- El Tribuno (Argentina)
- July 10, 2004
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- "It was gigantic, shining, noiseless and with portholes".
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- Three executives traveling from the capital city to Cachi
last Sunday claimed having seen a giant UFO "some 100 meters in diameter,
silent and luminous" in the vicinity of Cachipampa near the Los Cardones
National Park, a mountainous, semi-desertic region some 120 km south of
Salta. "It was a truly marvelous spectacle", said Susana Urdines,
coordinator of the Virtual Distance Learning System of the Ministry of
Education.
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- Urdines was traveling in the company of Federico Andolfi,
a surgeon from the Vallisto Hospital and her colleague Mary Maigua. Both
women were on their way to perform tasks related to their activities in
the area and were being driven there by the physician, who had offered
to do so. "The time was approximately 21:30, the night sky was clear
when we saw the object," said Susana, who is a native of La Plata,
although she has lived in the province for over a decade.
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- "I had always heard and read stories and accounts
of UFOs seen by residents of Cachi, but never thought I'd have the good
fortune to see something as beautiful as it was strange," she said.
"It appeared all of a sudden and got in front of the car, although
at a considerable distance. We weren't frightened, since at no time did
we sense any agression or hostility coming from it. It was enormous and
flashed without making a sound, had multicolored lights and gave the appearance
of being circular, with portholes all around. The vision lasted for a few
minutes, but enough for us to realize that it wasn't a natural luminous
phenomenon, but a device built by someone. It vanished at startling speed
and lost itself behind the eastern mountains."
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- However, the object reappeared a few kilometers ahead,
when we were driving along the Tin Tin segment, before reaching Payogasta
(Editor'snote: Tin Tin has been mentioned as a frequent UFO sighting spot
since 2000). It glided along as though suspended beside us and vanished
into the firmament as it did before. After seeing that, I believe we have
been privileged to have seen what we saw. Any trace of incredulity I may
have had about UFOs in Cachi has been dispelled," said the witness.
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- Translation (c) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic
Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to JosÈ EchevarrÌa, ARGUSPR.
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