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UFO case file · UFO-AR-CIAE-60F435359211BB42

Luciano Busca — San Martín de los Andes; Province of Neuquén

Argentina2011-04-03

San Martín de los Andes; Province of Neuquén, neuquen, Argentina

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Case description

Official source account — 2022 annual report, printed page 136: Luciano Busca's photograph from San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, dated 3 April 2011 contained an object he had not noticed while taking the picture. CIAE found a yellow spindle-shaped body, a dark-blue rounded end and short projecting features compatible with tail, head and beak. The local bird Tachuris rubrigastra matched these colours and short tail. The report proposed a bird, very probably that species, crossing at exposure. It classified the explanation Type B because the brief event could not be reproduced or corroborated. 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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