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UFO case file · UFO-AR-CIAE-8CC48F48B736D94C

Fabiana Gandola seaside photograph

Argentina2016-02-23

Las Grutas, Río Negro, rio negro, Argentina

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Case description

Official source account — 2019 annual report, printed page 16: Fabiana Gandola discovered an apparent object after reviewing a photograph taken at Las Grutas on 23 February 2016. CIAE enlarged the shape and interpreted it as a gull flying very low over the sea, probably from the genus Larus. The agency classified the photographic identification as Type A. The published entry describes a biological subject noticed after image review, without a separate prolonged visual encounter. 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.

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GeoNames locality centroid; not precise witness position
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