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FOTOCAT Report # 2
Fundación Anomalía
FOTOCAT Report # 2
ARGENTINA, THE YEAR 1965 IN PHOTOS
By Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos
Apartado de Correos 12140, 46080 Valencia, España
fotocat@anomalia.org
INTRODUCTION Coincidentally, my preparation of a
specific catalogue of UFO photography
Worldwide, UFO reports increased in in Argentina met with the interest of the
1965. The British Gordon Creighton, current issue of La Gazette Fortéenne
writing in respect to South America UFO to commemorate the 40th anniversary
phenomenology for 1965, described of year 1965, and I gladly accepted the
it as a “vast flap” (1). Nevertheless, king invitation from the editor to write
contemporary records provide a diffe- what it is now the second technical
rent perspective. According to Larry report of the FOTOCAT project.
Hatch’s *UFO* database, one of the
two largest in the world, in 1965 UFO At the scale of the (photographic) UFO
cases doubled the yearly average for the reporting micro universe, year 1965 in
period 1961-1964. However the decade Argentina meant a huge augment with
of sixties had its peak year in 1967, regard to the precedent years of the
when incoming events in turn doubled decade. An average of 3 cases per year
the number of reports generated in 1965 (2).
increased to none less than 45! It then
went down drastically and it did not
As far as photographic UFO incidents reach a similar level until wave year
are concerned, we also find a strong 1968 (4).
elevation in the number of cases between
1965 and 1968, as authenticated by the Therefore, 1965 has a special meaning
latest FOTOCAT records (3). in Argentina, and we can call it “the year 1
Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
of the photos”. photograph, this odd feature is noted,
because it suggests keys for a possible
Moreover, Argentina has another feature explanation.
of its own. Out of 6,700 actual cases in
the FOTOCAT census, after the United Always when a photograph is available
States it is precisely Argentina the we have included it in the catalogue. I
country which more reports contributes, expect we will not infringe any active
exactly with 718 cases, almost 11% copyright, by the large number of years
of the total input (4). This is due to passed and by the fact that the author
the intense effort we have invested to of the takes is always mentioned, as
review all informative sources of the well as the newspaper or magazine
Argentinean ufology, as well as by where it was originally issued. As to the
the outstanding cooperation we have references, we are listing all information
received from local researchers. sources we know.
The following catalogue has a structure Basically I have played here the
resembling to the report previously compiler’s role, yet I have not excluded
released on 1954 (5), yet we have the analyst’s role when there seemed to
provided more data per case, reflecting be obvious or probable explanations for
the full content of the FOTOCAT the sightings. In fact, 16 out of 23 solved
database, and adding a brief description reports were concluded by the team of
of the observed phenomena. When the author’s collaborators.
photographer works for the press, the
media is identified, so highlighting the I make a call to UFO researchers, either
need to consult the image archives of from Argentina or any other country,
these publications in order to recover to let us know any further information
photographic documentation of poten- that serve to improve this catalogue to
tial value. Also, when the camera person follow, or any comment on the nature of
did not saw anything at the time of the the UFO observations. 2
FOTOCAT Report # 2
A COLECTION OF REPORTS
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(1) Explanation: Not available
Date: 1965 References: Américo Barrios, Crónica
Local Time: Unknown (Buenos Aires), November 23, 1968.
Location: Tigre, Río Sarmiento, Buenos Remarks: Nil information
Aires (Argentina)
Format: Picture
Photographer: Unknown
Media (for professionals): Not
applicable
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
UFO Description: Luminous sphere and
a possible lens flare above. Figure 1
Tigre (Buenos Aires), 1965 (Courtesy Crónica,
November 23, 1968).
(2)
2 photograph of a bright planet or star
Date: 1965 (approximate year, published without using a tripod (see the similarity
September 1965) to Venus when pictured at loose hand).
Local Time: Unknown References: Crónica (Buenos Aires),
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal September 3, 1965. Américo Barrios,
Capital (Argentina) Crónica, October 17, 1968.
Format: Picture Remarks: The perpetrator of the
Photographer: Jorge Eugenio Barnes photographs claims to have taken other
Media (for professionals): Not series of UFO pictures during the years
applicable 1967 and 1968.
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
UFO Description: Irregular trace left on
film by luminous object in the night sky.
Explanation: Probable time exposure 3
Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
Figure 2.3
Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), 1965?
Figure 2.1 Figure 2.2 (Courtesy Crónica, October 17, 1965).
Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), 1965? Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), 1965?
(Courtesy Crónica, September 3, 1965). (Courtesy Crónica, September 3, 1965).
(3)
3 of weight and manufactured with a
Date: January 13, 1965 (date of finding) titanium alley
Local Time: Unknown Explanation: Luis Ruíz Nóguez,
Location: Lavalle, Mendoza (Argentina) making reference to official report by
Format: Picture the DINFIA (Argentina Aeronautics),
Photographer: Unknown (Aeronautics concluded that that it was the wreckage
Provincial Agency) of a US Titan 3 rocket booster decayed.
Media (for professionals): Not Leopoldo Fausto Montello has written
applicable a documented report with the object’s
Special Photo Features: Not applicable details, after examination by experts. Figure 2.4
Experimental photograph of Venus, with a time
UFO Description: A cylinder-shaped “In all the surface of the tank it can be
exposure of 20 seconds, without using any tripod:
object, 156 inches (4 meters) long, 48 noticed the action of meteorites on its the resemblance is notorious (Courtesy Juan
inches (1,22 meters) diameter, volume outer protection sheet”. Montello also Carlos Victorio Uranga).
over 4,000 cubic meters, 99 kilograms describes a piece of equipment found 4
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by the Secretary of Aeronautics where
words like Raytheon, Conelgo and
Daven, on transistors, potentiometer
and resistances, respectively, elements
manufactured in the United States.
