Diario El Tribuno de Salta - Argentina July 2, 2003
** In Cachi: The event occurred on June 24th - Three UFOs Seen and Videotaped***
TEACHER TELLS IMPRESSIVE STORY OF THE EXCEPTIONAL EVENT
Three unidentified flying objects (UFOs) of great size and brilliance were
seen on June 24th in the location of Cachi (Salta), 157 km southeast of
the provincial seat and at an elevation of 2210 meters above sea level.
The strange bodies were videotaped by Antonio Zuleta, an indefatigable
researcher of these mysteries, which are exceptionally recurrent in this
part of the province, after receiving a warning from a teacher who phoned
him to witness the details of the peculiar celestial airshow.
Curiously enough, June 24th had been declared "World UFO Sightings
Day" by the various organizations devoted to the study of these affairs.
"The time was 19:30 hours when I saw it," said art instructor
Maria del Valle Plaza, who treaches at the Payogasta school and in the
"Victorino de la Plaza" school in this community. Married and
a mother of three, she said that [the sighting] was "increidble...fantastic.
That's why I immediately got in touch with Mr. Zuleta so that he could
videotape them. The UFOs appeared behind the western hills. The first one
to emerge was enormous in size.
"It gave off lights of different colors and moved slowly, without
making a sound. I was coming back from doing my job, all alone along Route
33 between Payogasta and Cachi, from which I was no more than 3 km distant.
I pulled my car over, took out my cell phone and called Zuleta, who came
to my observation point and brought his equipment along," said the
educator.
"I never thought I'd witness anything like it, despite having been
born here," she added. "After reciving higher education, I came
back here after many years of absence, and to have the privilege of seeing
these fantastic and mysterious lights of which I'd heard so many stories
since childhood. After the first UFO appeared, it was followed by another
two, which also crossed the skies. They suddenly remained still. Their
light was intense and shifting, but it didn't hurt the eyes. They were
there as if withing hands' reach. Motionless, as though they were looking
at us from their interior. I was spellbound and amazed. At no time did
I feel any fear. I only wanted to strain my eyes to see into the core of
those objects, which suddenly, propelled by a strong and poweful force,
vanished at breathtaking speed over the horizon," said María
de Valle.
Translation (C) 2003. Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi
and Mercedes Casas. |