Peruvian Air Force Su-22 fighters in 1983, the type that fired on the object at La Joya U.S. DoD photo, uploaded by en:User:Victor12, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A U.S. defense attache cable from Lima reported that Peruvian Air Force officers saw a round object hovering near Mariano Melgar air base at La Joya, and that an Su-22 fired on it without effect. Pilot Oscar Santa Maria Huertas later gave his own account. The object was never identified.
