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UFO case file · UFO-AR-CIAE-BD3C65D15C333D0E

Emanuel Ayala — Rafael Castillo; Province of Buenos Aires

Argentina2021-02-23

Rafael Castillo; Province of Buenos Aires, buenos aires, Argentina

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Case description

Official source account — 2021 annual report, printed page 33: Emanuel Ayala saw and filmed more than twenty similarly sized objects over Rafael Castillo. CIAE compared their shape, colour and drifting behaviour with a group of helium balloons. IPACO analysis revealed a short hanging string beneath one object, strengthening that interpretation. The agency classified the case Type A, preserving the observed group while attributing its appearance to released balloons. 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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