Argentina: The 2010 Laguna del Monte Case - Revisited

Source: Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía & Planeta UFO
Date: 06.17.2013

Argentina: The 2010 Laguna del Monte Case – Revisited
By Victor Manuel Jara

[Readers of INEXPLICATA will recall the strange alleged CE-3 we featured on July 28, 2010, brought to us by Luis Burgos of the Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía and his team. We now present a follow-up on the photo analysis – SC]

SAN MIGUEL DEL MONTE is the seat of the district bearing the same name in the province of Buenos Aires, located 107 kilometers distant from Capital Federal. Its extensive lagoon and proximity to our city make it the ideal spot for weekend fishing trips and barbecues by residents of Buenos Aires, a way of getting in touch with nature and re-energize.
Like many others, Ivan D., the protagonist of this case, visited the spot with his family (a total of 8) in March 2010 to spend the weekend. As is customary with tourists, he took several photographs of one of his young children as he played among the trees.

Upon developing them, says Ivan, the figure of a strange being – extremely tall and thin – was visible on the left margin of a photo, very near the edge of the lagoon or even standing on the water. The witness submitted the image to FAO, directed by Luis Burgos, whose technicians analyzed it, determining that it was authentic and was neither edited nor manipulated. The visual press made mention of the case and even today, nearly three years after the event, a number of websites regarding the case can be found.
By sheer chance, we had the opportunity to meet the protagonist and speak extensively about his experiences “off the record”, as is customarily said, and we agreed to have a subsequent “formal” meeting. The witness seemed extremely disturbed by the experience and during our initial encounter, declared having never displayed an interest in the UFO phenomenon. He told us, however, that the event had changed his life, making it hard for him to sleep, and bringing about visions of “other worlds”.

While we only spoke to the witness twice (the first for a few hours) our impression is that he is a well-adjusted person, uninterested in publicizing his case then or now. Quite the contrary, the case caused him more trouble than anything else: he never had health complaints of any kind, nor was he under the effects of any medication at the time, which is irrelevant in any event. Even if we were to ascribe the case to a hallucination on the part of the witness, it would not have been captured on modern photographic equipment.
We agreed to submit the witness to a series of questions, which he accepted. He was rather brief in his replies, unlike our earlier meeting. We have transcribed the brief interview performed on Ivan D. in 2012 in order to posit our conclusions later on.

What is your name and how old are you?
- Ivan L.D., age 40
What is your family make up? (no names, number of members only)
- Four members. My wife and two children.
Your occupation or profession?
- Employee
Have you had other similar experiences before this?
- Never
What type of camera did you use?
- Olympus x 15 (photo was taken with 5 megapixels)
Do you remember the approximate time?
- Around 14:00 hours (2 p.m.)
What were you trying to photograph at the time?
- My younger son, who was resting between the two trees.
Was this the only photo taken? If there were others, does the entity appear in them as well?
- The only shot. Later on there were two more which are related.
Any idea of how many people were at the site?
- Approximately 8 people (referring to his family group)
Aside from FAO, did any other organization examine the photo?
- No, no one else.
Were you ever interested in the UFO phenomenon?
- Not before this. I’ve started to analyze the phenomenon now.
Has any member of your family had similar experience?
- No, none.
Could it be possible that there was a person standing at the edge of the lagoon and nobody noticed?
- I don’t remember anyone standing at the site.
Through photo analysis, was it possible to determine the entity’s height?
- 1.80 meters or taller, approximately.
Did you notice anything unusual in the environment when the photo was taken?
- The lagoon’s water (witness states the water was somewhat “unsettled” at that section of the edge)
Did you notice any physical or emotional changes after this experience?
- Yes (during this second interview, the witness is reluctant to discuss this item and does not provide details about his insomnia)
How has your family taken the experience?
- I’ve tried not to involve them.

CONCLUSIONS:
1. According to the FAO analysis, the photo is genuine, which does not necessarily mean that the image of the entity belongs to a non-human being.
2. Due to distance, it is not possible to determine if the being was at the edge of the lagoon or standing over its waters.
3. It is possible that he image is that of a fisherman at the edge of the lagoon, distorted by the light. On the other hand, the photo was taken well past noon (around 14:00 hours), and it is therefore not possible to state this with certainty.
4. It is remarkable that no one else noticed the entity’s presence in such a busy location.
5. The entity’s height is truly remarkable. To establish it with greater precision, it would be necessary to determine its distance from the trees in the foreground.
6. The entity’s head seems larger than an average human’s, making it similar to the so-called “grey” or macrocephalic extraterrestrials.
7. The Laguna del Monte has been the scenario of UFO sightings on other opportunities, researched by our colleagues at FAO at the time, one of them at the end of 2010.
8. It’s possible that as with other cases, an interdimensional rather than a physical being is involved – invisible to the human eye and captured only the camera.
9. Over decades of research, it is well-known that a photograph is not conclusive proof, as in many cases (around 90%) they reflect misinterpreted natural phenomena.
10. The good faith and honesty of the witness are beyond dispute. At no moment did he seek publicity or financial gain as a result of the experience.

