Uruguay radar-visual unidentified-object report — May 16, 1955

On or during May 16, 1955, at or near Uruguay, the source reports the following sequence: LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not reported 7. The text in the image is in Spanish and appears to be a description or summary of a reported UFO sighting or incident. The text mentions details about the observed phenomenon and includes discussion about whether it could be related to the observer's own words. About sundown on May 16, 1955, switchboards at police stations in the Los Angeles area were flooded with calls reporting flying saucers, changing formation with incredible speeds 'as if playing tag in the sky'. Thinking they might be some, he called the Saw, which identified the 'saucers' as a flock of Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, an inland species of pelican that flocks on the prevailing wind current [s].