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NASA to release UFO documents under the law
From Leslie Kean
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 26, 2007
LANDMARK COURT SETTLEMENT REQUIRES NASA TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS ON MYSTERIOUS UFO CASE
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New York, N.Y. -- On the heels of the news of NASA’s attempt to withhold survey data on aviation safety problems, the Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFi) today announced the unprecedented settlement of a lawsuit against the space agency in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
As result of NASA’s refusal to release its records concerning the 1965 Kecksburg, PA UFO incident and subsequent stonewalling, CFi filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in December, 2003, as part of a broader FOIA campaign supported by SCI FI Channel.
Presiding U.S. District Judge Emmett G. Sulliivan approved a settlement that requires NASA to comb through hundreds of documents in specified locations and provide copies to Leslie Kean, investigative journalist with CFi and plaintiff in the lawsuit, under the watchful eye of the courts. NASA is required to declassify relevant documents, explain any redactions, and to pay Kean’s legal fees as part of the settlement.
John Podesta, former Chief of Staff for President Clinton and President of the Center for American Progress, who has supported Kean’s FOIA effort since 2002 commented, "The time to pull the curtain back on this incident is long overdue. Leslie Kean's victory is a triumph for open government and the spirit of inquiry."
Kean’s attorney, Lee Helfrich, of the Washington firm Lobel, Novins & Lamont, had made the case that NASA was recalcitrant in its response to Kean’s requests under the Freedom of Information Act. “It is unprecedented to have achieved success at forcing an agency to do this kind of extensive historical search under FOIA without Congressional intervention,” Helfrich stated.
Kean has been seeking documents about the crash of an unknown object in Pennsylvania that occurred over forty years ago. Witnesses described seeing a fireball in the evening sky, a controlled landing and a systematic military recovery of a spacecraft-like object. As reported by local radio and newspapers, U.S. military personnel cordoned off the area, investigated the site, and left without ever providing a full report of the incident other than to dismiss it as a meteor.
“Finally, we hope to acquire the relevant documents about Kecksburg that are required by law,” says Kean. “I look forward to working with NASA on the resolution of the terms set out by the court and to providing the public with the information it has been waiting for.”
The US government has for years resisted releasing records on unidentified flying objects when requested under the FOIA. CFi does not make any assumptions about the origin of the Kecksburg object, but defines UFOs simply as airborne phenomena that have not been identified or explained.
Additional information on the Kecksburg incident and the NASA lawsuit, including the settlement document, can be found at:
http://www.freedomofinfo.org/.
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Repassando: Más controversias sobre la presunta autopsia de ETs
Recebido de Philip Mantle y traducido por Claudio Javier, de la equipo de la Revista UFO Brasileña
UFO DATA MAGAZINE
NOTA DE PRENSA
PARA DIFUSIÓN INMEDIATA
Miércoles, 24 de octubre de 2007.
En 1995, los comerciantes londinenses Ray Santilli y Gary Shoefield publicaron un fenómeno para el mundo. La película de la Autopsia a un extraterrestre creó un sinfín de controversias y dividió a la comunidad ufológica en dos grupos. ¿Se trataba de una película genuina o una farsa bien elaborada?
Diez años más tarde, Santilli y Shoefield admitirían que la película era un fraude aunque, de acuerdo con ellos, habría sido basada en una película real obtenida de un anciano, un cinegrafista militar americano. Desafortunadamente, el filme de 1947 se había degradado hasta tal punto para el momento en que fue llevado a Inglaterra que ya no tenía ninguna utilidad.
Una película reciente, producida por la Warner BROS y por Qwerty Films, hecha con la total cooperación de Santilli y Shoefield, fue lanzada enseguida.
Alien Autopsy cuenta la historia de ellos, aunque en tono de comedia. Contando con un dúo de actores británicos conocidos, Ant y Dec en los papeles principales, el film mostró la enorme cantidad de dinero que ellos consiguieran con el video de la autopsia.
El pasado domingo 21 de octubre de 2007, un nuevo personaje entraría en escena.
Cineasta y mágico, Spyros Melaris aparece en público por primer vez en la muy exitosa conferencia Roswell 60, en Pontefract, West Yorkshire, en el norte de Inglaterra. La conferencia, guiada por el buscador de la Autopsia del Extraterrestre, Philip Mantle, fue el mayor evento sobre UFOs en el Reino Unido en años y fue organizada por la UFO Data Magazine. La inesperada aparición de Melaris reafirmó la controversia e incitó más debates sobre el escándalo de la autopsia.
Melaris afirmó que fue él quien creó los filmes de las autopsias y no Santilli y Shoefield. Ellos simplemente le encargaron crear la mayor farsa de los años 90. Preso de un acuerdo de confidencialidad, Melaris no podría hablar sobre su participación, pero con el lanzamiento del filme con Ant y Dec rescindió su contrato debido al hecho de que Santilli y Shoefield finalmente habían admitido que el film que había sido divulgado al público se trataba de una farsa y, así, imponiendo firmemente el hecho en el dominio público.
No hubo ninguna filmación original. Nunca existió un cinegrafista militar de Roswell. Nunca hubo un extraterrestre en una mesa de autopsia.
Melaris quería crear una ilusión que engañara al mundo entero en una escala sin precedentes. El plan era divulgar la filmación, con el extraterrestre creado por el escultor John Humphries. Fue acordado que Santilli y Shoefield no harían ninguna representació n de “qué” se trataba el film, y a quienes se les mostrase sacarían sus propias conclusiones. Luego de algunas semanas o cuando Santilli tuviese suficiente retorno monetario, Melaris tendría permiso para aparecer y revelar al mundo que todo no pasaba de una mera ilusión. El tomaría la delantera y explicaría en detalle cómo se logró el efecto.
Santilli no permitió que eso sucediera, siendo riguroso con el acuerdo de confidencialidad asignado por Melaris y su equipo. En lugar de recibir el 33% acordado de toda la ganancia que adquirió Santilli, todo lo que Melaris recibió fue apenas lo suficiente para cubrir los gastos de la producción del filme de la autopsia y el salario de su equipo.