Photos courtesy of FAO and Luis Burgos http://ciencia-ovni.blogspot.com.ar

(Translation © 2013, Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Guillermo D. Giménez, Planeta UFO and Fabio Zerpa, El Quinto Hombre)

China: Man Arrested for Hoaxing ET Capture Story

Source:El Norte de Castilla
http://ocio.elnortedecastilla.es/famosos/un-hombre-de-la-provincia-china-de-shangdong-ha-asegurado-que-tiene-un-alien-en-11062013.html
Date: 06.12.2013

China: Man Arrested for Hoaxing ET Capture Story

A man was arrested in China after hoaxing an account involving the capture of an alleged ET.

Li Kai was arrested by the police after having made up the alleged capture of an extraterrestrial near the Yellow River in Binzhou, Shandong Province.
Li Kai published photos of the fake creature inside a freezer.



The man said he saw five extraterrestrials descend from a UFO. One of the beings died after colliding with electrical wires used in the fields as protection against wild animals.
He alleged having taken the creature and placed it in a freezer at his home.

The authorities, however, learned that Li had fabricated the story and sent him to jail.

Pictures of Li standing beside the alleged ET created a stir in Chinese social networks, shared by millions of users.

(Translation (c) 2013, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez, Planeta UFO)

Mexico: Photo and Video of Popocatepetl Anomaly

Contributing Editor Prof. Ana Luisa Cid sends us a link to a video of the anomaly picked up on the camera belonging to the TELEVISA television network, which is aimed at the slopes of the Popocatepetl Volcano: http://youtu.be/AHRl_sECk8s



"Only a day before," she writes, "CENAPRED station Tlamacas picked up an unknown light in the same area. These images were forwarded to me via e-mail by Verónica Olmedo Cano and Ros Persa."

1768: The Calahorra Case

A UFO in the year 1768, or was it a meteorite or other poorly understood astronomical phenomena from an 18th century standpoint? Angel Rodríguez Alvarez of Spain’s Grupo GEIFO provides us with the fascinating original report of what has become known as “el caso Calahorra” (the Calahorra Case). The historic document is the property of the Ministry of Culture of Spain, Nobility Section of the National Historic Archives kept at the Talavera Hospital in the city of Toledo.

"On the 18th of September of 1768, the time being around 6 and three quarter hours of the morning, [the weather] being very serene and clear, a sphere as transparent as the purest water appeared on the horizon of the village of Calahorra of the Marquisate of Cenete in the realm of Granada. Its shape was that of a vast bottle, with a twisted and ample neck, rising over and above the Sierra Nevada on the southern part of this village, and following its course with alacrity toward the north, where the mountains of Baza are located, the bulk of this phenomenon being to the fore, and the thinner to the rear, as if sparking, leaving as it moved two lines of dense smoke that remained separate, until the orb came apart, turning into fire and sparks, much like those emitted by the so-called rockets of lights or tears over the mountains of Baza. Seemingly, those who saw it with greater contemplation passing over this settlement, and at the moment the sphere came undone, heard a hideous report in the manner of a great thunderclap, following the lines of smoke, reducing the two to a single one, and vanishing in a short while. This noise was so strange that people were filled with fright and astonishment, noting that as it flew over their village, the buildings shook. The thunderclap lasted as long as the phenomenon, which would have been six minutes more or less. Its elevation was considerable, as it was told that it could be seen from here and from la Alpujarra, which is southward, where they saw it come from the sea. The day remained calm although with a brisk wind from the north, without any prior rains"

(Translation (c) 2013, S. Corrales, IHU)

The Humanoid Conspiracy

The Humanoid Conspiracy is the latest addition to the INEXPLICATA library at Scribd.com - a compilation of all the humanoid / CE3K writings we have published over the years in a more readily accessible format - and a conmemoration of the 40-year gulf which separates us from 1973, "The Year of the Humanoids".