References: “El enigma de las esferas
metálicas” (Enigma of the metallic
Figure 3.2
spheres), unpublished report by Lavalle (Mendoza), January 13, 1965.
Luis Ruíz Nóguez. Leopoldo Fausto Close view of space object found
Montello. Flying Saucer Review, Volume (Courtesy Leopoldo Fausto Montello).
11, Number 3, May-June 1965, pages
7-9. Antonio Ribera, Platillos volantes
en Iberoamérica y España (Pomaire,
Barcelona, 1968), pages 135-140.
Remarks: The actual reentry date of the Figure 3.1
Titan 3 rocket booster was December Lavalle (Mendoza), January 13, 1965. Aerial photograph of the
13, 1964, according to NASA Space object found by the Argentinean Aeronautics (Courtesy Flying
Saucer Review)..
Track.
Figure 3.3
NASA Space Track record with data for Titan
3 reentry.
International Country Launch Latest
Catalog Number Common Name Launch Date Decay Date Period Incl. Apogee Perigee RCS
Designator (Key) Site (Key) Data
TITAN 3A TRANSTAGE
949 1964-081A US 1964-12-10 AFETR 1964-12-13 88 32.15 183 169 Last Elset
R/B
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Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
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4 (Neville Spearman, London, 1969),
Date: February 21, 1965 page 110 (Gordon Creighton). Hans
Local Time: 21,00 Holzer, Cuando los ovnis aterrizan
Location: Chalac, Formosa (Argentina) (Martínez Roca, Barcelona, 1979), page
Format: Picture 96. Roberto E. Banchs, Cuadernos de
Photographer: Unknown (policemen) Ufología, 11, 1991, pages 23-26.
Media (for professionals): Not Remarks: Nil
applicable
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
UFO Description: Flying saucer (5)
5
landed and some 50 Indians of the Date: March 23, 1965 Figure 5
Toba tribe stood amazed as three tall Local Time: Day Puerto Blest (Río Negro), March 23, 1965 (Courtesy
Héctor P. Anganuzzi).
beings enveloped in luminous haloes Location: Puerto Blest, Río Negro
descended from the craft. Police (Argentina)
officials took a number of photographs. Format: Picture
Explanation: Bogus story, probably Photographer: Unknown
newspaper invention, as per Roberto Media (for professionals): Not
Enrique Banchs. applicable
References: CODOVNI (Buenos Aires, Special Photo Features: Not applicable
1965), page 2. Brinsley Le Poer Trench, UFO Description: Dark disc-shaped
The Flying Saucer Story (Ace, 1966), object with an “emerging ramp in the
pages 55-56 and 185, quoting Córdoba, underside” from which a round black
February 25, 1965 and Flying Saucer object may have launched
Review, Volume 11, Number 4, July- Explanation: Not available
August 1965, page 13. Oscar Galíndez. References: Héctor P. Anganuzzi,
Antonio Ribera, Platillos volantes Historia de los platos voladores en la
en Iberoamérica y España (Pomaire, Argentina (Plus Ultra, Buenos Aires,
Barcelona, 1968), pages 143-144. 1976), page 86.
Charles Bowen (editor), The Humanoids Remarks: Extremely doubtful document 6
FOTOCAT Report # 2 6 (6) of 340º (NNW) and 30º elevation over Date: July 3, 1965 the horizon, final azimuth of 335º Local Time: 19,42 (equal to legal time, (NNW) and 35º, estimated distance 20- GMT – 4 hours) 30 kilometers. Location: Argentinean Navy post on Explanation: Probably astronomical. Deception Island (Antarctica) In that area of the sky there were Format: Picture three bodies subject to be the stimulus Photographer: Jorge Hugo Stanich for a misinterpretation: planet Mars Media (for professionals): Not (magnitude 0.8, azimuth 322º and 22.5º applicable elevation) and stars Spica (magnitude Special Photo Features: The photographs 0.98, azimuth 340º and 36.5º elevation) failed because the low sensitivity of the and Arcturus (magnitude -0.04, azimuth film, the dark, the distance and because 357º and 7.5º elevation). By position the strong wind made it impossible to and general color, Mars could perfectly set up the camera for time exposure match, yet Spica is relatively closer. photography. Other observers who were present UFO Description: A round and oval during the sighting did not view anything shaped object of solid appearance with beyond normal. The main witness, a red center and ill defined edges of Hugo Stanich, had already watched an changing colors (yellow, green, orange, unidentified light for a few seconds in blue and white). Moving al low speed the same position on June 8th. In the during 62 minutes, including halting, epoch, this sighting was fully minimized oscillating, shining, disappearing and and discredited by the national Space reappearing. Like a brilliant iridescent Research Commission, the Navy star, it was more brilliant than a first Hydrographic Institute, as well as by magnitude star. It was also noticed astronomers from Argentina and Chile, above the stratus clouds and below a who explained it as the observation of cloud layer of cirrus, finally disappearing natural or astronomical phenomena. in altitude and distance. Initial azimuth References: http://nicap.org/docs/ 7
Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
antarctica/650703dir.htm (Francis Scientists from the Condon Committee
Ridge). Daniel A. Perissé, Cuarta examined the magnetograms and
Dimensión, 130, July 1975. Daniel concluded that the magnetic deviation
A. Perissé, “Deception Island recorded was well within normal daily
UFO Sightings”, in 1987 MUFON fluctuations.
