1947: Another UFO Over Chile

Raul Nunez of the IIEE has kindly shared another 1947 case with us, this item coming from the files of the late Luis Altamirano. Although the document is blurry and there is text missing, we share it with you as it was received:

Source: La Unión (newspaper)
Date: Tuesday, July 22, [1947]

Flying Disc Seen in Puerto Montt by Several People; Also Seen in Valdivia

Undulant motion noted, giving off spectacular flashes – it lost itself behind the Calbuco Volcano to the astonishment of local residents

We have received word from Puerto Montt, dated the 19th, that don Carlos Miranda and several workers of the Bacteriológico (hospital), witnessed the transit of a mysterious object. According information obtained from the city of Valdivia, the object was also seen around 17:00 hours.

In the information provided by Sr. Miranda, he says that the object floated in space, made undulant movements and descended very rapidly, appearing to give of flashes. Its shape was that of a true disk.

In order to verify his observation. Sr. Miranda immediately summoned workers Hubelin Soto, Mario Aguero, Aladino Nuñez and Rafael Ojeda, asking them to look toward the indicated location, asking them to [missing text]

...asking them to test, that he was seeing once more a strange body that gave of flashes with each undulating motion. This mysterious disk vanished upon reaching the [remainder of text illegible].

(Translation (c) 2009, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to the departed Luis Altamirano and to IIEE Chile]

John A. Keel (1930 - 2009)

Ever since I read about John Keel’s passing on Loren Coleman’s Cryptomundo site I’ve been meaning to write something, but the keyboard seemed unresponsive. The sensation was akin to trying to grab hold of a mountain and raise it aloft – utterly impossible.

For how does one begin to write about the man who can safely be described as being second in importance only to Charles Fort, and the one of the few writers of UFO subjects who “got it right”? Unlike Coleman and others who have written brilliant and moving eulogies to the departed master, I never met Keel. I exchanged a few late night phone calls with him, may have received a reply to a letter, and shared friends in common. However, I read his paperbacks in the 1970s so earnestly as to believe that the words were written for me alone – a conceit common to many fans. Visiting the newsstand after school meant seeing if SAGA UFO Report had arrived, and then checking to see if there was an article by Keel in it (or Brad Steiger, naturally).

While other writers and radio personalities focused on corporeal aliens and possible ports-of-call for our “extraterrestrial visitors”, Keel raised the stakes by positing a belief that was closer to Spiritism: intelligent, not necessarily benevolent forces that had been with humanity forever, and would more than likely outlive our species. Over time, the same magazines that carried Keel’s articles would feature works by Gordon Creighton, the editor of Flying Saucer Review, who shared the same views. Radio and television programs would introduce me to the former Jesuit priest, Salvador Freixedo, who would always hail Keel as a pioneer in this new perception of the field.

As fate would have it, and nearly twenty years later, Keel offered to write the foreword to my translation of Salvador Freixedo’s “Visionaries, Mystics and Contactees” (Illuminet Press, 1992), for which I am ever so grateful to this very day.

John Keel blazed a trail through the dark woods of the paranormal. It is our duty to keep it clear for generations yet to come.

Descanse en paz, maestro.

Argentina: On-Site Report on Cattle Mutilations

Argentina: Five Cows Mutilated in Crucesita Tercera, Nogoyá
** An on-site report by VISION OVNI ***
A report by Silvia Pérez Simondini, Andrea Pérez Simondini and Nestor Gaioli

Crucesita Tercera in the department of Nogoyá is located some 50 kilometers from the provincial capital. Its habitual peace and quiet were disrupted by reports from a livestock owner involving the apparition of mutilated animals on his property and neighboring ones as well.
Another situation that added further mystery to the event was the total emptying of a nearby lagoon.
News of these events reached Diario UNO in the city of Paraná, which attracted the locals’ curiosity.

VISION OVNI traveled immediately to the area, contacting Juan Carlos Vergara, head of the cattle theft office. He very kindly gave us not only details of the case, but also put us in touch with veterinarian Pablo Seeling, who has great experience in these cases.
We know that only [mutilation cases] reported as of 2002 have been catalogued in our country, and the reported number is trebled by the reports that were not made known to the authorities. We quickly agreed with Dr. Seeling in this matter, confirming that he personally believes to have dealt with 50 such cases in Nogoyá, and that they were really in excess of 200.

