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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 6 July 1956 | 2. LOCATION Arenda, Columbia | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT not reported | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes Physical Specimen ☑ No (not rec'd) | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not reported | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS multiple | 9. COURS…

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Air Technical Intelligence Center,
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
(Dayton, Ohio). - U.S.A. -

Remite: Ricardo L. Torrijos de Peñafiel
Apartado Aéreo # 7505
Bogotá (Colombia).

NOTICIA APARECIDA EN EL PERIODICO "EL INTERMEDIO", DE JULIO 7/56

## Platillos Voladores?

### EXTRAÑO OBJETO HIZO EXPLOSION SOBRE EL CEMENTERIO DE ARANDA

Pasto, 6. - Las leyendas modernas sobre existencia de "Platillos Voladores", cobraron hoy gran actualidad. En efecto, un señor de apellido Luna, quien presta sus servicios en el cementerio de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, se presentó ayer a la Emisora Ecos de Pasto llevando extraños trozos metálicos, restos al parecer, de un artefacto bélico. Las partículas fueron recogidas en el campo santo, ubicado en Aranda, a eso de las 8 y 30 de la noche …

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Bogota, Colombia

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SPOT TRANSLATION

From the newspaper "EL Intermedio" on July 7, 1956 - - -

Flying Saucers?

Strange object made an explosion over the Cemetery of Aranda. A man who works in the cemetery, whose name is Luna, brought pieces of metal which he picked up after a number of explosions. He said the object was like a blue cloud and so bright that he had to protect his eyes. The pieces which he found were handed over to the SIC.

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8 Aug

AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
OHIO

23 JUL 1956

AFOIN-4E

SUBJECT: Request to Investigate UFO Sighting - Sr. [redacted]

THRU: Director of Intelligence
Headquarters, USAF
ATTN: AFOIN-1A1
Washington 25, D. C.

TO: U. S. Air Attache
American Embassy
Bogota, Colombia

1. In accordance with provisions of AFR 200-2, dated 12 August 1954, request that the Air Attache, Bogota, Colombia initiate action to investigate incident submitted in letter from Sr. [redacted] and the results made known to the Air Technical Intelligence Center.

2. Further, request …

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B/ltr fm ATIC to OIN-1A1, dtd 23 Jul 56, subj; Request to Investigate UFO Sighting - Sr. 30 JUL 1956

AFOIN-1A1-11 1st Ind
Dept of the Air Force, Hq USAF, Washington 25, D. C.
TO: U. S. Air Attache, American Embassy, Bogota, Colombia

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86 INT 2d Ind
OFFICE OF THE AIR ATTACHE, US Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia, 10 Sep 56
THRU: Director of Intelligence, Hq USAF, Attn: AFOIN-1A1, Wash, DC
TO: Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

1. Following information is offered in reply to basic communication:

a. Aranda is a small village near Pasto in Southwes…