Lima Peru, July 1951July 1951

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 19, 1951, at 4:50 p.m., a luminous disc was reported over Iberia, Peru. The object had an intense orange color and a metallic nucleus. It moved from south to north and was visible for one to two minutes, leaving a thick vaporous trail. The disc was observed at between 2500 and 3000 feet altitude during daylight hours. The Peruvian Corporation of the Amazon radio received the report. A newspaper article from Lima dated August 15, 1951, published a photograph of the object. An Air Intelligence report states that the U.S. Air Force examined photographs and determined the sighting was a hoax. The evaluation marked as Other: HOAX.

Reported location

Lima Peru, July 1951

Date of incident

July 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 19 July 1951

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1650
GMT 19/21502

5. PHOTOS
Yes Not in file.
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 - 2 min

LOCATION: Lima ##### Peru

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [checked]
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
S to N

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other HOAX [checked]
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Color was orange. Alt 2500 - 3000'. [illegible] Newspaper copy of photo.

11. COMMENTS
Photos examined and determined to be hoax by Peruvian Air Force

Note: Above indicates that it was a hoax by P.A.F., but what it is attempting to say is that P.A.F. examined photos and determined that UFO was a hoax.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28939316