The Cases

Police officers located the cows, which featured the same affected organs characteristic in these cases: absence of reproductive organs, ocular organs and tongue. The verdict rendered by veterinarians in these cases has always been the same – no explanation.

The anmals’ owner, retired bank officer Gustavo Cabañas, says that the field was under his care and that he had left behind a herd of cows and calves. A few days earlier, he had toured the entire field, finding that everything was in order and corect (we should remark that Cabañas visits the field every day from very early in the morning until mid-afternoon), incuding the water level of a lagoon, which contained a considerable amount of water, despite the predominant drought. When he found this body of water to be dry only hours later, the cattleman was shocked. This new state of affairs prompted him to relocate the livestock to another field, and it was in this process that he found the dead animals. He promptly contacted the cattle theft authorities and the sheriff of Crucesita Tercera. The sheriff was stunned to find that a new mutilation case had occured only a few meters away from his office. Vision Ovni carried out the initial research work in this case.

Mr. Firpo, the property’s owner, allowed us to enter the premises to see the animal for the first time. It was in the woods, and displayed partial injuries, such as the removal of the left eye, incisions to the anus and vulva, partial incisions to the tongue. We found curious that the charateristic incision of the jaw, with exposed bone, was not present.

Fly larvae were begining to develop in its mouth and flies were found on the wounds. No samples were taken, as the animal had been dead for more than 72 hours. A distended abdomen was also observed. Also curious was the absence of rigor mortis, with natural flexibility of the extremities.

As for the vegetation: a survey of the area did not turn up footsteps or broken branches in the vicinity nor up above. There was no evidence of carrion animal activity. The dead animal showed signs of a struggle, as evidence of kicking and an attempt to cause injury with its horns were detected. An issue of blood from its nose was also evident, suggesting that the animal died during the process of receiving the wounds. No signs of electric conductivity in the ground were noticed, a variable that has been present in toher cases.

The cattleman’s dog, who was coming into contact with the mutilated animal for the first time, refused to come any closer. The carcass was found in a north-to-south position.

This case in Crucesita Tercera makes clear that the phenomenon has not ceased occurring in Argenina, and that it is a source of great concern to livestock farmers and the authorities, as there is an abundance of hypotheses and a dearth of answers. It is perhaps time for the authorities to make experts and resources available to researchers in order to make headway in this subject. The experts exist, so do the resources. All that is needed is the will to implement them. Admitting that the subject is unknown is not a sign of weakness; rather, it is a way of reaching the truth.

(Translation (c) 2009, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Silvia Pérez Simondini and VISION OVNI)

Argentina: Fundacion Argentina de Ovnilogia Schedules Meeting for Mendoza

Source: Diario UNO
Date: July 6, 2009

Argentina: Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogia (FAO) Schedules Meeting in Mendoza

This province was chosen by the number of sightings reported in 2008. Most of the reports issued from the Mendoza, Malargue, San Rafael and Tupungato.

Throughout 2008 and up to mid-March ’09, Fundacion Argentina de Ovnilogia (FAO) was made aware of, or received and analyzed, 13 UFO reports from various parts of Mendoza.

Between mid-January and late December 2008, FAO recorded 11 events of that nature plus two more in the first quarter of 2009.

Faced with this “preponderance” of reports, as described by Luis Burgos, leader of the organization, it was decided that the Primeras Jornadas Mendocinas de Ovnilogía (First Mendozan UFO Conference) should be held in Mendoza in October or November with a series of activities linked to the subject, to include a skywatch aimed at detecting any mysterious objects, in hopes of stimulating locals to report any sightings.

Several of the cases from Mendoza, aside from eyewitness accounts, were accompanied by photos of the experiences themselves, taken with either digital or cellphone cameras. Some of these images can be seen at www.visionovni.com.ar and www.codigoovni.com.ar.

