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UFO case file · UFO-AR-CIAE-00DA7B06A2052723

Franco Cara balloon photographs

Argentina2017-03-07

Córdoba city, Argentina

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Case description

Official source account — 2017 annual report, printed page 17: Franco Cara photographed a bright object high in the northeastern sky over Córdoba on 7 March 2017. CEFAE compared its appearance with a Google Loon balloon and checked flight-tracking data. The agency identified HBAL 124 at the matching time and direction, at about 53,000 feet and moving east with high-altitude winds. The witness's approximate elevation and viewing direction agreed with that balloon position. The summaries distinguish reported observations from the agency’s proposed explanations. Source Type A/B ratings describe explanatory confidence and are not encounter classes.

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Source locality; coordinates unestablished
Date precision
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