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Aguadilla, Puerto Rico infrared video

When: 25 Apr 2013
Where: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Sources: 2 public sources

Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, over which the 2013 infrared video was filmed http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Erniefr&action=edit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

An infrared camera on a U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft over Rafael Hernandez Airport filmed objects that seemed to race and enter the sea. Private analysts argued it was anomalous; in 2025 AARO said the objects likely were two sky lanterns drifting with the wind over land.

Sources

OfficialCase Resolution: The Puerto Rico Object (opens in a new tab)All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, U.S. Department of Defense (copy hosted by The Black Vault) / 2025-03-20
OtherDoD Report Says Aguadilla UFO Was Just Sky Lanterns; Previous Scientific Studies Claim Otherwise (opens in a new tab)The Black Vault / 2025-03

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How the story came out

Happened 25 Apr 2013. First made public 2 years later (10 Aug 2015).

25 Apr 2013It happened (this event)
10 Aug 2015Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies releases its Aguadilla video analysis - first made public

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Where it fits

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