Regardless, Burgos has told UNO from La Plata that “some of these images were classified as questionable by Jorge Figueiras, our analyst.” This is due to the fact that they could have been mistaken observations caused by sunlight.

The city of Mendoza, Malargue, San Rafael and Tupungato are the places that gave rise to the greatest number of reports, averaging two and three each. But reports also came from Maipu, Potrerillos and Palmira. These cases increased to 685, as recorded by FAO over a 15-month period in the country – a level of activity that can be classified as a “wave” -- and some of these experiences involved “phantom UFOs” plus a disquieting bedroom visitation reported by one woman.

Local eyewitness accounts form part of two reports: La Oleada Ovni 2008 and Los Tiempos Han Venido: Sigue La Oleada Ovni 2009, drafted by Burgos, who stresses that the events ended with the summer [Editors’s Note: meaning the end of our winter in the northern hemisphere].

The majority of the reported sightings – some identified as “questionable” by FAO – occurred in the afternoon and in regions adjacent to the Cordilleran foothills.

The objects allegedly photographed, according to accounts, are disk-shaped, spindle-shaped, classic saucers and lights (at night).

One of the constants is that they flew from east to west. To Burgos, this is among many mysteries, but he does not dismiss the possibility of “an air corridor, something like a virtual road” that is set in motion cyclically. “There were waves in 1968 and 1978,” he notes.

Among the many sightings mentioned by Burgos there is one dated April 3, 2008 in Malargue. It involves the photo taken at 18:50 by Felix Fernandez of the Dirección Provincial de Vialidad with his cellphopne. It was taken as the witness and his friends returned from La Punta, says the ufologist.

Suddenly, a strange object began flying over the region for 15 minutes up to the Chacay region. It stood still for a moment and then vanished westward. Fernandez managed to take some photos, which he submitted to FAO. After analysis, the case was described as questionable, says Burgos.

Another published report dates from December 22. “Norberto Luna (a FAO correspondent) tells us of a sighting witnessed by Jose Schiaffino at 20:00 hrs. He saw a strange silvery object heading westward toward the Cordillera, gaining speed as it did so.”

(Translation (c) 2009, S. Corrales. Special thanks to Grupo GABIE)

Video: Tubular Objects Over Mexico City

Mexico: Tubular Objects over Tlatelolco

Source: Ana Luisa Cid
Date: July 6, 2009

Mexico: Tubular Objects over Tlatelolco

[The following is an interview conducted by Ana Luisa Cid as a result of the sighting of 7 tubular objects over Mexico City]

A Video by Nadia Alarcón

Mr. Ramón Alarcón Quintero reported the sighting of 7 tubular objects over Mexico City. He saw them while driving back from a shopping center in Tlatelolco. He then phoned his daughter Nadia, 16, and asked her to record the event. This occurred on June 14, 2009

How did you come to notice the objects?

That morning I was on my way back from Mega Comercial Mexicana in Tlatelolco and in the vicinity of the Convention Center, I looked up and noticed two orange, elongated objects. One was twisting spectacularly (like an earthworm). I got off the sidewalk to have a better visual angle and managed to see five more objects, but whitish in color. Then I phoned my daughter to ask her to record them. The time was 8:30 a.m.

What direction were they flying in?

North by northwest

What district do you live in?

San Simón Tolnáhuac

What do you do for a living?

I’m an accountant

Were there any celebrations on that date?

None. Besides, it was very early – 8:30 a.m. (daylight savings time)

Could the objects have been garlands of balloons?

I don’t think so. They were too big, measuring about 100 meters long. Furthermore, as I indicated earlier, they contorted in a spectacular manner. I saw them shrink and form triangles with straight angles. I don’t think balloons are able to do that.

What impressed you the most about them?

The fact that they traveled in a group, and the maneuvers they made.

What do you think they could be?

Biological entities that live in the stratosphere and are affected by exceptionally powerful solar activity, causing them to descend and seek protection.

What did your daughter remark?

That they looked like worms courting.

Would you like to add something?

Yes. I had seen this phenomenon earlier, in 2005. At that time there were only two, heading from Azcapotzalco to Tlatelolco, also in the morning at 9:00 a.m.

