2002: Enormous Cigar-Shaped UFO In Payogasta, Argentina

THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTINGS REPORT

Date: May 1, 2002

Sighting Time: n.a.

Day/Night: setting sun

Location: Payogasta, Argentina

Urban or Rural: Urban

Hynek Classification:  DD (Daylight Disc) Metallic or whitish object was seen in the day

Duration: seconds

No. of Object(s): 1

Size of Object(s): 100 meters in length

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): Cigar

Color of Object(s): shining like a mirror in the reflected light of the setting sun.

Number of Witnesses: 3

Source: Scott Corrales, El Tribuno Digital (Argentina Original Source

Summary: Three motorcyclists from Cachi saw ‘an enormous cylinder measuring some 100 meters in length, shining like a mirror in the reflected light of the setting sun. It was shaped like a giant cigarette and flew slowly some 200 meters from the ground.

Full Report

Cigar-Shaped UFO Spotted Along Route 33 Near Cachi

The sighting occurred near the Tin-Tin stretch

Three motorcyclists from Cachi who were driving along National Hwy. 33 informed El Tribuno that they had witnessed “a fantastic sight.”

“We saw,” –said the bikers– “an enormous cigar-shaped unidentified flying object (UFO) measuring some 100 meters in length.” Martin Oliver, Ruben Chihan, and Antonio Rodo, young bikers well-known throughout the area, claimed that their experience occurred on May 1st as they headed back from the capital. “We want our names to be included because for a long time we’ve been hearing similar stories from fellow residents who out of a sense of shame or sheer cowardice do not want their names printed in the paper,” stressed the sportsmen.

“We were finishing the Tin Tin stretch when we saw a strange light from the east, in the vicinity of Payogasta. We stopped our rides and saw it: an enormous cylinder measuring some 100 meters in length, shining like a mirror in the reflected light of the setting sun. It was shaped like a giant cigarette and flew slowly some 200 meters from the ground. We couldn’t believe it but it was real. It made no noise whatsoever and appeared to be made of a material similar to polished steel,” the cyclists reported.

“Suddenly, it stopped and remained suspended in mid-air. A few seconds later, it began flying at an astonishing speed and lost itself in space.”

(C) 1995-2002. El Tribuno Digital Translation (C) 2002 Institute of Hispanic Ufology Special Thanks to Mercedes Casas.