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UFO case file · UFO-AR-CIAE-6301C1C87D544B99

Guardianes del Cielo — San Juan

Argentina2020-06-22

San Juan, san juan, Argentina

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Case description

Official source account — 2020 annual report, printed page 127: A Guardianes del Cielo observer filmed a plume-like phenomenon over San Juan late on 22 June. CIAE combined stellar-background measurements with orbital analysis and a three-dimensional trajectory supplied by a satellite specialist. It attributed the plume to residual propellant venting from a Chinese Long March 3 rocket launched from Xichang forty-seven minutes earlier. The agency recorded a Type A identification of a rocket-related phenomenon. 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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