Con acciones legales contra Santilli y con el aviso formal servido para que Santilli deje de divulgar sus derechos de autoría, Melaris lanzará en breve un libro y un DVD sobre el caso. El quiere que el mundo conozca la verdad sobre la historia del filme de la Autopsia al Extraterrestre.
UFO Data Magazine continuará esta impactante historia y reportará cualquier progreso en las páginas de only full-size del Reino Unido, glosario de publicaciones ufológicas.
Una cosa es cierta: Después de mas de una década, la controversia de la autopsia del extraterrestre está lejos de acabar!
UFO Data Magazine,
PO Box 280,
LEEDS,
LS26 1AN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 113 2865566
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 26, 2007
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Source:
http://www.laopiniondezamora.es/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2055_5_235320__Comarcas-Ovni-Montamarta
Date: 10.26.07
SPAIN: A UFO in Montamarta
A schoolteacher claims having seen an object "crossing the sky from west to east, with the apparent size of an apricot, and it had a blue tail"
J.A. Garcia, Montamarta - A high school teacher from Benavente was greatly surprised when by the appearance of a glowing dot of light that crossed the skies "from west to east" and which in her opinion was an unidentified flying object: a UFO.
She witness the glowing element "between 7:30 or 7:45 in the morning" when she approached the town of Montamarta on her way to the school in Benavente. "It was a fixed, fiery light that spouted something like little flames and had a bluish tail," she said.
She stresses that the surprising apparition was perfectly clear because "the night was dark and the light could be clearly seen."
Furthermore, the object plowed the skies alone, without any stars lighting the cosmos over the landscape and could lead to a mistaken perception or be a shooting star. It was a luminous object "about the size of an apricot" and it moved through the firmament "at low speed."
The teacher addes that "it turned off before hitting the ground. It wasn't lit when it fell." In spite of this, she doesn't know the area in which it landed. When she discussed the event in the Benavente schook, she was even more certain upon learning that "another co-worker from Manganeses de la Lampreana had also seen it" with no less surprise.
Guardia Civil sources consulted in this case reported not having any awareness of the apparition or having recieved any calls making them aware of it.
(Translation (c) 2007. Special thanks to Leopoldo Zambrano).
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INEXPLICATA
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 26, 2007
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Source:www.analuisa cid.com
Date: 10.25.07
MEXICO - A UFO AT THE VIZCAINO POWER PLANT
*** A report from Ana Luisa Cid ***
This photo was taken at the Guerreron Negro 2 Internal Combustion Station, alzo known as Vizcaino, located in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.
It was taken on June 8, 2007 at 9:52 a.m. using a Sony DSC-P41 camera.
The image forms part of an advance report on the installation of equipment at CCI Vizcaino and was taken by an engineer who holds a senior position with the company. For this reason he has asked me not to release his name.
The gentleman seen within the frame is electrical technician Oscar Villavicencio, who was engaged in maneuvers above a transformer for a turbo-jet type power generating unit.
It should be mentioned that the photo was sent to me by a third party, through whom it was possible to learn of this fascinating case. He is also an engineer at CCI Vizcaino and wishes to remain anonymous.
It should also be noted that I spoke over the phone with the parties involved -- the author of the photo and Mr. Villavicencio. They were both very kind in replying to my queries and it is my opinion that these are serious individuals who are telling the truth.
UFos have been reported over CCI Vizcaino on repeated occasions, noting than in 2005, according to the image sent to me by a CFE attorney, a reduction in energy production can be noted precisely during the month in which three objects were photographed above a chimney.
Therefore,it would be worthwhile to reconsider the hypothesis that relates unidentified flying objects with power generating sources.
(Translation (c) 2007. Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Ana Luisa Cid).
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 23, 2007
A Brief Summary of Meteorite and Bolide Sightings in Puerto Rico,
October 2007
By Luz Guzmán – OVNI.NET
Translated by Scott Corrales, IHU
Date: None given. Only described as “recently”
Place: Luis Munoz Rivera Housing Project, Guanica
Time: Pre-Dawn hours
Witness: No names given. Only “Residents of the Luis Munoz Rivera Housing Projects” mentioned.
Summary: On Saturday 20 October, researcher Jose Martinez of Guanica reported the fall of a strange bottle-shaped object in the town of Guanica on the Imprimatur message list. He reported that several residents of the housing project had seen a small burning object falling from the sky. Guanica district police seized the strange bottle-shaped object. He said “with this interesting case we cannot dismiss the possibility that space junk could be involved” and the Police do not wish to make any comments at this time until an expert establishes exactly what it was that fell in the vicinity of the old Munoz Rivera housing project.
Source: José A. Martínez E. del Puerto Rican Experimental Research Group, Inc, Brightlights Ufologist Digest, Historias Ufologicas de Puerto Rico y Exterior
Date: Saturday 20 October 2007
Date: From Juana Diaz, seen to the east of Ponce. Corral Falso District, in the Callabo neighborhood.
Time: 7:30 PM Approx.
Witnesses: Several.
Summary: A strange explosion in the South. JUANA DIAZ – “Authorities have not been able to ascertain what caused an explosion, and its origin, which was heard practically throughout the western side of this municipality and some sectors to the east of Ponce on Saturday Night. Yesterday morning a Police helicopter flyover detected the presence of charred treetops in the Corral Falso sector of the Callabo neighborhood. Some witnesses at this location reportedly saw an explosion they attributed to an aviation accident or flares being launched at the site. Others did not hesitate to suggest that it could have been produced by an alien craft, insisting that the [explosion] was like a lit ball that fell from the sky and struck a hill. After the explosion at 7:30, several police men and Emergency Management personnel toured the site without finding anything.”
