San Bernardo, Santiago, Valparaiso, Chile, March 1950March 1950

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Summary

In March 1950, people in several parts of Chile reported a shiny object in the sky. The first sighting was at Punta Arenas on March 11 around noon. Many residents saw it appear to the northeast and travel southwest. They described it as very high, silver in color, and shaped like a ping-pong ball. A newspaper said observers thought a celestial body about seven inches across crossed the sky from east to west, staying from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at an estimated 18,000 feet.

The report was sent by the U.S. Air Attache in Chile. The Director of the Astronomy Observatory at the University of Chile told the press the object was the planet Venus, which is clearly visible that time of year. An attache office member who watched a silver, still object on March 29 reached the same conclusion after careful observation.

The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) listed the conclusion as astronomical, identifying the object as Venus.

Reported location

San Bernardo, Santiago, Valparaiso, Chile, March 1950

Date of incident

March 1950

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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NO CASE (INFORMATION OY) 10 March 1950
SOURCE: Les Angeles Tim... dtd 12 March 1950 Chile
Chilean Navy Reports
7-Inch Flying Saucer |
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celestial body, visible TS =
naked eye, of about seven inches
diameter, crossed the sky in an
east-to-west direction.
, “The body remained in the
sky from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at an
estimated height of 18,000 feet,
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: . PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATS, - TIME GROUP 2 LOCATION
2/5 Maren 50 7/7 | > San Bernardo, Sentiag., Valparaiso, Chile
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Astro (VENUS)
- The Director of the ObservatoryAstroncmy of the University of Chile,
WE OF Ory Prof Rutland, made a statement bo the local press that what the
One - |people were seeing was the Planet VENUS which is clearly visible] thic
5 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | Ft: BRIEF $U MARY ANDPANALYSIS1C |
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relative position as was witnessed by the local puplic the :
ih, TOPS OF BER —— preceding day, and after careful observation concluded it to
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8. PHOTOS
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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. FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,
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