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Mysterious blue beam seen over Uruguay |
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 "Witnesses at Colonia de Sacramento" in Uruguay, a small country in South America, "said a powerful beam of light was seen in the heavens. The hypothesis was put forth by a military man on Radio 10" in Montevideo, the national capital.
"Uruguayans are still wondering what it was. The hitherto unexplained event occurred in recent days."
"Residents of Puerto Sauce and Colonia de Sacramento claim having seen ’a very intense beam of light that appeared suddenly in the heavens.’ They also claim that there was a deafening sound and the windows rattled in the community’s homes." "In an interview with Radio 10, Colonel Jose Luis Vignoli, press officer for the Fuerza Aerea Urugayense (FAU or Uruguayan Air Force--J.T.) said that ’a missile was involved.’"
Col. Vignoli "said ’the control tower at Carrasco Airport received signals from two airliners.’ One of the pilots, a Lufthansa captain, reported seeing a luminous object."
"The (Lufthansa) airliner had taken off from Ezeiza International Airport near Buenos Aires," the capital of Argentina, "and was in the vicinity of Carrasco. The pilot contacted the tower again, describing the object as ’very luminous’ and as if ’resembling a fireball.’"
(Editor’s Note: Ezeiza Airport in Argentina is 200 kilometers or 120 miles west of Carrasco Airport in Uruguay.)
"Later on, another aircraft--a courier flight by an FAU pilot--also reported a luminous object crossing the heavens."
"This pilot reported seeing ’an intense reflection against the waters of the Rio de la Plata,’" the freshwater estuary that lies between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, "and that it could be a rocket or missile. The other pilot described types of flames in an ascending direction."
"The second pilot also said that the flames could be from the afterburner of another (jet) aircraft. Afterburners enable pilots to obtain maximum acceleration in a matter of seconds."
"It is based on these descriptions that the FAU believes that the unknown object ’could be a missle.’ This merely deepens the mystery because Uruguay has neither missiles nor launch facilities."
"Col. Vignoli explained on Radio 10: ’We can neither confirm nor affirm anything at this time,’ rejecting the possibility that it could be related to ’matters extraterrestrial.’"
Colonia de Sacramento is located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Montevideo. (Muchas gracias a Scott Corrales y Christian Quintero del grupo Planeta UFO para estas noticias.)
From UFO ROUNDUP Volume 10 number 15
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