Response to Parliamentary Question regarding UAP sighting over Benicasim

This document is an official response from the Spanish Government's Secretariat of State for Relations with the Cortes to a parliamentary inquiry submitted by Deputy Gabriel Elorriaga Fernandez. The inquiry concerned an unidentified aerial object observed over Benicasim (Castellón) on July 12, 1983. The government report details that at 22:15 local time, an unidentified object was sighted by the control tower at Torrejón Air Base, as well as by two Iberia aircraft and one USAF aircraft. The object was described as leaving a luminous trail, moving in a southwest direction, performing a sharp turn to the west, and ascending rapidly while spiraling before disappearing. The duration of the observation was approximately one minute. The report explicitly states that neither Madrid Control radar nor the Air Defense System radar detected the object. The government provided two potential explanations: the object was either a meteor that disintegrated upon entering the atmosphere or space debris re-entering the atmosphere. It is noted that the speed and altitude estimates provided by the witnesses were personal, approximate, and lacked technical validation. The document concludes by stating that the Spanish Air Force continues to collect data on such sightings, noting that most are attributed to natural causes, and that no definitive conclusions have been reached by Spain or any other country regarding the phenomenon.