THINK ABOUTIT ENTITY ENCOUNTER REPORT
Date: October 15, 1550
Sighting Time: Midday.
Day/Night: Day (Saturday at midday).
Location: Biubiu River, Chile ?????? nothing is clear where this river is “Bío Bío River”
Urban or Rural: – Urban
No. of Entity(‘s): two mysterious figures
Entity Type:Humanoid
Entity Description: a beautiful woman and an old man on a horse, both dressed in white
Entities: A beautiful woman and an old man on a white horse, both dressed in white.
Celestial Event: Mention of a comet falling among the Indians on a Saturday at midday, described as having greater brightness than typical comets.
Historical Source: The account is found in an “instruction” dated October 15, 1550, and a report sent to King Charles V.
Location Clarity: The text notes uncertainty regarding the “Biubiu River,” which likely refers to the in Chile.
Hynek Classification: CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.
Duration: Not explicitly stated, though it occurred shortly before an attack.
No. of Object(s): 1
Height & Speed: Not specified, but described as “falling” into the middle of the squadrons.
Size of Object(s): Not specified, but of “greater brightness than other comets”
Distance to Object(s): Close proximity (fell in the middle of the squadrons).
Shape of Object(s): Comet-shaped.
Color/Description of Object(s): Extremely bright/luminous.
Number of Witnesses: Multiple
Source: Claude Seignolle, Les Evangiles du Diable selon la croyance populaire (Paris: Maisoneuve & Larose, 1964), 245
Summary/Description: Pedro de Valdivia (1500-1554), a conquistador who went to America to seek fame and fortune, fought for Francisco Pizarro in the Battle of Salinas, and later headed the conquest of Chile in 1540, founding Santiago del Nuevo Extremo (nowadays Santiago) the following year, Concepcion in 1550 and the city of Valdivia in 1552, before his death at the hands of the Araucan Indians.
Valdivia left very few written documents, but one of these, an “instruction” addressed to his representatives at the Court, dated October 15th, 1550, mentions two mysterious figures that appeared to the Mapuche Indians shortly before an attack. The beings, a beautiful woman and an old man on a horse, both dressed in white, had come to warn the Indians that they would perish if they tried to retaliate.
When the first visitor, the woman, had disappeared, the devil himself intervened to reiterate the message! Valdivia made two reports, one of which, the most complete of the two, he sent to the king Charles V on the same day. This is what the conquistador wrote:
“And it seems our God wants to use His immortality for his divine cult to be honored in it and for the devil to come out from where he has been worshiped for so long; thus, according to the native Indians, the day they came upon this fort of ours, at the same time as those that rode on horseback assaulted them, there fell in the middle of the squadrons an old man on a white horse, and he told them: “‘Flee all of you, these Christians will slaughter you,’ and their fright was so great that they began to flee.
They [the Indians] told more: that three days before this, [when the Indians were] passing the Biubiu river to overcome us, a comet fell among them, on Saturday at midday, which was seen by many Christians at our fort as it traveled with greater brightness than other comets, and from which, once fallen, a beautiful woman came out, also dressed in white, who told them: ‘Serve the Christians, don’t go against them because they are very brave and will kill you all.’ And when she went, the devil came, their chief, and he told them to gather a large multitude of people, and that he would come with them, because, on seeing so many of us together, we would drop dead with fear; and thus they proceeded with their journey.”
Historical and Mythological Analysis: Spirits of the Arauco War
To fully grasp the weight of Pedro de Valdivia’s account, one must look at the brutal geopolitical landscape of Chile in 1550. This was the height of the Arauco War, a long-standing conflict between the Spanish Empire and the resilient Mapuche Indians. At the time of this reported entity encounter, Valdivia was actively pushing south to establish dominance, founding settlements like Concepción amidst constant threat of retaliation. In this high-tension environment, celestial anomalies and “divine” interventions were often recorded with a mix of religious fervor and tactical observation.
From a mythological perspective, the Mapuche culture possesses a deep connection to the cosmos. What the Spanish perceived as “demons” or “the devil” were likely interpreted by the Mapuche as Pillán—powerful spirits that reside in volcanoes and the sky, often associated with natural phenomena like thunder and comets. The description of a “beautiful woman in white” emerging from a falling comet mirrors certain Andean legends of celestial beings descending to deliver warnings during times of great upheaval. If these entities were extraterrestrial in nature, they chose a method of appearance that perfectly aligned with the Mapuche’s existing spiritual framework to ensure their message of non-retaliation was heard.
Technically, the “comet” described by the conquistadors as traveling with “greater brightness than other comets” at midday suggests an object of immense luminosity, potentially a bolide or a craft entering the atmosphere. The fact that it was seen by “many Christians at our fort” provides a secondary, non-indigenous witness group to the celestial event, separating the visual anomaly from the subjective interpretations that followed. Whether the old man on a white horse and the woman in white were shapeshifting entities or psychological projections, their impact on the battle was undeniable, causing the Mapuche to flee in “great fright”. This 1550 event stands as one of the earliest documented CE-III cases in South American history, blending colonial warfare with the unexplained.
Researcher Notes: The Valdivia Mystery
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Primary Source Integrity: This account is unique because it comes directly from Pedro de Valdivia’s official correspondence to King Charles V, elevating it from mere folklore to a documented military report.
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Witness Consistency: The presence of a “comet” witnessed by “many Christians at our fort” suggests an objective physical event occurred at midday on a Saturday, preceding the entity encounters.
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The “Demon” Interpretation: The Spanish tendency to label these white-clad figures as “the devil” highlights the cultural clash of the Arauco War, where unexplained phenomena were immediately framed through a religious lens.
The events at the Biubiu River remain one of the most compelling early records of CE-III activity in the Americas. By combining a high-luminosity celestial event with specific humanoid entities that intervened in a historical conflict, this 1550 case challenges our understanding of how ancient astronaut events were recorded by colonial powers. Whether these were divine messengers or extraterrestrial visitors, their presence changed the course of a battle and left an indelible mark on Chilean history.
