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UFO case file · UFO-AR-CIAE-04AED68BD1DC45CB

Simón Bustos — Sierra Colorada, Province of Río Negro

Argentina2020-12-22

Sierra Colorada, Province of Río Negro, rio negro, Argentina

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Case description

Official source account — 2020 annual report, printed page 164: Simón Bustos captured a bright phenomenon in two twenty-second astronomical exposures at Sierra Colorada. CIAE and external orbital specialists matched its path and stellar background to a Long March 8 rocket launched from Wenchang approximately fifty-three minutes earlier. The agency attributed the unusual appearance to the rocket's ascent-related activity and recorded a Type A conventional identification. The summaries distinguish reported observations from the agency’s proposed explanations. Source Type A/B ratings describe explanatory confidence and are not encounter classes. The map uses an approximate GeoNames locality centroid, not the observation point.

Recorded details

Coordinate precision
GeoNames locality centroid; not precise witness position
Date precision
day

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