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UFO case file · UFO-AR-CIAE-54B073B75CB3A742

Víctor Miniello luminous object — Laguna La Salada, Buenos Aires Province, 30 September 2017

Argentina2017-09-30

Laguna La Salada, Buenos Aires Province, near Route 2, buenos aires, Argentina

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Case description

Official source account — 2023 annual report, printed page 129: Víctor Miniello saw and filmed a stationary luminous object from Laguna La Salada near Route 2. The video showed a lenticular-looking form with a small indentation along one edge. CIAE reconstructed the sky in Stellarium for the reported location, date and time. Both the position and illuminated shape matched the first-quarter Moon. The official report identified the single luminous object as the Moon, explaining the apparent outline through its phase rather than describing a separate structured craft. 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
Unknown or conflicting

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