Symposium Proceedings (MUFON, Carlos Demaría affirms it all was a mistake
Seguin, 1987), pages 142-154. Daniel on the part of the military personnel,
A. Perissé, UFO Press (SIU, October- one that was never disclosed by fear of
December 1979). La Prensa (Buenos ridicule. Jan Aldrich recalls a summary
Aires), July 7, 1965. La Razón (Buenos of an intelligence report in Blue Book
Aires), July 9, 1965. Unknown Buenos files which said “Chilean astronomers
Aires newspaper dated July 10, 1965. thought that stars and planets were Figure 6.1
Leoplán magazine, August 4, 1965. Jan responsible for the sightings”. Indeed, Argentinean base in Deception Island in 1965
(Courtesy Rubén Morales).
Aldrich, Sign History Group, March reports from the British Antarctic Survey
5, 2005. Carlos Demaría, personal and from the Catholic University of
communication, February 22, 2006. Chile’s Astronomical Observatory
Interview to Hugo Stanich by Rubén indicated that observations were made
Morales on April 10, 2006. Personal by untrained persons which should be
communications from Manuel Borraz taken with reservations.
Aymerich, Juan Carlos Victorio Uranga,
Heriberto Janosch and Rubén Morales,
2006.
Remarks: This was the last in a series of
7 sightings in the area starting June 7,
1965.
At 17,03 hours in the nearby South
Orkney Islands Argentinean Navy post,
two magnetometers recorded sudden
disturbances of the magnetic field. 8
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Figure 6.2
July 3, 1965. Celestial chart from
Deception Island at 19,42 hours
(start of observation), looking to
the Northwestern local horizon.
(Courtesy J.C. Victorio Uranga.)
Figure 6.3
July 3, 1965. Celestial chart
from Deception Island at 20,44
hours (end of observation),
looking to the Northwestern local
horizon. (Courtesy J.C. Victorio
Uranga.)
Figure 6.4
Daniel Perissé (on the right), commander of the
Argentinean Navy post in Deception Island (Antarctica)
during the 1965 sighting, poses with the author,
Washington, D.C., June 1987.
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Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
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7 and Roberto Banchs points to a fraud,
Date: July 4, 1965 being the photograph of a TV screen.
Local Time: 20,15 References: Crónica (Buenos Aires), July
Location: Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires 9 and 18, 1965. Clarín (Buenos Aires),
(Argentina) July 11, 1968. El Mundo (Buenos Aires)
Format: Picture and La Razón (Buenos Aires) July 10,
Photographer: Hugo Eleazarre Taboada 1965. Clarin (Buenos Aires), July 11,
Media (for professionals): Puerto 1965. Antonio Ribera, Platillos volantes
Belgrano Navy Base photographer en Iberoamérica y España (Pomaire,
Special Photo Features: Images different 1968), page 152. Roberto E. Banchs,
to what was seen. Fenómenos aéreos inusuales (CEFAI,
UFO Description: His grandma called 1973), page 24, quoting La Razón, July
him to see a UFO, a red color ball, 8, 1965. Así, July 20, 1965. Roberto
with white and pink shades, which Guillermo Roncoroni and Gustavo
Figure 7
was moving in the sky. He climbed on Alvarez, Los OVNI y la evidencia
Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires), July 4, 1965. Up in the
his pick-up truck to take his camera fotográfica (Cielosur, 1978). Roberto E. right it is visible the “on” pilot light of a TV set of the
on his brother’s house, then the two Banchs. Héctor P. Anganuzzi, Historia Zenith type. (Courtesy Carlos Ferguson).
were pursuing the UFO until it gained de los platos voladores en la Argentina
speed, when they stopped the car and (Plus Ultra, Buenos Aires, 1976), page
Mr. Taboada took one picture with a 58. Guy Tarade, Soucoupes volantes
Siletti camera, 35 mm, 2.8 focused et civilisations d’outre-space (J’ai Lu,
to the infinite and with 3 seconds 1969), page 14.
exposure. Then he returned home in Remarks: Nil
order to process it in his laboratory. To
his surprise what the film showed was
“something similar to a TV screen, this is
a rectangle with perpendicular stripes”
Explanation: The consensus of
researchers like Guillermo Roncoroni 10FOTOCAT Report # 2
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8 Special Photo Features: Not applicable
Date: July 9, 1965 UFO Description: Witnesses from
Local Time: Unknown Belgrano street called the newspaper,
Location: Uspallata, Mendoza which sent a journalist and a
(Argentina) photographer. It was a luminous object
Format: Picture of changing colors, yellow, blue and
Photographer: Unknown reddish, with the apparent size of a first
Media (for professionals): Not magnitude star, placed in the SW (some
applicable press sources erroneously mention SE)
Special Photo Features: Not applicable and slowly moving to South. It was
UFO Description: A UFO was viewed for 20 minutes until it was
photographed moving to the West occulted behind some clouds.
Explanation: Not available Explanation: At that time and sky zone
References: Roberto Enrique Banchs, there was visible the Canopus star (the
Figure 9
Fenómenos aéreos inusuales (CEFAI, second most bright star in the night sky), Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires), July 14, 1965 (Courtesy
1973), page 24, quoting daily Clarín with -0.72 magnitude and precisely Carlos Ferguson).
(Buenos Aires), August 8, 1965 moving in South direction.
Remarks: Nil information References: CODOVNI, 1965, page
8, quoting La Nueva Provincia (Bahía
Blanca), July 15, 1965. La Nación, La
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(9) Razón and Crónica (Buenos Aires), July
Date: July 14, 1965 16, 1965. Así, July 27, 1965. Roberto E.
