being called from the other country house and it was, while trying to start a car, that they saw a strong white light coming from a bowl-shaped object that came from the horizon, descending slowly and silently. The other lady heard a very loud noise upstairs and felt an electric shock at the same time that the dust fell. They all returned to the first house, from where they watched as the strong white light flew along the road, stopping for 20 minutes. It emitted a long stream of blue light comparable to a pencil, which slowly approached the house and blinded the witnesses. (Source: Manuel Osuna)
August 25, 1969 02:00 Monday
Aitona (Lleida, Spain). Mr. and Mrs. Roca, along with another couple, observed a bright wall of white light, about 2 meters by 4, located on the ground. They stopped seeing her when they came towards her and could not see her again. (Source: CEONI)
11 September 1969 18:00 Thursday
Morón de la Frontera (Seville, Spain). Mr. Francisco Gordillo Montano, who owns some olive groves in the place known as “El Zorriche Bajo”, 2 kms. NE of the village, he suddenly noticed an extraordinary glow a few meters below where he stood and on the east side. It came from a “round thing” perched on the ground. The witness covered his eyes and made a detour to a point 15 meters from where he believed the object to be, being able to see that it was no longer there. Mr. Gordillo plucked up the courage to go to the first place where the object had been, but he had to stop as a strange smell attacked his eyes and his throat, even having difficulty breathing. He then he walked away from there scared and unable to breathe. He left his cap and his tools behind and fled. The witness is a highly respected person in the community, and one of his sons runs a small business. The case was not known until six months later (as a result of the Morón case dated May 11, 1970) for fear of ridicule. (Source: ABC, Andalusia edition, May 24, 1970. Juan Salas investigated it).
October 11, 1969 08:25 Saturday
Cabo Cope (Murcia, Spain). The fishing boat «Agustín Rojas», owned by Don Francisco Simó (popularly known as «Paco el de la bomba», since he was the person who found the atomic bomb that the Americans lost in 1963 on those coasts), was about 5 kms. from Corporal Cope when her nets caught something that couldn’t be brought to the surface. The Spanish navy was notified, and an order was issued on October 13 that notified that a buoy had been placed at the exact point of the event. On the other hand, the rear admiral Pery, on board the helicopter carrier «Dédalo», was the one who directed the operation, in which the destroyers «Jorge Juan» and «Valdés», the submarine S 13 and another ship also took part. The object was never found. (Source: Seville, Seville, October 14, 1969. And almost all the national press)
25 November 1969 22:00 Tuesday
Esparza (Navarra, Spain). In a place called “Las Arrubias”, between the towns of Esparza and Arlegi, 8 kms. from Pamplona, an engineering doctor was driving his car in the direction of the “Potasas de Navarra” factory when he observed a lenticular-shaped object, about 8 meters in diameter and 2 meters high, of a fluorescent yellow color but not blinding. It looked metallic and had pointed ends. The object was perched on the ground about 200 meters away. He slowed his car to get a better look at it until the object shot off at a fantastic speed. No noise was heard during the observation. The object landed where a stream begins. Footprints were found that were carefully examined. At the landing site, the grass was charred (Source: CEI Archive).
29 November 1969 07:10 Saturday
96 Ginés (Seville, Spain). Don Rafael Julio Jiménez, 30, and Manuel Infante Pérez, 18, were driving from Umbrete to Seville when, 2 kms. After passing the town called Espartinas, they saw an object flying at the height of the trees and at a speed similar to that of an airplane. It looked like two inverted plates and its circumference showed a series of 12 small red and yellow lights, while in the center of the object was a dome with an intermittent blue flash. (Source: Manuel Osuna)
January 1970 04:00
Viator (Almería, Spain). A 23-year-old professional driver, who was doing his military service at the “Alvarez de Sotomayor” camp, was on guard duty when he observed a light located near ground level some 500 meters away. It was yellow with some greenish touches and it was very clearly visible. It traveled in a rectilinear path from east to west for almost 3 minutes. It passed under some trees, its height being estimated at about 10 meters. (Source: RNC)
11 May 1970 03:00 Monday
Morón de la Frontera (Seville, Spain). On the morning of day 11, some tracks were discovered that had not been observed the previous afternoon. The person who made this discovery, Mr. Gordillo, immediately reported it to the Civil Guard and from there it was passed on to the most important authorities. The police mounted surveillance (day and night) at the site. No radioactivity was found. The burns on the ground and on the plants seem to have been due to a bright ray: this was what a witness said (about the object in flight?) From the neighboring town of Mairena del Alcor. (Source: ABC, Andalusia edition, May 16–28, 1970).
