Category 11 Case Directory
  SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT 
 
  Preliminary
Rating: 5  

                                   
     

AVCAT is a special project being conducted by NICAP, with the help and cooperation of the original compiler of AIRCAT, Dr. Richard Haines, and other sources, to create a comprehensive listing of sightings from aircraft with detailed documentation from these sources, including Projects SIGN, GRUDGE & BLUE BOOK.

Top-Like Object Heats Up Piper Cub
May 5, 1958
Pan De Azucar, Uruguay

3:40 p.m. local
Duration ???
aircraft Piper Cub
United States
Civilian
1 observer
Yes EMI
No radar contact

Richard Hall:
May 5, 1958; Pan De Azucar, Uruguay
3:40 p.m. An experienced pilot was flying his Piper Cub in the vicinity of Capitan Curbelo Naval Air Base when a brilliant top-like object (symmetrical above and below) suddenly approached his plane head-on. The UFO about 15-20 meters in diameter, stopped about 2,000 meters away and "... rocked twice, in a balancing motion." Rodriguez felt strong heat, so he removed his jacket and opened the aircraft windows. The UFO took off abruptly toward the sea "... at a fantastic speed," leaving a thin rapor trail. (Source: The UFO Evidence (1964) page 120)

Detailed reports and documents
reports/580505uruguay_report.htm (NICAP/Gordon Lore)


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