(Translation (c) 2009 S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Ana Luisa Cid and Guillermo Gimenez)

Argentina: Unknown Object Flyby

Source: CEUFO
Date: 07.05.09

UFO or Airplane? Another Strange Object Flies Over Community

[Contributing editor Guillermo Gimenez sends us an e-mail received by Quique Mario of the CEUFO organization regarding a low-altitude sighting of an unknown object]

"The purpose of my e-mail is to tell you that today (Thursday, July 2, 2009) while parked on a street in my town, and the time being exactly 18:47 hours, I was able to see a light that moved like an airplane, but at a very low altitude and following a route that is not customary for aircraft passing over our community.

"The light was similar to the morning star when it shines with great intensity - a strong bluish white color. It traveled without making any noise or buzzing that would identify it as an airplane. Nor did it change sizes or flash. It moved at low speed from SW to NE, taking some 5 minutes to cross the area (I timed it) and it vanished into the horizon without changing color or shape. Logically, it grew smaller as it faded into the distance.

"Unfortunately, i didn't have my camera on me, as I had gone out to carry out a transaction at a doctors' office. Well. I simply wanted to tell you what happened, since it appears from what has been published in the blogs, that something similar has occurred in Santa Rosa in recent years. Best regards to you."

Comment by Quique Mario: This is the importance of being able to maximize the use of the communication elements at our disposal. No sooner was the news published in the CEUFO blog that an observer in a neighboring community informed us of an event he had experienced this evening. This makes it possible to reconstruct such episodes immediately. We are grateful for this cooperation, since we can at least understand that the phenomenon "is there", to judge from so many witnesses.

The other point to be highlighted is that in the heartland, people are perfectly able to distinguish between a conventional phenomenon and an anomalous one. (Note: I wish to stress that the identity of the witnesses is kept confidential in order to safeguard them from the yellow press)

(Translation (c) 2009 S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez)

Argentina: Nogoyá, 2002

From the July 3, 2009 posting, it seems that cattle mutilation activity has returned to Nogoyá in Argentina’s province of La Pampa.

On June 26, 2002, two cases were reported in this very same area and made known in the city of Paraná’s “El Diario” newspaper. The authorities were no more certain then about what was going on:

“Two new cases of bovine mutilation became known at this time in the Department of Nogoyá. One of the animals was found in Laurencena, and another in the Urquiza Sector.

“Pablo Seeling, a veterinarian for the Police Department’s Cattle Theft Unit, indicated his astonishment at the find. He recalled that the Laurencena case involved “a bull missing its testicles, and its tongue had been removed in a very special way. These are very special characteristics, given the fact that it is necessary to have a specific scalpel or something similar to make a cut as clean as the one that appeared on that animal. I do not wish to believe in extraterrestrials or anything, but I wonder how such a perfect incision could be made. I made an cut of my own with my scalpel right next to the existing one, and it was completely different.”

“Regardless, the expert believed that tne animal must have been dead for at least five days, yet its flesh “looked like what one sees in a butcher shop. This certainly caught our attention.”

Chupacabras: A Blast from the Past

Technology is a remarkable thing. In 1995, while working on the draft of what would be The Chupacabras Diaries, my first monograph on Puerto Rico’s paranormal predator, Sergio Couttolenc, a friend and correspondent in the Mexican city of Coatzacoalcos, sent me a file via e-mail that I was unable to open. Something requiring some obscure piece of software called “Acrobat” that my trusty 386sx did not appear to have, and which dial-up at 9600 baud could not download. So the file was saved to a 3.5-inch disk (remember them?) and placed into a drawer where it rests with hundreds of other 3.5-inch disks laden with UFO and paranormal information from the ‘90s.

A decade or so later, while burning all the information contained in the little black squares to their descendants – shiny new DVD discs – I found the Adobe Acrobat file that Sergio had sent me, and whose information should have formed part of my project or even Chupacabras and Other Mysteries (Greenleaf Press, 1997). Since information is never truly “old” in the field of UFO and paranormal research, INEXPLICATA is pleased to share it with you now. One note: this information predates the start of the Chupacabras wave of 1995 by two years...the pebbles that started the avalanche, perhaps?

