Declassified UFO / UAP Document
COMMUNISTS APPEAL FOR POPULAR FRONT / UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
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This document contains a press report from May 1962 regarding sightings of unidentified flying objects in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. The Cordoba Astronomical Observatory is investigating the reports to determine if the objects were meteorites or artificial satellites.
This document, dated May 25, 1962, is a press compilation containing two distinct reports. The first section details a political declaration by the Argentine Communist Party, which calls for a popular front to oppose the existing civil-military dictatorship. The second section, titled 'UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS,' reports on sightings in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, occurring on May 21, 1962. According to the report, multiple witnesses observed a luminous object suspended over the city for several minutes. A local photographer reportedly captured two images of the object, which appeared as a luminous oval. A separate sighting involved a reporter from the newspaper NUEVA PROVINCIA, who photographed a luminous object crossing the sky near the Maldonado Canal. The report notes that the object stopped and changed course when it was at its closest point to the earth. The Cordoba Astronomical Observatory is actively collecting data to determine the nature of these phenomena, specifically investigating whether they were meteorites, artificial satellites, or other unidentified causes.
The Cordoba Astronomical Observatory is compiling data about this phenomenon which has been observed in other regions of Argentina; although not as clearly as in Bahia Blanca.
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Official Assessment
The Cordoba Astronomical Observatory is gathering data to determine if the sightings were a cluster of meteorites, an artificial satellite, or other causes.
Witnesses
- a local photographer
- a reporter of the local newspaper NUEVA PROVINCIAreporterNUEVA PROVINCIA