August 5, 1970 10:45 PM Tuesday
Cazalla de la Sierra (Seville, Spain). Four people, accompanied by two dogs, observed, from a distance of 10 meters, an unidentified rectangular object, 2 meters long by 1 meter wide, and which appeared to be two-dimensional (two-dimensional). It was brilliantly lit. This rectangle suddenly appeared in front of a plant and disappeared after a few minutes without hearing any sound. One of the witnesses, Mr. Manuel Rodríguez Campos, wanted to shoot the object with a shotgun. The dogs were very nervous throughout the observation. The event took place in an isolated country house known by the name of “El Vizcaíno”, a farm located about 3.5 km away. from Cazalla de la Sierra and 7 kms. of the great reservoir «Pantano El Pintado». (Source: Manuel Osuna who investigated it).
August 10, 1970 00:30 Sunday
Between Aznalcázar and Pilas (Seville, Spain). Mr. José Sánchez Hidalgo, who was returning in his car from Torre la Higuera, accompanied by his wife and his two children, saw a white and hazy object on the right side of the road. It looked like a dense cloud and stood six feet above the ground. The witnesses stopped his car, went outside and approached the thing, which changed its place. Then the object was seen again and then the car’s headlights went dark as it flew over the top of the vehicle. This was repeated yet again, until the object was out of sight. (Source: from a letter to the editor of ABC, Andalusia edition, August 18, 1970).
THE UFO ON THE BEACH OF REGLA, IN CHIPIONA CÁDIZ
It happened on July 13, 1979, the newspaper ABC publishes a news item signed by Antonio Jiménez Gómez whose headline can be read: “Small tsunami in Chipiona with inexplicable winds”. The news continues: “Without a doubt, a strange phenomenon occurred on Wednesday July 11, 1979, in Chipiona, as the waters of the sea flooded the beaches as in a rising spring tide. Fishing enthusiasts and those who were shellfish said that this phenomenon had never been known … José Lastro and Francisco Lozano, lovers of the sea, were on the shore of Montijo, a place where there are good crabs; It was ten in the morning and the low tide was at ten thirty. They fished with the corrals completely dry and they saw how, suddenly, the waters in the form of a current reached the sky, so they immediately left, the waters returned to their level and, for several consecutive times, the phenomenon was repeated. The comments that have circulated in Chipiona are diverse. Some sailors think that the phenomenon has been due to the winds, because at the time of the rising high tide the north wind prevailed and in tenths of a second it passed to the south east and remained in the west or northwest, making a 270 degree turn. Others do not explain the facts and the possibility that it is a small tsunami is not ruled out ”.
On the same day Enrique Espino, a thirteen-year-old young man, was in the vicinity of Regla beach when he saw a strange luminous oval shape with defined edges a kilometer away (approximately). It emitted a pulsating yellow and orange light and from its ends two truncated white beams of light came out, as explained by the witness to the ufologist José Miguel Alcíbar of the National Network of Correspondents and the Coordinator of Studies on the UFO Phenomenon. Enrique Espino told him: “it was as if the water under the light was moving and it seemed that it was boiling”.
According to an improvised calculation, the object would be about ten meters long by two meters high according to the observation of the witness that lasted about ten minutes. The distance that separated him from the water did not exceed fifteen meters.
The young man went to warn his friends but when they had arrived there was nothing in the position where Enrique spotted the UFO.
On the same dates of the sighting, hydrocarbon prospecting had been carried out in Cádiz, work carried out by the semi-submersible platform “Bideford Dolphin”, discovering methane gas in the Gulf of Cádiz B-2 borehole and in it. Or related to it, they wanted to see an explanation of what Enrique Espino.
Por: José Manuel García Bautista
This event has been taken in its entirety from: https://jmgarciabautista.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/el-ovni-de-la-playa-de-regla-en-chipiona/
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