Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Press Compilation: Argentina, 15 May 1978
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This document compiles news reports from May 1978, including an official explanation that a reported aerial object in Salta, Argentina, was an artificial satellite that crashed on the Argentine-Bolivian border.
This document is a press compilation dated 15 May 1978, detailing various news items from Argentina. The report covers updates on nuclear power plant developments, including statements by Castro Madero regarding the Atucha II project and a heavy water plant in Arroyito. It also notes the upcoming visit of Bolivian Army Commander Alfonso Villalpando to Buenos Aires and a petition submitted by relatives of missing persons. A significant portion of the report addresses an aerial incident occurring on 6 May 1978. Witnesses in the northern zone of Salta Province reported seeing an object resembling a soccer ball falling behind mountains, which resulted in an explosion that shook the earth. While some reports from San Luis and Mendoza mentioned a 'flying saucer squadron' flying in formation, official sources in Salta stated that the object was an artificial satellite that had been located on Taire Mountain on the Argentine-Bolivian border. The area was subsequently declared an emergency zone by the Bolivian government. Additionally, the document covers financial news, specifically a $250-million credit agreement signed by YPF president Raul Ondarts, and various administrative briefs regarding firearm restrictions, telecommunications upgrades, and microwave link broadcasts.
The strange object that some people in the northern zone of Salta Province, 1,700 km from Buenos Aires, claim they saw falling was in fact an artificial satellite which already has been located in Bolivian territory, official sources in Salta announced Sunday.
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Official Assessment
The strange object that some people in the northern zone of Salta Province... claim they saw falling was in fact an artificial satellite which already has been located in Bolivian territory
Official sources in Salta announced that the object sighted on 6 May 1978 was an artificial satellite that crashed on Taire Mountain.
Key Persons
- Castro MaderoOfficial discussing nuclear power
- Alfonso VillalpandoCommander in chief of the Bolivian Army
- Raul OndartsPresident of government Oil Deposits (YPF)
- Ernesto VarelaFinancial director of the government institution