Source: Miguel Rivera Puig – El Vocero Newspaper
Reported to OVNI.Net by: Ana Del C Torres, MBA Oficial de Manejo de Proyectos
Date: Saturday, 20 October 2007
Place: Urb. Parkville, Guaynabo
Time: 7:30 PM
Witness: Reinaldo Méndez
Summary: On Saturday October 20, 2007 at 7:30 PM Méndez was with his family on the terrace of his house (facing the back yard) in Urb. Parkville in Guaynabo when he saw an enormous light. First he thought it was a very bright white flare descending from the sky to the ground. He asked those who were with him if they had seen it to, but no one else had. He also thought that it could have been a shooting star, as it traveled downward. Or it could have been a flare of some kind, but he never saw it ascend; only come down. He waited for the loud report made by fireworks but nothing happened. He gave it no further importance and made no other remarks, assuming it had been a flare. Upon reading the El Vocero newspaper and learning of a strange explosion in the southern part of the island in Juana Diaz and Ponce where only burned branches were found, he checked the orientation points of where he had seen the object. He employed a compass and the Google Earth software. He is almost certain that what he saw could be related with what he read in El Vocero (Page 22, Monday 22, Miguel Rivera Puig).
Source: As told by Reinaldo Mendez to Andrew Alvarez,
http://www.andrewalvarez.net.
Date: Saturday, 20 October 2007
Place: Amalia Marin, Playa de Ponce and Juana Diaz
Time: 7:30 Approx.
Witness: Pedro Cotto
Summary: The explosion (loud report) was heard both as a ground shock wave and as an air-carried sound in Amalia Marin, Playa de Ponce at that same tima. First a ground wave was felt, followed by a sound wave. The sound appeared to be an explosion in a vacuum. As soon as the events took place, the witness called the Ponce Municipal Police’s command center and the Playa precinct, but no one knew anything. He then phoned the OMMED office and the person on the phone told him that there was no information available. In both cases, he was the first person to call. Regarding the explosion (loud report) in Juana Diaz due to the alleged fall of a fireball, Pedro believes that it could be linked to the fragments of the Orionid meteor shower during these days.
Source: Andrew Alvarez
http://www.andrewalvarez.net
Date: Saturday 20 October 2007
Place: Witness was in Guayama but [object fell] in Salinas
Time: 7:45 PM
Witness: Juan Carlos Menendez
Summary: Menendez was on Guayama on Saturday, more or less in the same place where a fireball was seen to fall. He saw something white in color fall from the sky. He thought it was a “flare gun” that had fallen in the Salinas area. This was around 7:45 PM and it was already dark, with the stars and Moon visible. To his surprise, he heard about it on Channel 2 and visuals were shown.
Date: Sunday, October 21 2007
Time: Pre-Dawn Hours. Phone call to anthropologist and paranormal researcher Andrew Alvarez at 2 a.m.
Witness: Pedro
Summary: Pedro informed Alvarez that he was seeing a UFO at that time. Lucy Guzman, Orlando Pla, Cindia Medina and Jule Alvatez were having breakfast at the Denny’s Restaurant on Avenida Munoz Rivera at that time. They went outside to look at the sky but could not see it. (Waiting to call Pedro for greater information)
Source: Andrew Álvarez Phd
http://www.andrewalavrez.net
Date: Sunday 21 October 2007
Place: Juana Diaz, seen to the west of Ponce
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Witness: Ing. Edwin Fontanes and his girlfriend Sharon
Summary: Edwin and Sharon were heading toward Ponce along Route 52. Edwin was driving and Sharon was next to him in the passenger seat. In the vicinty of Juana Diaz, Sharon noticed a very bright sphere entering a cloud. She called Edwin’s attention to it but he didn’t look as he was driving.
Source: Reported by Ing. Fontanes to
http://www.ovni/
Date: October 2007
Place: Aguas Buenas, Caguas – San Juan Metro Area
Time: Night
Witness: Zaida Vega
Summary: Zaida lives in one of the tallest mountains in Aguas Buenas. She is concerned about the presence of an uncommon haze throughout the area. She checked the news to see if it was desert dust or volcanic ash, but the news had not reported any such event. She smelled to see if someone was burning copper or rubber, but the air was pure and odorless. This concerned her, as she can see the Aguas Buenas, Caguas and part of the Metropolitan Area and the entire zone appears to be covered by this strange haze.
Source: Andrew Alvarez www.andrewalvarez.net
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 21, 2007
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Source: ARGUS-PR
Date: October 20, 2007
Puerto Rico: Startling Light Appears in Guanica's Vivones District
A report from Jose A. Martinez E.**
A strange yellow light was reported today (Saturday, October 20th) in the Vivones District of the city of Guanica. Mr. Dolores Toro and his wife, accompanied by a niece, were chatting calmly when they suddenly heard a sound described as "when a damaged hen's egg explodes." Shortly after, the witnesses reported seeing a reddish light appearing from the balcony to the house, and then passed in front of them. A neighbor [interviewed by J.A. Martinez] remarked that she had seen the strange light that lit her house "like daylight", according to Mrs. Diana Santiago, a neighbor of Mr. Toro.
Mrs. Santiago thought at first that Mr. Toro was shining a flashlight into her home, and he quickly told her that no, that it was that strange light that came out of nowhere and vanished. Another local resident was able to see the luminous object as it descended from the sky and according to her, the object that caught everyone unawares had something like "two tails".
Weather conditions: It had rained earlier in this area, not torrential however. As many people are aware, electric power lines may have a reaction to the rain which causes them to buzz, becoming only louder with the rainfall. When the case involving the reddish light took place, the rain had stopped for a number of hours and the night sky was completely clear and starry by 6:56 p.m., when Mr. Toro allegedly heard the buzzing sound. The possibility that the event was a natural phenomenon cannot be dismissed.
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 21, 2007
Source: CIUFOS-LaPampa
Date: October 21, 2007
PERU: Chance UFO over Islas Ballestas
A report from Raul Oscar Chaves**
The photograph was taken over Islas Ballestas to the south of Lima, in the vicinity of the Paracas Peninsula.
