| ID | #1635404886 |
| Added | Thu, 28/10/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Fact
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At 19:30 on February 7, 1963, Felix Carraiso and his wife were driving along the national highway No. 5 connecting Buenos Aires with the province of La Pampa. In the vicinity of Alberti, he slowed down before coming to a complete stop. The reason? According to Carraiso, his wife nervously pointed to a very large and glowing "something" floating on the right side of the road. In fact, there was a stationary cylindrical object of silver-gray color above the trees, which was in an upright position and slightly tilted. None of the witnesses could believe what they saw.
"It could have been more than 200 meters long," they said, "and maybe 20 meters in diameter. A blinding light emanated from its middle part. It hurt my eyes. Four rectangular lights resembling portholes were flashing along the fuselage, one of them was even brighter than the intense glow. Three more dots at the bottom of the cylinder ... "
Felix Carraiso remembered that he had a camera in the back seat, and without hesitation, reached for the tool and took a picture. Lowering the camera, he noticed that the object was now in motion. The background was the sky darkened by clouds.
"Before I could take a second picture," he said, "the light cylinder went up with great speed and successive bursts. Then he assumed a horizontal position and got lost in space."
The experience lasted a little more than a minute. Carrizo used a Schneider Alpa-Xenar 1:3.5 / 75 telephoto lens, shutter speed 1/250, f-16. A 35 mm Kodak Plus-X Pan film was used as the film.
These are the details of the incident and the testimony of the witness. A case that caused wide and heated discussions on forums.
Original news
RETRO UFOLOGY
Argentina: The Great Alberti Mothership?
(Luis Burgos FAO/ICOU)
At 7:30 pm on February 7, 1963, Felix Carraizo and his wife were driving along National Highway 5, linking Buenos Aires to La Pampa province. In the vicinity of Alberti, he slowed down before coming to a full stop. The reason? According to Carraizo, his wife was nervously pointing an immensely large and glowing "something" floating over the right hand of the road. In fact, over a stand of trees, there was a motionless, silver-grey colored cylindrical object, in a vertical position and somewhat tilted. Neither witness could believe what they were seeing.
"It could have been over 200 meters long," they said, “and perhaps 20 meters in diameter. There was a blinding light coming from its mid-section. It hurt the eyes. There were four rectangular lights resembling portholes, blinking along the fuselage, one of them was even brighter than the intense glow. Three more dotted the lower section of the cylinder..."
Felix Carraizo remembered that he had a still camera in the backseat, and without any hesitation, reached for the instrument and snapped a phot. Upon lowering the camera, he noticed that the object was now in motion. A cloud-darkened sky served as backdrop.
"Before I could take a second shot," he said, "the luminous cylinder rose upward at high speed and with successive bursts. Then it assumed a horizontal position and became lost in space." The experience lasted little over a minute. Carrizo used a Schneider Alpa-Xenar 1: 3,5/75 telephoto lens, 1/250 shutter speed, f-16. The film used was Kodak Plus-X Pan 35mm.
These then are the details of the event and the witness's testimony. A case that gave rise to broad and intense debate in forums. During a trip along the same road in 2020, we were unable to locate the exact location of the incident. We later appealed to Luis Bianchi (FAO La Plata) to provide an illustration and Patricio Barrancos (FAO Buenos Aires) to colorize the original photo.
[Translation (c) 2021 S. Corrales, IHU with thanks to Luis Burgos, FAO/ICOU]
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