Local Time: 21,00 Banchs, Fenómenos aéreos inusuales
Location: Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires (CEFAI, 1973), page 24. Antonio Ribera,
(Argentina) Platillos volantes en Iberoamérica y
Format: Picture España (Pomaire, Barcelona, 1968),
Photographer: José Palma page 157.
Media (for professionals): La Nueva Remarks: Photographs made with
Provincia (Bahía Blanca) a Cannon camera, lens of 135 mm, 11Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
luminosity F 2.5, Kodak Plus X film, at 20,30 in the Almafuerte quarter and
diaphragm 2.5 and distance to infinite. since 20,35 many calls were received by
One picture was taken with a 30- radio stations and newspapers. Object
sec exposure, the rest at 1/15 sec. was equal to that seen on the previous
The Director of the Bahía Blanca day: “luminous, changing colors yellow,
Astronomical Observatory reported that blue, red and white” and moving from
“the track left by the UFO displacement the Southwest to the South. However,
registered by the first photograph what the pictures show is a big object
might correspond to the rotation of shaped like a half circle.
the Earth”, although he discarded then Explanation: Was it the Moon, half-
the possibility it is due to planet Venus covered by clouds, what Mr. Palma
because “it needs a minimum exposure photographed this time? The Moon,
of 40 seconds”. practically in full phase, was visible at
that time in the East with an elevation
This photographer will take several more of 17º. Figure 10
UFO pictures in the days to come. References: Crónica (Buenos Aires), Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires), July 15, 1965
July 16 and July 18, 1965. Así, July 27, (Courtesy Así magazine, July 27, 1965).
1965. Heriberto Janosch. Not consulted:
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(10) El Mundo and La Razón (Buenos Aires),
Date: July 15, 1965 July 16, 1965.
Local Time: 20,30 Remarks: Photographer José Palma
Location: Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires “established comfortably in the terrace
(Argentina) of our office and he achieved new
Format: Picture takes”, writes Crónica newspaper.
Photographer: José Palma
Media (for professionals): Crónica
(Bahía Blanca)
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
UFO Description: A UFO was sighted 12FOTOCAT Report # 2
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11 July 17, 1965. El Mundo, July 17 and 18,
Date: July 15, 1965 1965. Crónica (Buenos Aires), July 18,
Local Time: 21,00 1965. Así, July 27, 1965. Antonio Ribera,
Location: Puerto Galván, Bahía Blanca, Platillos volantes en Iberoamérica y
Buenos Aires (Argentina) España (Pomaire, Barcelona, 1968),
Format: Picture pages 161,163 and 389. Héctor P.
Photographer: José Palma Anganuzzi, Historia de los platos
Media (for professionals): La Nueva voladores en la Argentina (Plus Ultra,
Provincia (Bahía Blanca) and Crónica Buenos Aires, 1976), page 57. Roberto
(Buenos Aires) E. Banchs, Fenómenos aéreos inusuales
Special Photo Features: Two objects, (CEFAI, 1973), page 24. Roberto Enrique
one unseen to the photographer Banchs. Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos
UFO Description: After taking the archives. Juan Carlos Victorio Uranga.
prior pictures, José Palma drove to the Heriberto Janosch. Not consulted:
State Gas Plant in Puerto Galván (4 Crónica, July 17, 1965. 7 Días, June 10,
km from Bahía Blanca), where he took 1966.
12 photographs over one hour, until Remarks: The released photograph is
22,00 hours when the object vanished one of the two where, in addition to
after some clouds. The UFO emitted the observed light point, a translucent,
Figure 11
intermittent luminosities of colors red, whipping top-shaped body appears Puerto Galván, Bahía
blue, violet and yellow. above it, probably due to a lens Blanca (Buenos Aires),
Explanation: As the July 14 event, it flare, one which was not seen by the July 15, 1965 (Courtesy El
seems to be produced by the sighting of photographer. The pictures were taken Mundo, July 18, 1965).
Canopus star (5º elevation in the SSW), with a Cannon camera of 35 mm with a
yet in this occasion more emphasis has teleobjective of 135 mm.
been given to the apparition of a lens
flare in two of the pictures.
References: La Razón (Buenos Aires),
July 16, 1965. La Nación (Buenos Aires), 13Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
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12 I saw in the sky an object resembling
Date: July 16, 1965 the one I had just photographed. Some
Local Time: 01,30 minutes later the light it emitted was
Location: Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires very intense...I took my camera and
(Argentina). shot...then the UFO disappeared”.
Format: Picture Explanation: Again, the picture shows a
Photographer: José Palma huge body, now fully circular in shape.
Media (for professionals): Crónica It does not seem unreasonable to think
(Buenos Aires). that it was the Moon, in full phase, Figure 12
Special Photo Features: Not applicable which at this time was evident high in Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires), July 16, 1965 (Courtesy
Crónica, July 18, 1965).
