Expediente Número: 850212 - Avistamiento de Fenómenos Extraños (Lanzarote)

This document constitutes the administrative file (Expediente 850212) regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) sighting that occurred on February 12, 1985, in Lanzarote, Spain. At approximately 21:10 hours, officers from the Yaiza Municipal Police reported a luminous, unidentified object over Playa Blanca to the Lanzarote Airport Control Tower. The Control Tower subsequently alerted the pilot of flight 279 (Arrecife-Las Palmas), who confirmed that the object followed the aircraft at an altitude between 3,000 and 10,000 feet before disappearing. The file contains internal correspondence between various military commands, including the Mando Aéreo de Canarias (MACAN) and the Mando Operativo Aéreo (MOA), regarding the search for the original investigation report. It is noted that while a judge was appointed to investigate the incident, the resulting report is missing from the MOA archives. The document includes an index of related correspondence from 1991 and 1992, which details the efforts to consolidate UAP documentation from various military commands. Ultimately, the military authorities concluded that there was no reason to maintain the 'Classified' status of the file, and it was officially declassified in September 1996.