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A spokesman for the Villa do Porto weather bureau claimed that the energy field of a "cylindrical white object," moving at an altitude of 24,000 to 30,000 feet, "stopped the bureau's electro-magnetic clocks." On July 15th, the saucers had once again dipped "down-under," this time to Canberra, Australia. The United States, via its Mariner space probe, was supposed to be getting all the attention, as pictures from Mars were being relayed back to earth. At the Canberra airport, however, a mysterious glowing object was doing its best to divert the attention of the air traffic control officers. Six members of a traffic control crew said that the glowing UFO hung suspended at about 5,000 feet for at least 40 minutes. When the sun glinted off it, it became clearly visible. It disappeared when an Air Force plane was sent out to identify it. Certain experts began to speculate on the possibility that the unusual difficulties experienced by the Tidninbilla tracking station before it was able to pick up the signals from the Mariner had anything to do with the appearance of the UFO. On July 17th, a flying saucer was seen hovering over the Rio Plata River that divides Argentina and Uruguay. Six persons walking on a deserted beach near Colonia, Uruguay reported seeing the UFO. Simultaneous with this report was the sighting of a formation of objects over Buenos Aires. Father Benito Reyna, S.J., a Jesuit priest-astronomer and professor of mathematics at Salvador University in Buenos Aires, said that he had seen several UFO's in Argentine skies. Father Reyna, an astronomer with over 30 years' experience, was not likely to confuse a UFO with anything that is supposed to be in the heavens. 'The first time | saw UFO's | was in Cordoba," Father Reyna told reporters. "With the help of my telescope, | was able to follow their flight clearly and to note their shape and color, predominantly white, yellow, red, and blue hues.