Date: 09/06/10

An effort was made to conceal the case for years, but the proof is undeniable

The case emerges 11 years later and makes manifest the strange repetition of events related to ufology that are intentionally concealed from the public. The episode occurred on the evening of 24 November 1999 at an army base located in the provincial capital of Santa Fe. A strange "imprint" appeared on the ground. The official story suggested a gag among army officers, but research showed that several witnesses directly observed the presence of a 40-meter-long flying object. But that isn't all, because no one was able to explain the reason why the water tank and two water cisterns that supply the troops were left completely empty.

The exciting story of the event and its subsequent investigation was made known by Grupo Vision OVNI resulting from field work by experts Luis Brussa (general research), Ariel Maderna (photography) and engineer Fabian Rossi (calculation and diagrams).

"After having learned of the event, I decided to go to the base to carry out investigations. Ten days had elapsed. I invited two researcher friends - Ariel and Fabian - to come along. So we grabbed our gear and went out to conduct field research, which is unquestionably the most pleasant and interesting aspect," says Brussa regarding the origin of the event.

[Reports of a "gargoyle" creature emerging from Puerto Rico in recent weeks evoke memories of the pre-Chupacabras winged oddities that were seen on that island (1994-1995) and prior to that. Researcher Greg Bishop was kind enough to post this article to the UFOMystic.com site a few years ago, but given the rekindling of interest in the subject, I'm taking the liberty of posting it once again on Inexplicata as background information--SC]

The ever-enigmatic deserts of northern Chile - a combination of equal parts Chryse Planitia and H.P. Lovecraft's Plains of Leng - had never seen anything like it, not even in the days when these red sands known as Pampa Acha formed a barrier between the Inca Empire and the fierce Araucanian tribespeople whose forebears had found a way to live in this beautiful wasteland. A set of five, 9 meter tall monoliths carved of red sandstone-- a South American Stonehenge, as some have described it-- was erected in 1991 by Chilean artist and sculptor Juan Diaz Fleming, who gave them the rather ominous name of "Presencias Tutelares" (the tutelary presences) as an homage to the long vanished Aymara culture that thrived in the area in ages past, representing sacred and cosmic symbols. Aside from the Pan-American Highway, wending its way through the desert sands, there was nothing else but the "Presencias Tutelares" to cause Pampa Acha to stand out from the surrounding desert landscape.

That is, until the gargoyles came...

A family drive is stressful enough without having to face the paranormal. In the close confines of the family vehicle, sibling rivalry can reach critical proportions and the monotony of the landscape can drive even the most patient passenger to ask if the intended destination is any closer. Carlos Abett and his wife Teresa, riding in a pickup truck between the family home in Pozo Almonte, a military community attached to the Fort Baquedano facility, to visit relatives in the city of Arica, were almost surely accustomed to these flare-ups and worse, but nothing, not even many years of driving the same road under a variety of conditions, could have prepared them for the event they experienced in July 2004.

At 9:00 p.m., some twenty kilometers south of Arica, in a wilderness known as Pampa Acha, the Abett family's vehicle, containing the couple, their three children and a nephew who had come along for the ride, came across what they would later describe to news reporters as four "dog-faced kangaroos" that floated slowly in the night air.

A group of Winnipeg photographers got a long-weekend thrill, when an unexpected -- and unidentified -- visitor invaded an otherwise perfect photograph.

Just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday night, Brad Korponay and a couple of friends were setting up to take some nighttime snaps in Steep Rock, about 240 kilometres north of Winnipeg, when they saw a stunning object sailing through the sky.

The bright orange glow flew across the sky from the east, streaking over Lake Manitoba and descending as it moved westward on a wobbly path. Then it disappeared behind the clouds. "We thought perhaps it was a hot-air balloon, as its flickering colour looked like fire," Korponay said. "It was also moving rather quickly, and the 'flame' burned and flickered constantly as it moved."

Beyond that guess, Korponay and friends were at a loss to explain the light that flashed across the sky for under a minute on a calm and silent night. Even the clouds barely moved during the 273-second photo exposure. Then, to make things even wilder, a short time later a second, similar object flew across the sky, this time coming from the north.

The result: one beautiful picture and one big question: Could one local expert in unidentified flying objects come to the rescue?

This isn't the first curious photo Chris Rutkowski has seen this year. In fact, the astronomer and internationally recognized expert on UFO sightings has had a big year: More than 150 flying thingamajigs were reported in Canada in July and 70 in August. The July number in particular is "very, very unusual" for the season, Rutkowski said.