At this location, Mariano P. undertook an effort to capture the particular characteristics of these islands, where water drills through solid rock, creating tunnels and natural arches. This task was accomplished by boat, due to the difficulty of accessing the site on the shore, and more importantly, the ban on landing to avoid affecting the natural habitat of numerous animals and seabirds.
Upon returning to La Pampa and after having processed the photographic material, Mariano detects the presence of an unidentified flying object (UFO) on the upper right hand corner of the image. This photo was taken on July 8, 2007.
(Translation (c) 2007 S. Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Raul Oscar Chaves)
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 21, 2007
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Source: ARGUS-PR
Date: 10.21.07
PUERTO RICO: Strange Object Reported Over Ponce
**A report from Jose A. Martinez E.**
As of the time of this writing, the Puerto Rico Police and the Rangers Department of Natural Resources of the City of Ponce (southern P.R.) have advised us that a strange fiery object has fallen from the sky before the startled eyes of hundreds of witnesses in the Anon District of the Ponce. The exact nature of these events is unknown; lights are emerging out of thin air in Guanica and travel across back yards, and now this object has fallen out of the sky in Ponce. We will see what the local press has to say about this in coming minutes. For the time being, authorities are classifying the strange fiery object as "a private plane."
(Translation (c) 2007, S. Corrales IHU. Special thanks to Jose A. Martinez and ARGUS)
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Inexplicata Mourns a Loss
Dear Friends and Readers of Inexplicata -
"I heard the news today, oh boy.." -- The Beatles
Juan Antonio Cebrián, one of Spain's most popular radio personalities, passed away yesterday from a heart attack.
Cebrián's "La Rosa de los Vientos" radio show, broadcast on Spain's Onda Cero network, was his country's most popular paranormal broadcast, branching out into all areas of paranormal endeavor and great moments in world history. News of this shocking, sudden loss reverberates throughout Spain's UFO/paranormal community even as these words are typed.
Our condolences to the Cebrián family and to the members of the "La Rosa de los Vientos" team.
Scott Corrales
Inexplicata- The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
http://inexplicata.blogspot.com
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Caida de extraño objeto en forma de botella
Recientemente en el mismo pueblo de Guánica ocurrió un hecho interesante que muy pocos medios noticiosos cubrieron, resulta que los residentes del residencial Luis Muñoz Rivera de este pueblo del sur ven como en horas de la madrugada caer un pequeño objeto en candela, estos llaman a la policia local para que investiguen el hecho, La polcia del distrito de Guanica incauto el objeto extraño en forma de botella. Con este caso interesante no podemos descartar la posibilidad que sea basura espacial, actualmente la policia no desea hacer comentario al respecto de este sucedo ocurrido en Guánica hasta que un experto determine que es lo que realmente que cayó en las inmediaciones del viejo residencial Luis Muñoz Rivera.
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Sorpresiva aparicion de luz en el sector vivones de Guanica
Hoy Sábado acabado de ocurrir hace unos momentos en el sector vivones de Guánica unos residentes de este sector avistan extraña luz rojiza amarilla que traspaso por su patio, el Sr. Dolores Toro y su esposa junto a un sobrina de esta estaban conversando tranquilamente cuando de momento ellos escuchan un sonido como cuando explota un huevo de gallina cuando esta dañado, asi se escucho ese sonido, y al poco rato vemos como del balcón comienza alumbrar de color rojizo y de momento esta luz pasa frente a nosotros según nos comenta el Sr. Toro y su esposa. Una vecina la cual entreviste me indica que ella vió esta luz rara que dejo su casa de dia unos segundos nos comenta la Sra. Diana Santiago Vecina de el Sr. Dolores. La Sra Diana Santiago indica que ella creyó que el Sr. Toro le habia alumbrado su casa con alguna linterna y le preguntó a Toro y este le contesto que no que fue esa luz rara que salió de la nada y fue muy rápido. Otra vecina de otra calle pudo observar el objeto luminoso cuando bajo del cielo y según esta otra testigo alega que tenia como dos colas el objeto brillante que bajo y tomó a todos desprevenidos.
Condiciones del tiempo, horas antes habia lluvido en esta zona, no muy torrencial, como muchas personas saben cuando llueve muchas veces las lineas electricas pueden tener una reaccion a la lluvias, por ejemplo, pueden zumbar o hacer sonidos como el de abejas, esto lo causa la alta tension y la combinacion de la lluvia esto hace que el sonido se haga mas fuerte. Cuando sucedio este caso de la luz rojiza , ya habia parado de llover hacian varias horas y la noche esta completamente despejada y estrellada cuando sucedio este evento hace varios minutos, para ser mas exacto 6:56pm Sr. Toro alega que escucho ese zumbido de tendido electrico y que se escuchaba muy fuerte, es posible que la explicacion de este fenómeno alla sido un fenomeno natural que no se descarta.
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Otro avistamiento de extraño objeto caido en Ponce
En esto momentos de esta redaccion la Policia de Puerto Rico y el Departamento de Ranger de Recursos Naturales de la Cuidad de Ponce informan de forma telefonica a este que les informa la caida de un extraño objeto en llamas, lo que cientos de personas que estan en el lugar en estos momentos, el secto Anon de Ponce esta protagonizando un evento en la cual realmente no se sabe lo que esta ocurriendo, Guanica, luces que salen de la nada y pasan por los patios, y ahora este objeto cayendo del cielo en Ponce, veremos a ver que dice la prensa en los proximos minutos. Hasta e momento estan reportando que una avioneta cayo en llamas segun indican las autoridades de la cuidad de Ponce.
José A. Martínez E.
Puerto Rican Experimental Research Group, Inc
Brightlights Ufologist Digest
Historias Ufologicas de Puerto Rico y Exterior
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INEXPLICATA
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 15, 2007
Orbs or Chance UFOs?
**A Report From Raul Oscar Chaves**
The photo was taken at a rural property in the locality of Toay, some 10 km. southwest of Santa Rosa.
