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UFO case file · UFO-39838

[MER] LAT -1.22, LON -81.12 (EC.M) 26.05.1979

CE1France1979-05-26

[MER] LAT -1.22, LON -81.12 (EC.M), Autre, France

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Case description

On 26 May 1979 at 02:30 local time, 2 watchkeepers aboard an escort vessel in the Pacific observed 4 adjacent radar echoes for 2–3 minutes. They formed 1 large, sharply outlined return on a V22 radar. The return did not resemble weather interference or multiple reflections from hulls. The vessel was sailing north of Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano; the title gives latitude −1.22, longitude −81.12. The echoes remained unidentified.

Recorded details

Local time
02:30
Coordinate precision
Source-provided or normalized location; precision not increased beyond source.
Date precision
day

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