Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS SIGHTED IN MATANZAS SKIES
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This report documents a December 1993 sighting of multiple unidentified aerial objects in Matanzas, Cuba, by local residents and meteorologists. The witnesses described the objects as bright white balls with tails moving in a north-to-south formation.
This document is an FBIS report dated December 23, 1993, detailing a sighting of unidentified flying objects in Matanzas, Cuba. The report, based on an account by Candido Dominguez, describes an event that occurred on December 21, 1993, shortly before 1900 hours. Dominguez, along with other residents, observed a group of six or seven bright white objects, each possessing a tail similar to a comet. These objects were observed moving in a north-to-south trajectory and remained visible for approximately 30 seconds. The report notes that specialists from the Territorial Meteorology Section of the Cuban Academy of Sciences also observed the phenomenon. Specifically, a meteorologist named Jesus Gomez reported seeing the objects from Jovellanos, located 42 kilometers southeast of Matanzas. Another meteorologist, Orestes Gribao, who has studied UFOs for years, observed the event from the Versailles neighborhood. Gribao compared the sighting to a 1913 photograph from the Toronto Observatory, suggesting a similarity between the two events. The document was declassified in May 2008.
THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS A VERY BRIGHT WHITE-BALL FOLLOWED BY LIGHTED TAIL, SOMETHING LIKE A COMET. LATER THE LIGHTS MULTIPLIED AND I SAW SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM LINED UP, EACH WITH A TAIL THAT FOLLOWED A NORTH-TO-SOUTH TRAJECTORY.
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Official Assessment
Witnesses in Matanzas, Cuba, observed a formation of six or seven bright white objects with tails moving in a north-to-south trajectory on December 21, 1993. Meteorologists from the Cuban Academy of Sciences also observed the phenomenon. Witnesses compared the sighting to a photograph taken in 1913 at the Toronto Observatory.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- JESUS GOMEZSPECIALIST FROM THE TERRITORIAL METEOROLOGY SECTION OF THE CUBAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- ORESTES GRIBAOMETEOROLOGIST