Declassified UFO / UAP Document
AVISTAMIENTO DE FENOMENOS EXTRAÑOS (EXPEDIENTES OVNI) - EXPEDIENTE NÚMERO: 681211A
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This report documents two telephone sightings of a bright, flashing object over Madrid on December 11, 1968. The Spanish Air Force concluded the sightings were likely a bright star, such as Venus, and attributed the reports to the public's heightened interest in UFOs at the time.
This document is an intelligence report from the Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire) regarding a UFO sighting incident on December 11, 1968, in Madrid. The report details two separate telephone notifications received by the Chief of Service of the Air Staff (EMA). The first witness, identified as 'D. [illegible]', reported an object at an estimated altitude of 40,000 to 50,000 feet to the southwest of Madrid, describing it as very bright with changes in luminous intensity. A second witness, an unidentified woman calling from the Plaza de Cristo Rey, reported a very bright object with flashes toward the west. The report notes that no subsequent investigation was conducted. The intelligence officer concluded that there was insufficient evidence to classify the object as anything other than a bright star, specifically suggesting Venus. The report further posits that the reporting of such an insignificant observation was likely driven by the 'generalized psychosis' surrounding UFO sightings in 1968. Consequently, the document was declassified on April 21, 1993, as it no longer met the criteria for 'classified material'.
El hecho de que una observación tan poco significativa sea comunicada a un organismo oficial podría indicar que la apreciación subjetiva del tamaño de la luz era inusualmente grande, aunque parece mucho mas probable que se deba a la psicosis generalizada durante 1968 en torno a la aparición de OVNIS.
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Official Assessment
No data exists to rule out the hypothesis that it was a bright star (Venus).
The observation was deemed insignificant and likely a result of the generalized psychosis regarding UFOs during 1968.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Jefe de Servicio del EMARecipient of the telephone notifications