The image shows a specimen of the "caldén", the representative tree of the Province of La Pampa, and the natural habitat of this specimen, which can be found only in the Pampas.
After having developed the film, the authore of the photo detected the presence of an unidentified flying object in the upper right. A "sphere" with a clearly defined outline is clearly visible.
According to the witness, there was nothing at the moment that the photo was taken that lead him to suppose the presence of any "objects."
The possibility that the object could be a weather balloon was dismissed due to the time at which the image was taken (noon). The Santa Rosa Airport's weather station launches its balloons early in the morning (0700 hs.).
Photo was taken with an analog Vivitar camera using 100 ASA film.
(Translation (c) 2007. S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Raul Oscar Chaves)
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 11, 2007
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Source: www.analuisacid.com
Date: 10.10.07
Colombia: A Chance UFO in Pasto?
A photo taken on August 18, 2007 by Mr. Fredy Enrique Alonso Villamil of Pasto, Colombia.
The witness says he was taking photos of his young daughter Isabella and that the object that can be seen in the sky was not perceptible to him, adding that airplane and helicopter flyovers do not occur over the area.
A 5-megapixel Sony Cybershot was employed in taking the photos. The photo is clipped from the original image.
(Special thanks to Ana Luisa Cid. Translation (c) 2007, Scott Corrales, IHU).
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 11, 2007
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Source: CIUFOS-LAPAMPA
Date:10.11.07
ARGENTINA: Chance UFO Over La Pampa?
This photo, displaying a sunset in the Pampas, was taken on August 12, 2007. The photo was taken only a few kilometers to the south of Santa Rosa, La Pampa, employing a Kodak Easy Share camera (C643). The photographer's goal was to capture a lovely sunset, and he only discovered the presence of an Unidentified Flying Object later on. The object was not visible at the time the photograph was taken.
(Special thanks to Raul Oscar Chaves. Translation (c) 2007, Scott Corrales, IHU).
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INEXPLICATA
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 8, 2007
A possible UFO over Mt. Uritorco (Argentina)
Image submitted by Anita Wolfenson, editor - WebCam Uritorci
Photo was taken at 11:21 a.m. on 5 October 2007.
Source: Ana Luisa Cid and
http://www.webcamuritorco.com.ar/
See Pictures: 1, 2
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UFOs in Jujuy, Argentina
Source: Jujuy al Dia (on-line newspaper)
Date: 10/15/2007 - 00:01
In an exclusive interview with Jujuy al Dia, Oscar Galindez, a UFO researcher in this province, discussed the perspective of science with regard to this phenomenon, speculations, and explained what was believed in other times. Among other subjects he discussed the myths and truths contained within the subject, UFO sightings in Jujuy and the time periods in which they normally occur.
Galindez stated that “official agencies, non-profit civilian associations made up by professionals, meteorologists, physicists, astronomers, digital photography specialists [exist] to determine whether the alleged film or capture of the phenomenon corresponds to a real object. It is necessary to be prudent when it comes to appraising phenomena of this sort that could escape physical laws. For this reason there is a branch of contemporary science that recommends that such phenomena not be investigated, due to a belief that nothing can go against the laws of nature.”
He added: “The most modern and sophisticated aircraft of the great powers cannot generate effects similar to the ones that people claim having seen in UFO phenomena. There is a branch of science that states that these manifestations are impossibility, because they violate traditional physics. I have always maintained, humbly, that the laws of nature are determined by man, the researcher, and have not been handed down by divine revelation. They are not dogmatic laws, and can be modified over time.”
Likewise, he noted, “Science has often had to acknowledge errors in the phrasing of its laws, concepts, criteria...there can be no dogmatism in science. Phenomena of this kind are not a matter of belief or faith. They are a matter of information, and if one is properly informed, at least one must admit the existence of the phenomenon.”
“To the degree that official bodies in the USA, Russia and recently France, have acknowledged that the phenomena studied have no reasonable explanations in terms of contemporary science, this does not detract from the event. Not enough to say – since we don’t know what it is, we won’t look into it. Science has the passion for inquiry, the need to find out other types of physical manifestations that are perhaps unknown to us.”
Oscar Galindez observed that “people, the witnesses of this type of phenomena, choose not to disclose their experience beyond a closed circle of friends and family, as disclosure can lead to ridicule.”
With regard to sightings, he said: “Yes, I have witnessed manifestations that match the parameters of the UFO phenomenon. Official agencies have vanished almost throughout the world, but research continues in a cautious manner. Basically, the security agencies are interested in the phenomenon because during the Cold War and the World Wars, both Americans and Russians believed that these manifestations were spy planes belonging to the opposite superpower.”
He continued by saying that “laws dictating the freedom of information, of classified data, concerning these sightings are supplied to the researcher but lacking important parts of the story, because some secrets still remain classified.
With regard to sightings in the province of Jujuy, he said: “One of the cases here in the province occurred during the appearance of Comet Halley, when many people went up to Tilcara, Humauaca. Two well-known Jujuy professionals would travel with their respective wives, and upon reaching the Tropic of Capricorn Monolith, saw a very powerful light in the sky, flying very slowly. At first they thought it was the comet, but later realized that this wasn’t the case, because it began descending and coming closer to their position. It came to within a distance of 50 meters and an altitude of 10, allowing them to see that the object had an unconventional configuration. In other words, it was a silver object that they described as icebox-shaped, approximately 3 meters tall by 10 meters wide. It had impressive and powerful lights, flew over the road slowly, tilted 45° and rose 200 meters. It stabilized, crossed the road again, descended and vanished.”
He added: “The first thing they wondered was: are they watching us, is it manned, is it a robot device? It was never known. No answer has been found to this very day.” He added that the professionals involved confirmed that there was absolute darkness over the area. “This is from the electromagnetic effect, which is like a force field generated by the phenomenon’s propulsion mechanism. Its radius wound appear to be very large, being that it is in the air at a considerable altitude. Sometimes lights go out and radios die when one is close to the source of this phenomenon.”
