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Montevideo Observatory UFO Observations

1967-02-26·North of Montevideo, Uruguay·FBI·unresolved
Document cover: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10Document cover

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Director of the Astronomical Observatory ANTARES in Montevideo photographed 21 color photos of an oval UFO at approximately 6 km altitude with ejected smaller objects, observed for 1 hour 40 minutes.

Unidentified Flying Objects were observed in this capital in clear daylight, stated the director of the Astronomical Observatory ANTARES, Juan Reyes Febles, who succeeded in taking 21 color photos of said objects... an oval UFO seen at a height of about 6 km to the North of the City. It had an indented rim. One could see a dark dome with a distinctly white rim and one open porthole in the upper part.

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Case details

Date
1967-02-26
Precision
day
Location
North of Montevideo, Uruguay
Country
Uruguay
Branch
FBI
Unit
Astronomical Observatory ANTARES
Sensors
photo, eyewitness
Shape
oval with indented rim, dark dome with white rim, porthole
Size
mothership with ejected smaller ships
Altitude
19685 ft
Duration
6040s

Resolution

Smaller objects ejected from larger craft, described as mothership ejecting smaller ships that departed at high speed.

Source document

Agency: FBI

File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10

Case ID: UNDATED-FBI-2FEB04

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