AVISTAMIENTO DE FENOMENOS EXTRAÑOS (EXPEDIENTES OVNI) - EXPEDIENTE NÚMERO: 6809VR

This document is a declassified file (Expediente 6809VR) from the Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire) regarding a series of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) reported on September 5 and 6, 1968. The sightings occurred across various locations in Spain, including Madrid, Toledo, Cuenca, and Pamplona. Multiple witnesses, including military pilots, commercial airline crews (Iberia and Lufthansa), and meteorological personnel, reported observing objects with various shapes, such as tetrahedrons, spheres, and elongated forms. Radar stations (EVAs 1 and 2) also tracked some of these objects. The investigation, conducted by the Air Force, concluded that these sightings were likely meteorological balloons launched by the French Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) for high-altitude atmospheric research. The report details the recovery of these balloons by the Guardia Civil in locations such as Tudelilla and Murillo de Río Leza. The document includes correspondence between military authorities and the airline Iberia, as well as internal reports regarding the recovery operations and the unauthorized entry of French personnel into Spanish territory to retrieve their equipment. The final assessment by the Intelligence Officer of the Air Operational Command (MOA) in 1993 recommended that the file be declassified, as the phenomena were identified as scientific balloons and did not warrant continued confidential classification.