Available at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/144137452/The-Humanoid-Conspiracy

Argentina: Remotely- Guided UFOS Threaten Highways in Buenos Aires

Source: Diario Popular
Date: 05.14.13

Argentina: Remotely-Guided UFOS Threaten Highways in Buenos Aires

To the south of La Plata, these devices pursue cars or appear out of thin air in the midst of the river, shoulders or cattle troughs to startle drivers and fishermen alike.

A wide area bordered by the Bay of Sanborombón and Route 2 to the south of La Plata have turned into a pole of attraction for the same UFO phenomenon that researchers have associated with the “activity of remotely guided luminous probes” – a miracle of nanotechnology – and which have allegedly caused accidents on roads and highways in the area in question.

In fact, reports and records kept by the Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía (FAO) disclose a rich case history provided by direct witnesses to the encounters produced by these luminous devices which are apparently “research devices pursuing cars, or appear out of thin air in the midst of the river, shoulders or cattle troughs to startle drivers and fishermen alike.”

Luis Burgos, director of FAO, considers that the sphere of influence of these probes is potentially rich in sightings, landing traces and even humanoid encounters. It is for this reason he dubs this broad geographic extension as a vast UFO nest, and particularly, in this case, for probes.

Burgos told Más Allá del Misterio: “Out of 1500 cases attributable to UFOs, recorded in the entire country, a third – that is to say, 500 – occurred in this great expanse.”

“This unquestionably shows us that we are faced with the great Argentinean saucer nest,” maintains the researcher. The proliferation of these probes, ranging in size from that of a tennis ball to a spare tire, has acquired disquieting aspects: they have caused several accidents on highways, superhighways and roads crisscrossing this surface.

According to the ufologist, a member of RADIO (Red Argentina de Investigaciones Ovni): “Many reports have taken place in recent years. We consider these probes to be remotely-guided objects engaged in exploratory activity and which, for reasons unknown, pursue vehicles driving along the roads.” In certain cases they engage in mysterious maneuvers that place drivers in jeopardy.
The FAO, stressed Burgos, has in its possession one of the most striking recent cases, involving a driver ferrying passengers from Mar de Ajó in his microbus, who suddenly found himself escorted by a small, fluorescent green sphere.

“The case involving Horacio Riquelme, the driver in question, is among the most attractive due to the situation occurring on Route 11 in the vicinity of Pipinas, an hour before midnight,” notes Burgos.

On this occasion, the luminous sphere appeared first on the sides of the microbus, flying alongside it for a few minutes. It then gained speed, passing the vehicle to stop in mid-air in the center of the highway, about a thousand meters ahead. At this point, as one can imagine, Riquelme and his passengers became aware that they faced a phenomenon that was hard to explain.

After being suspended for a brief period of time, the probe flew in a direction opposite to that of the microbus, and when it appeared about ready to crash into the vehicle, flew over it and vanished at a startling speed that was hard to estimate.

“The remarks made by the driver and the passengers involved the possibility of having faced something they associated with a laser beam, or even one of the classic green-colored road signs that suddenly acquired incredible mobility,” the FAO director pointed out.

High-Risk Area

While the microbus event had no further outcome than the shock felt by the witnesses to the event, and which startles them to this day, Burgos notes the existence of other cases involving motorists who wound up on the shoulder, or with their car at an angle on the road, after becoming the focus of these probes, which are now very dangerous in the light of these circumstances.
The first of such accidents took place in 1983, when a businessman from La Plata, now deceased, was chased some 80 km along Route 11 by what the driver defined as a “a yellow soccer ball” that emerged from the roadside as if by magic.

“The problem with this story is that after 80 hours of stressful driving on account of this strange presence, the businessman returning from Villa Gesell lost control of the car, which wound up on the curb,” stated Burgos.

Regarding the question of what is behind these probes, Burgos replied: “Everything suggests a remotely guided UFO with limited flight endurance, which would explain its appearance and disappearance in a matter of minutes. But who or what controls them is still part of a deep mystery.”

From La Mala Luz to Foo Fighters

Among the analyses conducted by FAO on manifestations of the UFO probe phenomenon is that many of these events were retold by rural residents within the concept of what is known as “la luz mala” (the evil light).

Luis Burgos put forth an event that occurred last January, far from the “great Argentinean UFO nest” area, in Añatuya, Santiago del Estero, where two young people traveling on a motorcycle on a lonely road claim being shocked by a powerful and strange light that caused them to fall out of their two-wheeled vehicle.
In historical terms, Burgos also made reference to “foo fighters”, which followed the air missions of Allied and Nazi pilots during World War II.

