PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7228351

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONAndahuaylas Peru

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon Was Balloon
28 October 1957 Andahuaylas, Peru 8 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon PossiblyBalloon
.Local .Local 1305 Ground-Visual Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Ground-Radar o 0 Was Aircraft
00 0 Probably Aircraft Probably Aircraft
GMT GMT_ 28/2305Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6. SOURCE 0 0 Was Astronomied Meteor Was Astronomied Meteor
Ys Ys XProbably Astronomical X.Probably Astronomical
DNo Civilian 0 D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
not given one falling
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A luminous spherical shooting object Probable meteor sighting.
aqua color, emitting sparks before
falling to earth. A search was nade
of the area where it fell with no
success.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) aaama
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(CLASSIFICANION) (SECURITYINFURMAT N A Madin)
COUNTRY OF DRIGIN REFORT NO. (Loave blak)
PERU lilulti . IR-350-57
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
AREA REPORT CONCERNS
Peru
AGENCY OF ORIGIN DATE OF REPORT
OAirA, Lima DEC 16S 14 Nov 57
SOURCE OF INFORMATION DATE OF INFORMATION 1144335
Personal contacts 14 Nov 57
BAIR·L60-T BAIR 3A INSUF DAT TO eVAlUAT
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SUBJECT
SuMmaRy (Enter concine summay of report. ine siguitennce in fndone-sentne piragraph. Li inclure  lorLet. Dagin test of report on AF Form ftou.)
On two occasions within the last two weeks two different sightings have been
made of unidentified flying objects in Peru. In both cases the reporting sources
appear educated and intelligent.
The first case is covered in the following ouoted tel egram from the Inspector
of Indian Affairs at Andahuaylas (Departmen Apurimac), Peri, dated 29 October
1957 "To the Minister of Work and Indian Affairs - Lima: 'Yesterday 28 at ap-
Size Size o0 60 centimeters slightly enlarged and emitting centimeters slightly enlarged and emitting sparks before falling to eartno
It fell apparently in the Talavera District Zone. It fell apparently in the Talavera District Zone. We looked without success until
this mimute." this mimute."
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