Sta.rosa, Vnzl being encounter — January 23, 1977

A night-time sighting at Santa Rosa, Lara, became a lasting part of local history in January 1977. The imported catalogue dates it to January 23 at 12:30 a.m.; historian Omar Garmendia’s retrospective places the event late on Saturday, January 22. These accounts may describe opposite sides of midnight, but the exact time remains uncertain. Residents reportedly watched an oval, luminous object descend near the River Turbio before departing towards the Terepaima mountains. Retellings describe coloured lights and humanlike forms visible through windows. Other versions introduce a doorway, steps and short figures outside; those variants should not be combined into a single independently corroborated sequence. Claims of marks and scorched ground circulated in the local press, and the episode was later commemorated in neighbourhood names and businesses. The available retrospective establishes the story’s local significance rather than the origin of the reported object. The plate follows the window-occupant version, with representative residents and indistinct silhouettes; their faces, clothing and the precise craft geometry are illustrative.