EL CHUPACABRAS
By J. Felipe Coria
(from Mexico’s “El Financiero” newspaper, no date, 1995)

UTUADO, Province of Arecibo, Puerto Rico – June 24, 1993, 03:30 hrs. There is noise in the pens. The sheep are calling out in terror: they are being attacked. Farmer Pedro Cabiya wakes up and is startled. His loyal dog “Emilio” sniffs the air and whines. The dog never barks – rather, it appears to want to bury itself alive rather than go outside. It moves in circles in front of the door, silently, looking straight toward the source of the noise, the sound of murder. It would never dare look outside. The dog is frightened – fear in its pure, raw state. Cabiya looks through the window. The night seems almost solid and deep; a physical, intense darkness. Aside from the sheep, there is no other source of sound. Suddenly they are quiet. He feels a chill. Time goes by – one, ten, thirty minutes. The night suddenly recovers its rhythm. “Emilio” begins barking furiously and bolts out the door toward the sheep pens; Cabiya reaches for his shotgun and a .38 Smith & Wesson, holding a weapon in each hand. He is being propelled by a fear that has crystallized itself into an intense sweat that streams from his brow, and down his back and chest. His t-shirt is soaked through. “Emilio” barks hysterically, leaping about, circling the pens. Cabiya takes a look. The attack is now over: his thirty rams are dead, but not dismembered.

He looks at them closely with a flashlight. No sign of scratching or bruising is evident. Nor does he see a single drop of blood. He does, however, see two perfect incisions at the level the base of the skull, barely separated by an estimated half a centimeter. At dawn, Cabiya checks his pens again, and not a single drop of blood is to be found. The animal carcasses are free from injury, except for the incisions. He immediately visits Doctor Berg, a veterinary specialist from Utuado, who inspects one of the slain animals. “It was exsanguinated,” he says. But before rushing to say that it was a bloodsucking vampire bat, such as the Vampyrum spectrum, an enormous Central American chiropteran (which would be odd in itself: why did it migrate? would it take one or several to finish off an entire flock?), he checks the incisions millimetrically. They are perfect: twelve centimeters and a half deep by three millimeters in diameter. Straight. Symmetrical. Too large to be made by a bat – the bite doesn’t match.

The injuries have indeed been made by fangs, but very large and close. A bat would have left scratches and traces of its presence in the bite. Yet it would seem that the intruder, an animal lacking claws and barely the requisite amount of strength, had gently but firmly latched on the sheeps’ heads, inserted its fangs, drawn blood and left the exsanguinated carcasses behind.

According to Cabiya’s own testimony, there was no sign of a fight. The other sheep were apparently frozen in place by sheer terror and awaited their inevitable death. What Doctor Berg finds startling is that the animals were attacked in the base of the skull, without exception. A bat never does this with such precision.

Since Berg refrains from offering a conclusive answer regarding the assailant, Cabiya heads for Arecibo, the city, to see his friend Frank Cassidy, of mixed Irish and Puerto Rican heritage, a veterinarian graduated from Florida State University. Cassidy listens to him, but also abstains from providing an answer. He promises to look into the incident, but files it away. It isn’t until four months later, when Cabiya visits him again, this time in the company of his neighbor Fernando de la Peña, owner of a farm two kilometers distant from Cabiya’s. An identical killing terrifies both men: 35 goats, 26 sheep and 13 hens. In this case, Peña fired indiscriminately into the darkness toward his animal pens for over ten minutes, only stopping when he ran out of bullets. But nothing. There was no trace of the assailant.

Cassidy, still unable to offer an answer given the peculiar nature of the attack and the bite involved, believes the culprit to be an unknown animal. He jokes: “I’ll send out your goatsucker file to see what we can find out.” – He calls it a goatsucker – Chupacabras – because goats represent the largest share of the casualties. He compiles a package with Berg’s information, his own necropsies, the official report from the Health department and the farmer’s eyewitness account. He sends it to his alma mater in Florida via UPS. The fact of the matter is that he still doesn’t know what he’s facing.

