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UFO case file · UFO-AR-CIAE-4B000D17375A51EA

Victor Garayalde — Catriel; Province of Río Negro

Argentina2020-12-22

Catriel; Province of Río Negro, rio negro, Argentina

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Case description

Official source account — 2020 annual report, printed page 168: Víctor Garayalde filmed a large light appearing behind a cloud and moving across the Catriel sky. CIAE compared his reported direction and time with orbital analysis of a Long March 8 launch from Wenchang. The recording followed the Sierra Colorada observation by about one minute and fitted the same trajectory. The agency identified the launch-related phenomenon and classified the case Type A. 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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