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UFO case file · UFO-5656

Talco entity encounter — September 25, 1979

CE3Chile1979-09-25

Talco, Chile

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Talco entity encounter — September 25, 1979
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Talco entity encounter — September 25, 1979

Case description

A brief Chilean account dated September 25, 1979, places an unnamed farmer in fields at a location given as Talco. While ploughing, he allegedly encountered a disc-shaped object on the ground. A tall humanoid emerged. The accessible description does not give the witness’s age, the exact time, the object’s dimensions or a detailed account of how the craft arrived. The farmer reportedly moved away, and the figure pursued him briefly. It caught up and placed a hand on his shoulder. The expanded catalogue adds that the farmer subsequently received hospital treatment for serious burns on that shoulder, which the story attributed to the contact. No original medical report, named hospital or independently checked diagnosis is provided in the accessible summary. The alleged burn and its proposed cause should therefore remain attributed parts of the narrative, not a demonstrated physical effect. Rosales’s case 1075 cites the Saga 1980 UFO Annual. Later chronologies repeat the story, but do not supply a detailed original investigation. The source spelling “Talco” has been retained rather than confidently changed to another Chilean town. Nor does “tall humanoid” justify inventing a particular face, suit or species. The illustration shows a restrained moment before the claimed contact, with the farmer, simple landed disc and an anatomically unspecified figure, while deliberately leaving injuries out of the scene.

Recorded details

Craft description
In a farming region of Talco a peasant out plowing the fields encountered a landed disc-shaped craft. A tall humanoid emerged from the object and briefly chased the peasant.
Entity description
A tall humanoid emerged from the object and briefly chased the peasant. The humanoid caught up with the farmer placing its hand on his shoulder.
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Date precision
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