Sightings1977

Rancher Angel Maria Tonna reports a luminous object at Estancia La Aurora, Uruguay

Name: Rancher Angel Maria Tonna reports a luminous object at Estancia La Aurora, Uruguay
Start: 1977-02
Location: Paysandu, Uruguay

When: Feb 1977
Where: Paysandu, Uruguay
Sources: 1 public source

Paysandu, Uruguay, near the ranch where the 1977 object was reported Despuesdelauna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rancher Angel Maria Tonna said a very bright object descended over a corral at Estancia La Aurora in northern Uruguay, damaging fences and cutting power. The Air Force UFO commission CRIDOVNI, formed in 1979, says no element of such cases points to an extraordinary origin.

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PressEl encanto, el misterio y el magnetismo de La Aurora que aun convocan visitantes (opens in a new tab)Montevideo Portal / 2026-07-10

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