A web search of veterinarians currently practicing in Puerto Rico does not display either a “Dr. Berg” or “Dr. Cassidy”, but these may be pseudonyms employed by the journalist from El Financiero who wrote the article. The intriguing and contradictory claim here is that Dr. Cassidy bestowed the name “chupacabras” – in jest – on the paranormal predator, when in fact it was comedian Silverio Pérez of the Rayos Gamma comedy team who did so; Pérez, in fact, had come up with other funny names to describe strange creatures, such as “el cangodrilo”, to refer to the small, hirsute entity reported in central Puerto Rico during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.

Chile: The Valle de Elqui Photo Analyzed

Source: El Dia de La Serena (Chile)
Date: July 2, 2009

Chile: The Valle Del Elqui Photograph Analyzed

Ufologist Patricio Diaz analyzed the photo after people described it as a lens flare or film defect.

The photograph was taken by a reader in Valle del Elqui and allegedly showed a UFO that is still a source of argument. Ufologist Patricio Diaz analyzed the photo, in view of comments suggesting that it was a lens flare or a defect in the film. "Over the course of last week," he noted, "readers of El Dia were able to witness the presenation of a curious photo taken in Valle de Elqui using a 35mm film camera. Since the prudent thing to do was learn more about the affair, I headed to Monte Grande, got in touch with the owner of the photo, and inspected the negative."

He was able to ascertain on site, he explains, that the photo was taken outside the house, specifically in its back yard, and therefore there was no window whatsoever that could account for a reflection on glass.

"I personally took the negative to a photo lab where I was told that the negative was in perfect shape and that what appeared in the photo was indeed there," says Diaz, remarking that the camera employed was a simple point-and-shoot device.

"After the on-site investigation and personally seeing the place, I can indicate with the information currently in my possession that the photo is hardly a reflection, since there is no glass outside the house or facing it.

As a general remark he adds that the controversial photo was taken with ISO 100 35 milimeter film.

(Translation (c) 2009, S.Corrales IHU. Special thanks IIEE - CHILE)

Argentina: "No Rational Explanation" for Cattle Mutes

Source: www.diariovictoria.com.ar
Date: July 1, 2009

Argentina: “No Rational Explanation” Found for Cattle Mutes

The police found four cows whose eyes, uteruses and tongues had been removed. The animals were found dead in the rural area of Nogoyá. The absence of water in a nearby lagoon also drew their attention.

Residents of the rural area known as Crucesita Tercera, in the Department of Nogoyá, are shaken by the strange death of four cows in the interior of two fields and the unforeseen draining of a lagoon. Personnel of the Office of Cattle Theft and the Nogoyá Police ascertained that the cows had succumbed to a mysterious mutilation, but also noted that a nearby lagoon, which a day earlier had been full of water, was now empty.

Once more, fantasy, myth and mystery began to weave themselves over the deaths of these animals. Apparitions of the so-called “Chupacabras” and even a UFO sighting are now part of the comments being made in the heart of the province.

The cows found by police officers were missing their reproductive organs, tongues and eyes. For this reason, the veterinarian attached to the Office of Cattle Theft, a part of the Nogoyá Police force, stated that there is no rational explanation for the animals’ deaths and much less for their strange mutilations.

The dead bovines, according to police, were the property of Gustavo Cabañas, an employee of the Banco de Entre Rios, Nogoyá branch. The man owned the field and the herd of cows and calves within it.

A few days later, Cabañas had surveyed the farm and found that everything was in good order. Even the volume of water of nearby lagoon presented a generous quantity of the vital fluid, considering the drought. But for reasons that remain unclear, the lagoon dried up in a few hours, forcing the field’s owner to transfer the animals. He found the dead animals as he performed the transfer.

Nogoyá’s cattle rustling authorities and agents of the Sheriff’s office confirmed their investigation and the mysteries that surround it. The events cannot be explained scientifically.

Crucesita Tercera is some 50 kilometers from the departmental capital. Due to this event, the Cattle Theft officers spoke to local residents, who gave scant details on elements that could help explain the deaths of these animals.

The subject expanded yesterday when it was learned that Police found another mutilated bovine in an adjacent field. The carcass displayed the same characteristics: it was missing both eyes, its tongue and uterus. The cow belonged to a woman surnamed Sanchez and the incident was discovered only a short distance from the Sheriff’s office.