UFO Description: After taking the the NNE sky (69º).
previous photographs, at thirty past one References: Crónica (Buenos Aires), July
a.m. of the following day, José Palma was 18, 1965. Heriberto Janosch.
driving back home when “a friend made Remarks: Nil
me to stop the car. I stepped down and
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(13) and since then “half city witnessed the
Date: July 16, 1965 apparition” of an object “of big size
Local Time: 18,45 and mainly reddish-colored” which was
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal visible in the evening sky. 50 employees
Capital (Argentina) of El Mundo newspaper reached
Format: Picture the building’s tower to see an object
Photographer: Carlos Ernesto Díaz “suspended motionless in the sky” (yet
Media (for professionals): El Mundo the pictures revealed two). It was three
(Buenos Aires) or four times brighter than a star, a “clear
Special Photo Features: Not applicable rotation movement was perceived and,
UFO Description: Just before 18,30 its light grew intensity intermittently”. It
hours, local radios stopped their was static for 15 minutes to later move
emissions to report about a UFO presence towards the Northwest, getting lost then 14FOTOCAT Report # 2 by the buildings around (descending). pages 162-164, quoting Flying Saucer The newspaper’s photographer, with a Review, Volume 14, Number 1, Speed Graphic 10X12 1⁄2 camera, with January-February 1966, page 12. Larry a teleobjective of 38 cm, took three Robinson. Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos pictures in 4 minutes, 10 seconds (a archives. http://www.ufoevidence.org/ doubtful statement, by the way), with Photographs/Photo216.htm Juan Carlos time exposures of 70, 80 and 100 Victorio Uranga. Not consulted: Flying seconds. In one of the plates it was Saucers: UFO Reports, 2, 1967, page evident the stroke left by the movement 47. UFO International, 23, 1965, page of two luminous objects. 12. Explanation: Analyst Juan Carlos Victorio Remarks: Naturally, the eyewitness has established it was the observation of misinterpretation was due to a planet Venus, on the right, lower and notoriously brilliant planet Venus much brighter (angular height 2º 39’, and the long-exposure plates noted magnitude -3.8, azimuth 292º) and the the presence of Mercury as well. The emergence of Mercury, on the left and planets’ astronomical setting was at higher (elevation 4º 30’, magnitude 19,05 (Venus) and 19,14 (Mercury). By 0.4 and azimuth 290º). Both heavenly reasons that escape to us, the newspaper bodies were located in WNW direction. released the 3 photos in an erroneous References: El Mundo (Buenos Aires), sequence. As Larry Robinson has wisely July 17 and 18, 1965. Roberto E. advised, the first published photograph Banchs, Fenómenos aéreos inusuales is in reality the third in the sequence and (CEFAI, 1973), page 25, quoting La the third published photo was actually Razón (Buenos Aires), July 17, 1965. the first one taken. Así, July 27,1965. James Holledge, Flying Saucers Over Australia (Horwitz, 1965), pages 122-123. Antonio Ribera, Platillos volantes en Iberoamérica y España (Pomaire, Barcelona, 1968), 15
Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
Figure 13.1 Figure 13.2
Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), July 16, 1965, first actual picture by Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), July 16, 1965, second picture by
Carlos Díaz (exposed 70 secs), third according to the newspaper (Courtesy Carlos Díaz, exposed 100 secs (Courtesy El Mundo, July 17, 1965).
El Mundo, July 17, 1965).
Figure 13.3
Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital),
July 16, 1965, third actual picture by
Carlos Díaz (exposed 80 secs), first
according to the newspaper (Courtesy
El Mundo, July 17, 1965).
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Figure 13.5
Graph of the astronomical transit
of Venus and Mercury between
18 and 19 hours of July 16,
1965, Buenos Aires (Argentina).
(Courtesy Juan Carlos Victorio
Uranga).
Figure 13.4
Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), July 16, 1965,
enlargement of the first picture by Carlos Díaz (V.J.
Ballester Olmos archives).
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Date: July 16, 1965 Special Photo Features: Not applicable
Local Time: 19,30 UFO Description: A light photographed
Location: Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires with a camera Agfa Super Sietle of 35
(Argentina) mm, aperture 2.8 and shutter speed of
Format: Picture 2 seconds.
Photographer: Osvaldo Rial Explanation: Hypothetically, the Moon,
Media (for professionals): Not or it could be produced by camera 17Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
movement over any conventional light.
References: Roberto Enrique Banchs.
Américo Barrios, Crónica (Buenos Aires),
September 22, 1968. Rubén Morales.
Juan Carlos Victorio Uranga.
Remarks: Nil
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Date: July 16, 1965
Local Time: 22,40
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal
Capital (Argentina)
Format: Picture
Photographer: Ricardo Villalba
Media (for professionals): Leoplán, Así,
Maribel (Buenos Aires magazines)
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
UFO Description: Just one light source
near the famous obelisk of Corrientes
Figure 14 Figure 15
Avenue, apparently in a NNW Ituzaingó (Buenos Aires), July Buenos Aires City (Federal
direction. 16, 1965 (Courtesy Roberto Capital), July 16, 1965
Explanation: Not available E. Banchs). (Courtesy Cuarta Dimensión,
References: Cuarta Dimensión, 1, June June or September 1973).
or September 1973, re-edited May
1976.
Remarks: Nil information. This
photographer by profession will take
UFO photos in several other instances during 1965. 18FOTOCAT Report # 2
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Date: July 17, 1965
Local Time: 16,05
Location: Laboulaye, Córdoba
(Argentina)
Format: Picture
Photographer: Virgilio Conti
Media (for professionals): Unknown
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
UFO Description: A “saucer-shaped
object, rounded on top and flat in the
bottom”, colored “as made of steel,
without fancy lights” that moved at an
impressive rate of speed in SE direction.
A professional photographer was only
able to take one single picture.
Explanation: Unknown
References: La Nación (Buenos Aires),
July 23, 1965. Así, July 30, 1965.
Remarks: Too poor information for
evaluation
Figure 16
Laboulaye (Córdoba), July 17, 1965 (Courtesy La Nación, July 23, 1965).
19Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos (17) 17 Explanation: Roberto Banchs included Date: July 17, 1965 the notation “stellar” in his catalogue Local Time: 18,00 and he was not in error. The pictures Location: Resistencia, Chaco show the typical irregular track of bright (Argentina) planets photography when the shutter Format: Picture is opened and the camera is in the Photographer: Antonio Romero and hands. Again, Venus and Mercury are Eduardo Romero the suitable candidates, because of time Media (for professionals): El Territorio and relative position. (Resistencia) References: Clarín (Buenos Aires), July Figure 17.1 Special Photo Features: Not applicable 18, 1965. Así, July 30, 1965. Roberto Resistencia (Chaco), July 17, 1965. How the pictures UFO Description: At 6 pm, two E. Banchs, Fenómenos aéreos inusuales were originally published (Courtesy Así, July 30, photographers from the El Territorio (CEFAI, 1973), page 25. Antonio Ribera, 1965). newspaper took pictures from the Platillos volantes en Iberoamérica y building’s terrace of two objects placed España (Pomaire, Barcelona, 1968), in the sky, slowly moving from East to pages 161-162. Héctor P. Anganuzzi, West. “It is observed in the dry plates an Historia de los platos voladores en la upper luminous trail, which seems more Argentina (Plus Ultra, Buenos Aires, distant and less neat than the lower 1976), page 57. Juan Carlos Victorio trail. The latter probably belonged to a Uranga. Not consulted: Crónica (Buenos circular or ovoid body and it had a very Aires), September 27, 1968. intense light that varied from yellow to Remarks: Press noted that the sighting pale red and greenish blue. Both objects had lasted “two hours”, but by 7,30 pm sent forth a constant splendor and seems the two planets had already set. One to hang, motionless, in the sky”. One- more data: by mistake, the photographs minute time exposure pictures were were originally released inverted. made with a Voigtlander Bossmatic Super Dinarex camera, of 35 mm, with an attached teleobjective of 1:4/135. 20
FOTOCAT Report # 2
Figure 17.2
Resistencia (Chaco), July 17, 1965. The first image in
its proper orientation (Courtesy Juan Carlos Victorio
Uranga).
Figure 17.3
Resistencia (Chaco), July 17, 1965. The second image
in its proper orientation (Courtesy Juan Carlos Victorio
Uranga).
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18 and a Kown camera at full aperture. He
Date: July 17, 1965 processed the photos himself and in the
Local Time: Night third exposure there appeared some
Location: La Plata, Buenos Aires weird luminosities he had not observed
(Argentina) visually.
Format: Picture Explanation: The El Día newspaper
Photographer: Raúl González reported that the light witnessed by the
Media (for professionals): Unknown photographed was planet Venus, and
Special Photo Features: Images that false images had been created by
appearing in the third exposure were reflections from a nearby light source
not seen by the photographer at the time into the cameraman’s seal ring, exposing
of snapping the picture. the film’s emulsion.
UFO Description: A photographer by References: La Razón (Buenos Aires),
trade was working in a children’s party July 20, 1965. And 21st, quoting El Día Figure 18
when he saw a light in the sky, it was daily. La Plata (Buenos Aires), July 17, 1965 (Courtesy La
Razón, July 20, 1965).
brighter than the surrounding stars. Not Remarks: None
using a tripod, he placed the camera by a
wall’s frame, holding it with his left hand
and he took 3 time exposures of 5, 10
and 15 seconds. He used a teleobjective
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19 Special Photo Features: Two lights in the
Date: July 18, 1965 photos, only one seen
Local Time: 19,00 UFO Description: “The flying saucer
Location: Villa Floresta, Bahía Blanca, appeared followed by the mysterious
Buenos Aires (Argentina) twin, invisible to the human eye”, was
Format: Picture the press byline. It was used a 35 mm
Photographer: José Palma camera, with a 2,8 aperture, 3 seconds
Media (for professionals): Crónica exposure and distance to infinite.
(Buenos Aires) Explanation: Not available 22FOTOCAT Report # 2
References: Crónica (Buenos Aires),
July 23, 1965. Antonio Ribera, Platillos
volantes en Iberoamérica y España
(Pomaire, Barcelona, 1968), page 164.
Roberto E. Banchs, Fenómenos aéreos
inusuales (CEFAI, 1973), page 25. Not
consulted: Américo Barrios, Crónica,
September 2, 1968.
Remarks: There is no information
on azimuth or elevation, neither
on eyewitnesses other than the
photographer. There was no Moon at
that time. Evidently, it is a light source
plus a virtual or false image (lens flare). Figure 19
Villa Floresta, Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires), July 18, 1965
(Courtesy Crónica, July 23, 1965).
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20 Gómez, Mr. Lacher and 17-year-old
Date: July 19, 1965 daughter) told the press to have seen an
Local Time: 19,30 intense red light descending from the
Location: Villa Rosa, Bahía Blanca, sky towards the ground. The luminous
Buenos Aires (Argentina) object landed in a nearby field for five
Format: Picture minutes, then to raise and disappear.
Photographer: José Palma Burned grass was found on the spot. One
Media (for professionals): Crónica of the witnesses, Jacobo Lacher, went to
(Buenos Aires) call his neighbor the photographer José
Special Photo Features: Not applicable Palma (who had taken photos of UFOs
UFO Description: Several neighbors of in five other occasions during July) and
this small village (a priest, teacher María he took two plates, one while the object
Inés F. de Andrés, Mrs. Goicoechea, Mr. was on the ground and another in the air. 23Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
(There have been published two versions Figure 20.1
of the second photograph, one is rotated Villa Rosa, Bahía Blanca (Buenos
Aires), July 19, 1965 (Courtesy
with respect to the another, we do not Crónica, July 25, 1965).
know which is the real snapshot).