Bogota - Authorities are investigating whether a second explosion heard on Monday in the vast area of the southwestern Colombian province of Valle, similar to one heard a day earlier in the northeast, was caused by a falling meteorite.

The explosion was heard in the municipalities of El Cairo, Versalles Toro and El Dovio, in the northern part of Valle del Cauca.

A powerful explosion was heard and then "the earth seemed to shake," the area police commander, Col. Nelson Aceros, told reporters.

He recommended that people near the place of impact take precautions.

The emergency response network in Valle was activated to try and establish the origin of the phenomenon and the consequences, though the authorities have reported no damages.

Local residents are alarmed, and apparently people "after seeing the bright light heard an incredibly powerful explosion that shook the earth," Versalles Mayor Jorge Hernan Gomez said, citing eyewitness accounts.

A Texas witness reports being "shook up" after observing a silent, triangle-shaped object just 600 to 700 feet in the air on September 3, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness got a good look at the lights on the object.

"But, what caught my attention was the positioning of the lights on the unknown craft," the witness stated. "It had 3 solid white lights on each end and it was shaped like a triangle. In between the white lights appeared red flashing lights. It did not make any noise. it just floated on by. I had never seen anything that moved like that without making any sound. I couldn't believe it."

No town name was given in the public portion of the MUFON report, although the witness states that he (or she) was driving along South Hulen. No photos or videos were provided with the report.

A Michigan aircraft mechanic, pilot and military veteran, reports three red lights in formation as he was traveling along US Route 131 south of the Sand Lake exit on September 5, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

"The near object was approximately 80 degrees above the horizon and was by far the dimmest and was red in color," the witness stated. "The center object looked to be two separate light sources close together and was approximately 45 degrees above the horizon orange shifting to red in color. The third object was just off the horizon and was as bright as the center object also red in color."

The witness could not determine speed or direction of the objects, "but, as we were moving north at 70-75 mph, the objects seemed to be stationary because they drifted behind us out of our line of sight."

The witness, traveling with his wife, turned around in an attempt to locate the objects. The wife then noticed a "flash like lightning in the distance southwest of our location." They eventually turned around again, resumed their trip, and did not encounter the objects again.

U.S. Highway 131 is a north - south highway. Sand Lake is a village in Kent County, southwestern, Michigan, population 492.

A Pennsylvania witness traveling along northbound Route 309 near Wilkes-Barre on Sunday morning, September 5, 2010, watched a box-shaped UFO about 10 to 15 feet in length hovering in the sky about 1 or 2 miles away, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

"The craft was box shape and was rectangular on the side and square on the front," the witness stated. "The craft was basically black with white edges."

The witness stated that the object had two white lights, but no wings. The craft was lost from sight when the witness turned off of the highway.

The UFO Examiner recently covered a nearby UFO sighting that occurred on August 30, about 13 miles northeast from this sighting in Duryea, PA, in Second sighting of Duryea, PA, green light fills car interior.

A Pennsylvania witness alerted by a friend to an odd green flash of light in Duryea, PA, returned to the area August 30, 2010, and experienced a green light from above that lit up her car's interior, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The friend explained that a few days earlier, she had been driving along Ransom Road in Duryea, when "she saw some green flash of light coming from the tree line."

The witness returned to Ransom Road August 30, although "in a different area," and saw a green light up ahead while driving.

As she drove under the light, she states that the green light "expanded over the car or something and then it was gone." The light filled up the car's interior.

"Like a quick strobe light, of green all through the car. It was like it came from straight above us."

Duryea is a borough near Pittston in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, nine miles south of Scranton, population 4,634.

A Pennsylvania witness just arriving home from work on September 4, 2010, watched a bullet, missile or cigar-shaped object traveling away from the observation location in a "diagonal line," according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

Despite the clouds and rain, the witness snapped a photo of the object.

No town name was mentioned in the public portion of the MUFON report.

The following is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or man made. If Pennsylvania MUFON State Director John Ventre investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

What started out as a father-son business trip through Michigan's remote Keweenaw Peninsula turned into a frightening encounter with strange lights and eventually missing time on August 18, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The man and his 16-year-old son were in the northern-most portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula - a sparsely populated area - and 20 miles off of Highway 41 at 8:07 p.m. when they saw the first orange light in the sky.

As the object moved in a slow and irregular pattern, the two became nervous, but they finally reached Highway 41 and drove south.

The orange light returned.

"It was very large now, and the color was very intense," the father reported. "Both the light and Jupiter were visible. The light began to move close to the horizon, and seemed to be following the terrain."