“Another case that took place here in the province involved a major businessman who was heading back from Paraguay with his wife, but already in Argentinean territory and in the vicinity of Joaquin V. Gonzalez, getting ready to enter the Metan – Ojo de Buey Expressway. They said that it was a very dark night around 22:00 hours in a place that’s very desolate with only a few animals along the route. They saw everything light up suddenly, as though it were daylight, but continued driving. They noticed that behind their vehicle, at a distance of 400-500 meters, were two luminous orbs in the sky, noticing that the two objects merged into a single one. This leads to another way of interpreting the phenomenon as manifestations of some unknown energy or truly material objects, but they are violating the law of the impermeability of matter. We don’t know. This is part of the questioning. The couple also managed to see, to their right, when the objects merged, what looked like a science fiction city with a bluish hue. But it lasted only a second. Upon merging, darkness returned. They went back the next day but only found desert.
He added: “Cattle mutilations represent another episode with a worldwide, universal pattern. These mutilations have nothing to do with satanic rituals. They follow a common pattern, involving a laser-type scalpel with immediate cauterization, since no blood is even present. What they do is take the entire right side off of a bovine, and even its nose on some occasions, but with technological perfection. The incisions are very precise. Hides have been removed, and tongues, genitals and anuses have been removed from the root with astonishing technology. There are no signs of trucks or other vehicles having driven by."
(Translation (c) 2007. S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Luis E. Pacheco, Proyecto Stratocat)
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 8, 2007
SPAIN: 4-Hour UFO Sighting Over the Canary Islands
*** A Special Report from Kalani and Katiuska Hanohano***
Date of Event: Sunday, September 9, 2007
Time: 1:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Location: Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
We are two American ex-pats currently living on the island of Tenerife, one of 7 beautiful islands located 250 nautical miles off the coast of Morocco, North Africa. Our home is part of a private residential area located at the southern edge of the old city of San Cristobal de La Laguna. La Laguna was founded in 1496 and is today declared a World Heritage Site, a designation given by UNESCO in 1999. It is protected by all the laws governing that honor. La Laguna is located high in the mountains overlooking the sprawling capital of Tenerife, Santa Cruz. Our home overlooks a portion of this huge city.
To our west, not more than a mile and a half distant, is the eastern air approach to the airfield at Los Rodeos Airport. On March 27, 1997, two Boeing 747s, one KLM, the other a Pan American, collided on the airfield killing 583 passengers. This stands as the worst single airline accident in aviation history.
Today most passenger air traffic arrives to Tenerife using Sophia Reina Airport, located to the south of the island, nearer to the ever-expanding tourist resorts that dot the south. However, some passenger and cargo crafts continue to use the northern airport of Los Rodeos. Incoming planes that land using the eastern approach to the airport fly almost directly over our home.
Our UFO sighting of September 9, 2007
Sunday, September 9, 2007, we woke up late and eased into the noon hour. At about 12:45 pm I went outside to do trimming work in our back yard. The afternoon was very warm, totally clear and devoid of clouds. There was a very soft breeze coming in from the east.
At approximately 1:40 pm I asked my wife if she could bring me a cold glass of water and some cookies. This she did and I sat in the shade on the back porch to rest.
While sitting there I began to feel restless and gazed at the sky. I immediately saw to the east of me, perhaps no more than a half a mile away, a silvery object floating over the freeway that links La Laguna to Santa Cruz. I watched this object for about 5 minutes, trying to figure out what it was. This object was moving slowly as it described a very large circle over the area east of where we reside. When the object reached the point where I first observed it, it continued to describe another circle following its previous path. I could see that there were no strong winds that could carry an object into the sky, and with that knowledge, I went into the house and grabbed my binoculars.
When I returned to the back porch the object was still circling the neighborhood east of me. I trained my binoculars on the object and immediately could see that this object was silver in color, it reflected the intense sunlight, and looked like it was a blanket of some sort twisting and folding into itself.
At that moment I remember thinking, “Okay, this is pretty strange. What´s keeping this object in the air. There´s no wind. It shouldn´t be maintaining the same altitude. It should vary.”
So, for about 5 minutes I watch this silvery looking blanket twisting object circle the sky. And I watched as this “blanket” folded in upon itself. As I continued to watch, with and without my binoculars, I observed a very bright oblong-shaped light arriving from the southeast. This light intersects the “blanket” object and continues to head northwest toward the city of La Laguna.
I immediately uttered the most well known and time-honored epithet on our planet: “What the _______ .”
I could see that something very strange was occurring and turned to enter the house to get our video camera. As I did so, facing north, I glanced toward the sky over the mountainous area that backdrops the northern edge of the city of La Laguna. What I saw was impossible.
My attention was focused on the clear sky over the mountains. The reason I focused there was because I saw a rectangular portion of the sky assume a different quality from its surroundings. What formed in the sky was a rectangular area, a window if you will, The difference between the ambient-environment and this “window” was that the area inside of this rectangle “rippled”. I could discern very clearly the border area of this rectangle because the visual quality of the “rippling” was so distinct from the stillness of the area surrounding this rectangle.
As I watched this rectangular area, from the west came 2 bright lights, oblong in shape, and they entered into this rectangle at a ferocious speed . . . one after the other. As they entered into this rectangular area, these two objects created a sine wave-shaped trail. The same kind of sine wave one would instantly recognize on a waveform monitor.
As soon as this “waveform” was created, it dissipated. The rectangular area also ceased to express itself and the area over the mountains returned to normal. This entire event lasted no more than 5 seconds at most.
This was serious, I thought. I ran into the house to grab our video camera. My wife could tell from my frantic behavior that something was up and asked me what was happening. I told her that I was seeing some strange objects from the back and to follow me outside. This she did, and almost immediately we began to see the phenomenon that would occupy us for the next 3-1/2 hours.