Explanation: Not available. However,
at 19,18 hours, planet Venus (with an
impressive -3,8 magnitude) had its
setting just in the same viewing direction
where the object “landed” around 7,30
pm . In the same position there was
planet Mercury (magnitude of 0,5), that
set 8 minutes later. Figure 20.2
References: Crónica (Buenos Aires), July Villa Rosa, Bahía Blanca (Buenos
23 and 25, 1965. Así, July 30, 1965. Aires), July 19, 1965 (Courtesy
Américo Barrios, Crónica, September Crónica, September 18, 1968).
9 and 18, 1968. Héctor P. Anganuzzi,
Historia de los platos voladores en
la Argentina (Plus Ultra, Buenos
Aires, 1976), page 60. The catalogue
of UFO researcher Oscar Uriondo
quotes the July 20, 1965 edition of
the daily Crónica (not consulted). http:
//www.geocities.com/fundacion2000/
Depto_Fotografico.htm
Remarks: The close similarity of the
second photograph with the plates
taken by the same photographer on the
previous day is striking, although they
differ in orientation. 24FOTOCAT Report # 2
Figure 20.3
Villa Rosa, Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires), July 19, 1965,
rotated 180º, as it was originally published in Crónica, July
25, 1965 (V.J.Ballester Olmos archives).
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21 also appear some other smaller dots,
Date: July 22, 1965 unseen by the witnesses”.
Local Time: 18,45 Explanation: Not available
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal References: TV 7 Channel news report
capital (Argentina) of July 23, 1965. Luis Burgos. Roberto
Format: Movie E. Banchs, Fenómenos aéreos inusuales
Photographer: Marcelo Soria and Ángel (CEFAI, 1973), page 25, quoting Crónica
Carro (Buenos Aires), July 23, 1965. Héctor
Media (for professionals): TV 7 P. Anganuzzi, Historia de los platos
Channel voladores en la Argentina (Plus Ultra,
Special Photo Features: Not applicable 1976), pages 62-63.
UFO Description: Two TV cameramen Remarks: Nil information for analysis
focused with their Paillard camera to one purposes
bright object flying over the Plata River,
and with a 75 mm lens and a diaphragm
of 2,8 got a speed of 12 frames per
second due to the film (Ferrania 32) was
too slow for night exposures. “The movie
shows a luminous dot in an irregular and
fast race in the space. In the image there 25Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
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22 it. After processing, the photographs Figure 22.1
Date: July 22, 1965 showed also two identical bodies he La Plata (Buenos Aires), July 22, 1965
(Courtesy Crónica, July 28, 1965).
Local Time: 19,20 had not seen originally.
Location: La Plata, Buenos Aires Explanation: Juan Carlos Victorio has
(Argentina) found out that, if the time is inexact, Figure 22.2
Format: Picture then the 3 points of Light just match with La Plata (Buenos Aires), July 22, 1965.
Photographer: Rubén Ángel Nápoli the position of Venus, Mercury and star Celestial chart at 19,00 hours (Courtesy
Media (for professionals): Not Regulus at 19 hours. Juan Carlos Victorio Uranga).
applicable References: Crónica (Buenos Aires), July
Special Photo Features: 2 of the 3 27 and 28, 1965. Héctor P. Anganuzzi,
lights were not seen at the time of the Historia de los platos voladores en la
photography Argentina (Plus Ultra, 1976), page 61.
UFO Description: A professional Juan Carlos Victorio Uranga.
photographer was standing on a street Remarks: None
when he saw a strange light and snapped
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Date: July 29, 1965
Local Time: 20,40
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal
Capital (Argentina)
Format: Picture
Photographer: Víctor Sing
Media (for professionals): Antena
(Buenos Aires)
Special Photo Features: Images not seen
by the photographer
UFO Description: After processing
photographs taken by this professional Figure 23.1
photographer of the Tower of the Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), July 29, 1965
(Courtesy Antena, August 24, 1965).
British (Retiro’s Square) three peculiar
images of a 4-point star within a circle
appeared in the prints. However, the
photographer claimed to have seen how
the main reflection “disappeared at an Figure 23.2
incredible speed”! Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), July 29, 1965.
Explanation: Lens flares due to several Detail of the Tower of the British (Torre de los Ingleses)
and lens flares. (Courtesy Carlos Ferguson).
public lamps in the area
References: Antena, August 24, 1965.
Carlos Ferguson. Not consulted: Crónica
(Buenos Aires), August 7, 1968.
Remarks: Nil
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Date: July 30, 1965
Local Time: 02,20
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal
Capital (Argentina)
Format: Picture
Photographer: Alfonso Liste
Media (for professionals): Not applicable
Special Photo Features: Images unseen
by the photographer
UFO Description: A photographer by
trade made time exposure pictures of
avenues and buildings and he found
three unusual images (4-point star
within a circle) after processing one
photograph, where several powerful
light sources are visible. Camera used,
Agfa’s Ambi-Silette of 35 mm, lens of
50 mm, film Kodak plus X of 22 Din,
diaphragm aperture of 8.
Figure 24.2
Explanation: Typical lens flares Buenos Aires city (Federal
References: Crónica (Buenos Aires), Figure 24.1 Capital), July 30, 1965. Detail
July 31, 1965. Así, August 10, 1965. Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), July 30, 1965 of the multiple, star-shaped
Cuarta Dimensión, 7, March 1974. (Courtesy Crónica, July 31, 1965). lens flares. (Courtesy Carlos
Ferguson).
