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UFO case file · UFO-15082

Santa Isabel, Arg being encounter — September 27, 1972

CE3Argentina1972-09-27

SANTA ISABEL, ARG, CRD, Argentina

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Santa Isabel, Arg being encounter — September 27, 1972
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Santa Isabel, Arg being encounter — September 27, 1972

Case description

The Santa Isabel automotive-plant area near Córdoba was the setting of several occupant reports in September 1972. This entry is dated September 27 at approximately 10:30 p.m. and combines references to an aerial light, a tall unusual figure near the plant, and motorcycle trouble. A related account collected by Oscar Galíndez concerns a woman identified as Mrs. Quiroga, who reportedly saw a luminous object retrieve a humanlike figure by means of a tube-like light near the factory around 11:30 p.m. Galíndez stated that he could not confirm her report. This is a related source account rather than proof that every element in the compressed catalogue abstract belonged to one observation. Descriptions of a bat-like figure are comparisons used by witnesses or retellers, not a biological identification. The illustration selects the related Quiroga account, showing an anonymous woman observing a humanoid within a luminous tube beneath an object. Its Unconfirmed Report label preserves Galíndez's limitation, and indistinct forms avoid specifying unreported facial features or craft construction. The motorcycle account and Quiroga's observation remain separate; neither demonstrates an electromagnetic mechanism.

Recorded details

Local time
22:30
Craft description
Craft / Vehicle, Orb / Spherical Object
Entity description
Humanlike, Other Humanoid
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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