Santiago, Chile, March 1950March 1950

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Summary

On March 28, 1950, at 2:30 p.m., a military observer returning from the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile noticed numerous people looking at the sky. The observer went to the roof of the Embassy building and saw one object traveling south to north at an extreme rate of speed. It appeared more white than other colors. The observer watched the object move about 30 degrees across the sky in 5 to 10 seconds, then returned to get a camera with telephoto lens. When the observer returned to the roof, the object was gone. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unidentified.

Reported location

Santiago, Chile, March 1950

Date of incident

March 1950

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE - TIME GROUP
28 March 50 28/1930Z

2. LOCATION
Santiago, Chile

3. SOURCE
Military

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 & 10 Seconds

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual (BX)

7. COURSE
S to N

8. PHOTOS
Yes
X No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
X No

10. CONCLUSION
UNIDENTIFIED

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Observer did not stop to look or talk to anyone until he arrived at the US Embassy were he went straight to the 9th floor. I looked out and seen nothing, than went to the roof of the building were looked at object with BX. Object was moving in a straight line at an extreme rate of speed. It appeared to be more white than other color. Observer went inside of building to get a camera to take a picture of the object and when he returned the object was gone.

FORM
FTD SEP 62 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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