The Monte Grande Enigma is Among Them

Luis Burgos is convinced that the 26 September 2011 explosion in the locality of Monte Grande, which killed one woman, destroyed three homes and was attributed by authorities to the explosion of “a domestic pizza hoven”, was in fact nothing more than an accident or self-caused destruction of one of these probes. “To us, what really occurred is not the official version, or the likelihood of a missile or meteorite. We believe that it was a probe that malfunctioned, struck a lamp post, and self-destructed.”

(Translation © 2013, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Guillermo Giménez, Planeta UFO)

Chile: Startling Photos of a UFO over Mining Operation

Source: Panorama Diario (Chile)
Date: 8 May 2013

Startling photos of an alleged UFO over a mining operation in Copiapó were published recently. These are photos taken last Tuesday afternoon (30 April 2013) by heavy equipment operators. The workers were carrying out dismantling operations in the Cerro Negro works of the CAP company, only a few kilometers distant from the Atacama Region, when they noticed the unidentified flying object.

When interviewed by Radio Nostálgica FM, which made the visual material property of Juan Avalos Fajardo available on its website (PHOTOS AT: http://www.panoramadiario.com/uploads/pics/
Impactantes_fotos_de_OVNI_sobre_una_minera_2.jpg), ufologist Rodrigo Fuenzalida, National Director of AION (Agrupación de Investigaciones Ovnilógicas de Chile), stated: "One has the impression that the thing (the photographed object) had certain weight, as it reflects the sunlight perfectly on its structure. The fact is that it is very interesting, but we need to have access to the source." Fuenzalida, who has been a consultant to various television programs, such as "OVNI" on TVN, remarked that the photos are in his possession and that a series of tests aimed at ascertaining its origin would be carried out.

In the same website where the images were published, a comment was left about the same UFO having been seen last year in the Los Colorados works of the CAP mining company, located in Vallenar.

[Translation (c) 2013, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez, Planeta UFO]

Argentina: Impressive UFO Sighting in San Clemente

Source: Diario Popular
http://www.diariopopular.com.ar/notas/155823-impresionante-avistaje-ovni-san-clemente
Date: 05/08/2013

Argentina: Impressive UFO Sighting in San Clemente

Photos were taken fortuitously by a couple enjoying a day out in the resort city in Buenos Aires.

A tourist couple, enjoying a variety show in Mundo Marino , took several photos with their camera that show the outline of a UFO flying over the city fo San Clemente del Tuyú, Province of Buenos Aires.

The chance photos could show what is popularly known as a "flying saucer", which thoroughly startled the young couple when they saw it. "I took the photo. I was trying to take a shot of my girlfriend and her family. It was a normal family snapshot, to take in the landscape a little," said Neri Colnago - the author of the image - to Telenueve.

The young man said that he and his mate checked out the image several times to try to figure out what they were facing. "The object always remained motionless in all of the shots, so it wasn't an object in transit," he remarked in disbelief.

"It clearly wasn't a bird or a plane. You know it when it has a more or less known shape. But it was utterly unknown in this case. We were thoroughly startled when we saw it," said Jimena Rios, who was with the young man who took the photo.

[Note: This photo has not been subjected to any analysis. It could be a crash cymbal from Charlie Watts's drum kit. Inexplicata is merely presenting the information as it is received - SC]

[Translation (c) 2013, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez, Planeta UFO]

Revisiting the Nineties: Chupacabras Activity

The Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU) is reissuing some '90s works that are no longer in circulation (or were cannibalized for magazine features) on SCRIBD. It is our hope that this information - while old - will be of interest to our readers. We are also trying to secure permission to publish our translations of othher authors' that never found a place at Stateside publishing houses.

Nemesis: The Chupacabras at Large was originally available on the late Robert Girard's Arcturus Book Service, whose encouragement made possible the distribution of our initial publication, Samizdat (1992-1998) and the various updates and compilations that we may also release on SCRIBD in the future.



Chupacabras Rising is a monograph that chronicles the intense period of animal mutilation activity in Chile during the year 2000. By this year, activity in the Caribbean and Mexico had nearly vanished altogether, moving onto Brazil (1998) and Spain.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/139753372/Chupacabras-Rising-the-Paranormal-Predator-Returns

http://www.scribd.com/doc/139738026/NEMESIS-The-Chupacabras-at-Large-Reissue-2013