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UFO case file · UFO-AR-CIAE-D356E1CEB592BD85

Carlos Wacker — Lago Mascardi; Province of Rio Negro

Argentina2019-02-24

Lago Mascardi; Province of Rio Negro, Argentina

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Case description

Official source account — 2021 annual report, printed page 8: Carlos Wacker discovered a light trail after combining four Milky Way exposures taken over two minutes at Lago Mascardi. CIAE reconstructed historical satellite positions using Orbitron. The recorded trail agreed with Iridium 114 crossing the same southeastern sector between approximately 22:39 and 22:41, while still illuminated by the Sun. The agency classified the satellite identification Type A. The summaries distinguish reported observations from the agency’s proposed explanations. Source Type A/B ratings describe explanatory confidence and are not encounter classes.

Recorded details

Coordinate precision
Source locality; coordinates unestablished
Date precision
day

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