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TACTICS: Zig-zag trajectory, changed speeds and directions often, once hovered motionless at an altitude of about three miles for about 15 minutes, another time stopped suddenly from high speed to COMMENT: The Chilean Antarctic Commander, Mario Barrera, reported the sighting to Air Force communications headquarters in Santiago with this opinion: "I do not believe this could be an aircraft of terrestrial manufacture. As an officer of the Chilean Air Force, my knowledge of man-made machines gives me absolute certainty that nothing similar exists on Earth in shape, velocity or mobility in space." TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: June 25, 1964, exact time not given/on a highway near Ely, Nevada. DURATION: Not given. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: Two. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Ranchers. ALTITUDE: 45° above horizon at estimated distance of about six to nine miles. SPEED: Extremely fast. hover motionless for 20 minutes. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Questionable. SHAPE: Spinning top with pyramidal sides and two-foot-long pedestal at point of "top." DIMENSIONS: About the size of a Jeep. COLOR: Similar to a shiny plastic. SOUND: Loud hum accompanied take-off.