San Bernardo and Valparaiso, Chile, March 1950March 1950

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 24 and 25, 1950, people in the Santiago area of Chile, including San Bernardo and Valparaiso, reported a flying disc. The description matched earlier reports being quoted in the local press: a high, silver, ping-pong ball shaped object. The report was sent by the U.S. Air Attache in Chile and was drawn from newspaper reports.

The attache's summary noted that an earlier Chilean sighting had been explained by the Director of the University of Chile observatory as the planet Venus, clearly visible that time of year. The summary gave little detail for the March 24 and 25 sightings beyond the usual public description.

The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) concluded there was insufficient data for evaluation, noting the report came only from the local newspaper.

Reported location

San Bernardo and Valparaiso, Chile, March 1950

Date of incident

March 1950

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

| CSE Map PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE « TIME GROUP 2. LO TION 24=25 March 50 ° San Bernardo and Valparaiso, Child : 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One Report was given to the Local Newpaper S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Not Reported " The description was given as the usual by the public quoted Ground-Visual (Assumed) | | | Not Reported 8. PHOTOS 0 Yes : 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE : \ O Yes \d ’ xe FORM FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used. ; | | 4 AAR rR SL ALE a— . ;