Sightings1963

Moreno family reports lights and beams at Trancas, Argentina

Name: Moreno family reports lights and beams at Trancas, Argentina
Start: 1963-10-21
Location: Trancas, Argentina

When: 21 Oct 1963
Where: Trancas, Argentina
Sources: 2 public sources

Trancas in Argentina's Tucuman Province, where the Moreno family reported lights in 1963 User:Ignaciogimenez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Members of the Moreno family and a household worker said several glowing objects hovered near their estate and the railway line for about 40 minutes, casting beams and leaving a sulfur smell. A police officer filed a report and a wire story reached foreign papers within days.

Sources

PressCaso Trancas: la unica testigo viva recuerda los ovnis (opens in a new tab)La Gaceta (Tucuman) (Manuel Riva) / 2023-10-22
PressLa Liberte de l'Est, Oct. 25, 1963 (Buenos Aires dispatch on Trancas) (opens in a new tab)La Liberte de l'Est (transcription hosted by Patrick Gross) / 1963-10-25

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