The Cattle Theft office noted that they had reported the mutilations on the three cows found over the weekend, but that the bones near the mutilated parts were clean, as if death had occurred some time ago, and not a matter of days, either. Furthermore, surgical incisions were confirmed, some of them without scarring or blood on the grass of the animals’ hides.

Three years earlier, a pair of bovines was found lifeless and mutilated only a short distance from this last discovery.

Veterinarian Esteban Puntín, who investigated the events a while ago explained, “while he is aware of these last cases from remarks, he believes that [all of this] is the result of natural action.”

Puntín noted:“due to uncontrolled deforestation, predators began looking for food in smaller and cleaner fields. With the onset of cold weather and the drought, there is very little grass. Therefore, animals are hungry. Bovines look for grass, and they may end up eating “yuyos” (brambles) which are poisonous, such as the Mio Mio. When the animal dies, foxes, weasels, vultures and even mice report to the site, eating the softer parts of the carcass, which are generally the anus or vulva, the udders and the tongue. Carrion animals also eat the eyes. These animals are great feeders, and only stop at bones and harder tissue.”

He added, “If there is no blood to be found, it is due to the cold weather, which dries up all manner of fluids.”

(Translation (c) 2009, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Grupo GABIE: www.grupogabie.blogspot.com)

Spain: Champions of UFO Research

Our contributing editor Manuel Carballal has kindly shared with us some photos from Marcelino Requejo's book presentation. Shown here are Salvador Freixedo, world-renown advocate of the paranormal hypothesis of the UFO phenomenon; Juan José Benítez, journalist and prolific UFO author, the first to log 100,000 km of hard travel in an effort to uncover the mystery behind the phenomenon, and Marcelino Requejo himself.

Argentina: A Cattle Mutilation in Puelches

Source: CEUFO
Date: none given

Argentina: Cattle Mutilation in Puelches
By Quique Mario, CEUFO

Another animal was found mutilated in a field in the Puelches region, some 280 km distant from the city of Santa Rosa, the provincial capital of La Pampa. The specimen involved was a Hereford, known locally as "raza pampa" (Pampa breed).

The animal presented typical incisions on one of its jaws, and was also missing one ear and inner ear, an eye, and had had all of its anal structure removed. The event took place at the Las Piletas ranch.

The owner, who works in the area, says that "lights" are frequently seen in the region and that in the month of April, during a warm evening, he was in the backyard accompanied by his son when the night "was suddenly turned to day" as a very large, bright object hovered over one of the cattle pens.

Terrified, both witnesses entered the house and monitored the strange object's maneuvers, as it hovered for some minutes and then took off at dizzying speed into space. None of the farm animals were injured on that occasion.

An aspect that intrigued them was the fact that not even dogs would approach the dead animal. Neither would the farmer's horse, which refused to approach the carcass despite its rider's insistence. The man was forced to dismount and approach the mutilated cow on foot.

This episode does not surprise them in the least, as they saw the strange incisions on dead animals during the 2002/2003 mutilation wave.

(Translation (c) S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez)

Argentina: UFO Photographed Over La Pampa

Source: CEUFO
Date: June 24, 2009

Argentina: UFO Photographed over La Pampa

This photo was taken during the skywatch performed by the Centro de Estudios UFO (CEUFO) from the western sector of the city of Santa Rosa as part of the World UFO Research Day observations.

The photo was taken at 21:54 hours using a Nikon DC60 (ASA 1600) and will be subjected to analysis in order to determine if these images over the Don Tomás Lagoon are a reflection or indeed objects flying by at high speed.

Meanwhile, a questionable photograph was taken at 22:35 from another CEUFO observation post at Paraje La Araña.

Both observation posts were 35 kilometers distant from each other in a straight line, and while the Santa Rosa post had the city's lights as a backdrop, the La Araña post was in total darkness, and the heavens could be seen in all their magnitude.

No news was reported from other lookout posts established throughout the province of La Pampa, beyond observations of several shooting stars.


(Translation (c) 2009, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez)