Place

La Joya, Peru

16.77 S, 71.88 WView on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)

1 entry here, 9 May 1980, in date order.

  1. Military

    Peruvian Air Force intercept at La Joya

    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.