From an elevated area at the north side of our house, but still part of the back yard, we observed an oblong-shaped light appear in the sky near the western edge of Santa Cruz. This light traveled in a straight line almost directly over our home. It was silent, traveled smoothly and was using the approach to Los Rodeos Airport.
For the next 15 to 20 minutes we observed these lights appearing out of the blue, heading west toward the Airport. These lights would appear every 30 seconds or so, one after the other. Their external oblong-shape never changed.
Shocked that we were witnessing an ongoing parade of anomalous objects, we moved to the front yard, in a position to watch these objects arriving and heading west.
We need to emphasize that these transiting objects were no more than 500-700 feet over us at all times. They never varied from this. We can approximate their height based upon visually watching passenger aircraft flying over our home as they prepared to land at Los Rodeos Airport. The direction that they were taking took them parallel to the landing field at that airport. In a few cases that we witnessed, these objects seem to have taken the corridor that would place them exactly over the landing field. The airport tower personnel had to be seeing these objects. It was impossible to miss.
Now, there were about a dozen other objects that we counted that came in from a southerly and northerly direction. They would all intersect with the objects heading due west and changed their course to a westerly one.
We observed these objects appearing from the east and heading west for about 2-1/2 hours. During this long period we observed each object visually by eye and with the aid of two binoculars. There was a very BIG difference between what we were seeing with our eyes, and what we were offered through the binoculars. We will expand on this momentarily.
Now comes a part that is difficult to disclose because it is so unacceptable to many. We decided to verbally and mentally ask these objects to stop and hover so that we could observe them better. Most of the objects ignored this request. But 5 of these objects did respond. Four of these objects stopped over the airport area, reversed their direction and headed directly to our home. They stopped and hovered a few blocks from our home. The fifth object directly over our home, in fact directly over my wife who was then asking them to do exactly that. I could see the object directly over her at about 500 feet. An oblong-shaped light. Silent. Obliging.
It remained in this position for a few minutes while my wife was almost bent backward with her binoculars observing this mysterious thing. She continuously dialogued with me about what she was observing. There was so much going on that I chose to direct my attention to another group of objects heading west. We didn´t want to miss anything.
At about 2 hours and 45 minutes into the sighting we sensed that things were slowing down. Since all things must end, we figured this was the case. We were wrong.
At about 5 p.m., as I watched the few remaining objects coming in from the east, I began to notice from the periphery of my vision objects heading in the reverse direction, west to east, as if they had completed what they had intended to do and were heading home. I was witnessing the beginning of a parade going in the opposite direction. Objects behaving just as before.
I mentioned this to my wife, but was beginning to suffer visually from the very bright sun and needed to get into the house to rest. This she did, leaving me to observe the remainder of the sightings.
Observing these returning objects, through binoculars I noticed a very marked difference in some of the objects. Something very unexpected. More on this shortly.
I observed that these returning objects were using a flight path slightly south of our home, which would probably put them over the area near to the pueblo of La Esperanza. This area overlooks the Los Rodeos Airport.
At the same time that I was observing these returning lights, I observed for 45 minutes a very interesting event. And I would not have seen it were it not for a large palm tree that grows in our front yard.
During the entire 4 hour event the sky remained clear, cloudless and blue. A soft breeze insinuated itself into our area. Since I dislike intense sunlight I sought the comfort of the shadow cast by the palm tree. As I did so the glare of the sun was obscured. I took this moment to relax my eyes and casually looked at the upper portion of the tree trunk. To my surprise I could see 5 glowing objects with the same oblong-shape, maneuvering in the glare of the sun. These movements showed neither rhyme nor reason. I would never have seen this event had it not been for the partial obscuring of the sun. No one else would be able to see them under normal conditions. It seemed to me that they were using the strong glare to hide themselves. But why hide themselves when they had just offered us 3 plus hours of strangeness. Talk about an embarrassment of richness.
Finally, after a little over 4 hours, the last objects were seen heading east. Those objects using the suns glare were also gone.
In the remaining moments of activity, I mentally asked the most obvious question: “What was all of this about. And why such a long sighting.”
What we observed through binoculars
When we watched these objects visually using our eyes, they appeared oblong and self-luminescent. A soft white light, not brilliant, and at no time did this luminescence vary in intensity. These objects appeared to slide through the sky effortlessly as if they were immune to resistance. There was never any sound. As for its speed, all we can say is faster than a landing passenger craft, but slower than a jet fighter.
But when we trained our binoculars on these lights we were stunned at what we saw. There were 5 different shapes that we observed during this 4-hour event:
1. Wedge-shaped
2. Stubby-bullet shaped
3. Elongated bullet shaped
4. Curved hot dog shaped
5. Dice shaped (cube)
The “wedge-shaped” object appeared periodically. It flew with the pointed end ahead. It appeared blue-grey in color.
The remaining objects were far different . . . and they morphed.
The “stubby-bullet shaped” objects tumbled as they flew. As they tumbled, they morphed short stubby fins from the side. We observed these fins developing out of, and returning back into the object as it continued its tumbling.
The “elongated bullet shaped” objects also tumbled as they flew. And like its short, stubby partner, they also morphed what appeared to be fins that appeared and withdrew into the objects.
The “curved hot dog shaped” objects were amazingly strange. I got to observe this morphing miracle as it went over our home (side view) and as it receded (side and back view). As with the others, these objects tumbled as they flew. They were shaped like a curved hot dog with the front end located at a shortly higher position than the back end. As it flew, the back end rose up and curved into its middle section. As it did this, the front portion, unaffected by the rear rising action, sprouted short, stubby . . . fins. These fins receded back into the objects when they assumed their normal hot dog shape.
The object that paused directly over my wife at about 500 feet was cube-shaped. It tumbled as it flew, very similar to rolling dice on a table. When the object was hovering over my wife, through binoculars she could see that it was also morphing, sprouting short fins, and other forms that are impossible to describe. But she could see very clearly three “lights” on the bottom of the cube shape. She described red, white and blue lights. When she was describing to me what she was seeing I remember responding to her, “Yea, red, white and blue lights.” Obviously made in America.” She wasn´t pleased with my sarcasm.
The reader must remember that we observed these objects for more than 4 hours. We observed 5 basic shapes repeated one after the other, but not necessarily in a particular order. Although we have told a few friends that we saw about 90 objects, the truth is that we simply lost count. Too much was happening.
Morphing objects are a big problem in today´s ufology. This seems to be a relatively new evolution with these objects and we´re simply going to have to accommodate it.
There were two things that bothered us greatly during this sighting and we need to elucidate them.
The first is that when the objects were seen visually with our eyes they appeared as oblong-shaped lights of no great size. But when we trained our binoculars on these objects we could see no glow, no suggestion that any overall illumination was present. What we saw were objects displaying enough definition for us to observe shape, structure and morphing changes. But still lacking in high definition. It seemed as if the objects were housed in a field that guaranteed that the objects would remain fuzzy.
Secondly, while we visually observed oblong-shaped glowing objects, when we trained our binoculars on these lights, we saw chaotic tumbling and morphing activity inside of that glow. And yet, when we removed the binoculars, the objects appeared steady, with no hint of distortion or change. The reason why we find this odd is because in the case of the bullet-shaped and curved hot dog-shaped devices, as they tumbled, their length would have exceeded the height of the oblong-shaped glow. Yet, when we watched this oblong object glide across the sky, no distortion or accommodation to the object inside of it occurred.
One final observation please! When I observed the objects returning, heading west to east, a number of the bullet-shaped objects appeared different. They appeared dirty, as if debris were sticking to them. I observed these silver-grey objects surrounded by a dark brown substance. It was as if these objects had an important duty to perform, and having performed that duty, they returned soiled from the work they had done. I thought about this for many days, trying to figure out a proper way to describe the “debris” that I saw attached to some of these objects.
About a week later it struck me: What I saw attached to some of these objects was very similar to what happens when you bring a magnet in touch with iron filings. If you place that magnet below a piece of paper with iron filings, those filings will stand out and follow the contour of the magnetic field.
That is the best possible description of what I observed.
Admission
I am an American UFO investigator of long standing. My wife is a singer and entertainer, but also a Spanish-language translator. We have both had a number of UFO sightings – together and separately. My sightings took place in Hawaii, Seattle, Denver and now, Tenerife. My wife´s sightings took place in North Dakota, Denver and now, Tenerife.
This means that we are REPEATERS. This admission will not settle well with the more conservative element within ufology. The broad-minded investigator may acknowledge that there is indeed a growing number of such people showing up in the UFO field. The debunkers will . . . well, they´d probably debunk their own mothers.
We understand the problem. Millions have seen strange objects in the sky. Millions more have not. So what makes us so damned special?
We´ve thought about this. Endlessly. We have no answer. We are as confused about this as anyone else could be. But there are two things we should mention about ourselves that may be contributing factors:
1. We look up! We make it a practice to scan the sky when we find a moment.
2. We anticipate. We´ve had numerous sightings. That means we MIGHT have others. Therefore, we anticipate the next event.
If there is anything more at work than this, we know nothing about it. We are clueless.
There is one more thing that needs to addressed. The claim that we have made that UFOs have stopped and hovered when we have mentally or verbally requested such action:
For many this is difficult stuff to tolerate. Think about how we feel. We asked . . . and they complied. This has happened to me on 4 occasions. It has happened on a few occasions with my wife.
Our concern is that this will be misinterpreted by the overenthusiastic. Those who will say that we are in communication with these . . . things. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Let me make this as clear as is possible. When the opportunity has presented itself, we have experimented. Simple as that. The question is simple. “Please stop!” On occasion they have. It´s not like we are asking them to dinner, or a game of chess.
Although it is kind of a “rush” to see them stop per our request, closely following is the feeling of “trepidation”. Trepidation because we have brought attention to ourselves. Trepidation because we are not interested in going the next step.
Finally, regarding our beloved video camera. I was unable to film these events, much to my anger and chagrin. It was impossible to focus the camera using the LCD screen because the intense sunlight washed the image out. I pointed the camera wildly, but no image showed up. I was so desperate to show the morphing of these objects that I had zoomed the lens instead of going for a wide-angle view. My fault.
Endnote:
We have seen nothing in the local newspapers to suggest that anyone else reported this event. We have called no one in authority at various venues to report this sighting. We have attempted to contact the leading ufologist here, Jose Gregorio Gonzalez, to inquire whether he had heard anything about a sighting in our area. He has chosen not to return our calls or inquiries. We received the same brush-off from the late Francisco Padron Hernandez, otherwise known as Paco Padron. He was the revered dean of anomalies research in the Canaries. He refused to see an American ufologist. His reason. He didn´t want to talk about ufo abductions, which he considered nonsense. We didn´t want to talk about abductions either. We had other reasons to want to speak with him. Surprisingly, in April 2000, he published a book, Luces de Medianoche, which spoke about his . . . abduction. Go figure!
Kalani and Katiuska Hanohano
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 3, 2007
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SOURCE:
http://www.analuisacid.com/
DATE: 10.02.07
MEXICO: Another UFO Sighting By an Aviation Mechanic
See Pictures: 1, 2
Photograph taken on September 21, 2007 by aviation mechanic Jose Camacho Cuevas during a test flight along the Mexico City - Ixtapa route.
The witness was flying on a Boeing 737-322, registration XA-MAI, belonging to the Magnicharters carrier.
Mr. Camacho advised researcher Alfonso Salazar that he had taken several photos on that occasion and that the luminous object was visible in only one of them. He was not aware of this until he examined the materials on a computer.
The photo was taken with a Nokia 3250 cell phone at 14:40 hours.
(Translation (c) 2007. S. Corrales, Inexplicata. Special thanks to Prof. Ana Luisa Cid and Alfonso Salazar).