Héctor P. Anganuzzi, Historia de los
platos voladores en la Argentina (Plus
Ultra, 1976), page 57. Not consulted:
Crónica, August 4, 1965.
Remarks: Nil 28FOTOCAT Report # 2
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25 star within a circle.
Date: August 2, 1965 References: Crónica (Buenos Aires),
Local Time: 18,20 August 3, 1965. Juan Carlos Victorio
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal Uranga.
Capital (Argentina) Remarks: None
Format: Picture
Photographer: Hugo Alberto Lazaridis
Media (for professionals): Crónica
(Buenos Aires)
Special Photo Features: 2 images
unnoticed when taking the photos
UFO Description: This press
photographer saw a light “brighter than
a star”, white in color, for a moment Figure 25.2
slightly pinky to become reddish. He Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), August
and newspaper chauffeur chased it 2, 1965, detail of the two invisible lens flares
by the streets and it was seemingly (Courtesy Carlos Ferguson).
moving horizontally . “Sometimes its
size diminished, as getting far away,
to increase later on”. When pictures
were processed, two other images were
noticed in addition to the main one.
Explanation: The conspicuous presence
of brilliant planet Venus (-3,8 magnitude)
in the WNW sky (14º elevation) at that
time makes me think it was the stimulus
sighted and photographed. The two
additional, unseen images are typical Figure 25.1
lens flares with the shape of a 4-apex Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), August 2, 1965
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26 13 photographs in total, with their
Date: August 3, 1965 Agfa and Konika cameras, having one
Local Time: 22,10 minute exposures and using 100 ASA
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal film, during the 20 minutes that lasted
Capital (Argentina) the sighting. The UFO was “shaped like
Format: Picture a mercury bulb, it was round, white,
Photographer: Juan Carlos Tomassino y luminous and it twinkled with a bright
Alfredo Daniel Delaunai (two series) orange color”. It past from South to
Media (for professionals): Not West.
applicable Explanation: Not available
Special Photo Features: Not applicable References: Crónica (Buenos Aires),
UFO Description: Two young amateur August 6,1965. Roberto E. Banchs,
photographers were processing pictures Fenómenos aéreos inusuales (CEFAI, Figure 26
when one (JCT, 27) went out to the patio 1973), page 25. Antonio Ribera, Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital),
and saw an unusual light, he called his Platillos volantes en Iberoamérica y August 3, 1965 (Courtesy Crónica,
friend (ADD, 26) and they both took España (Pomaire, Barcelona, 1968), August 6, 1965).
30FOTOCAT Report # 2
page 171. Not consulted: Crónica,
November 5, 1968.
Remarks: None
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Date: August 5, 1965
Local Time: 03,00
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal
Capital (Argentina) (probable location)
Format: Picture
Photographer: “Pezza” (probably)
Media (for professionals): Not
applicable
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
UFO Description: 4 first-generation
copies (prints from the original negatives)
are available. In the back it is indicated
that these were taken with a Ganon Flex
camera and a 400 mm teleobjective.
These come from the Pezza Publicity
Photographic Studio, located at Figure 27
Tucumán, 811 (Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), August 5
1965. Mosaic of the 4 available photographs
Explanation: Not available prepared by H. Janosch (Courtesy Estudio
References: Vicente-Juan Ballester PEZZA).
Olmos archives (donation from Roberto
E. Banchs).
Remarks: Very doubtful pictures 31Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
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28 to fly around from East to West to come
Date: August 6, 1965 back and blend again into the mother
Local Time: Night ship” (sic) (from the footnote to the
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal published photo in 1968).
Capital (Argentina) Explanation: Not available
Format: Picture References: Américo Barrios, Crónica
Photographer: Alberto Fernández (Buenos Aires), October 13, 1968.
Media (for professionals): Not Remarks: Nil information for analysis
applicable
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
UFO Description: Witness
“photographed a flying saucer as bright
as a big Moon. From it two saucers left
Figure 28
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29 Corrientes Avenue, with the Obelisk in Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), August 6, 1965
Date: August 7, 1965 the background, a “luminous object” (Courtesy Crónica, October 13, 1965).
Local Time: “almost at 24,00 hours” that got only once with time exposure
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal because “it left to be motionless to
Capital (Argentina) depart as a flash to my left to disappear
Format: Picture completely”.
Photographer: Víctor Sing Explanation: Not available for the light
Media (for professionals): Antena seen. With regard to the other three
(Buenos Aires) images appearing in the print, these are
Special Photo Features: One light perfectly lined up with a street lamp and
observed and three parasite images these are just lens flares.
found. UFO Description: 9 days References: Antena, August 24, 1965.
after taking his previous photos, the Roberto E. Banchs, Fenómenos Aéreos
same professional photographer Inusuales (CEFAI, 1973), page 25.
claims to have seen in the charismatic Heriberto Janosch. 32FOTOCAT Report # 2
Remarks: As far as the light claimed
to have been sighted, just in the same
azimuth (262º) and angular height (25º)
the Moon (0,69 illuminated fraction)
was standing at the very same time of
the 5th. Purely coincidental?
Figure 29.2
Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), August 7, 1965.
Area map showing picture location, the Obelisk and UFO
azimuth, to compare with the actual position of the Moon
2 days before (Courtesy Heriberto Janosch).
Figure 29.1
Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital), August 7,
1965 (Courtesy Antena, August 24, 1965).
33Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos (30) 30 with 21º plus X film and 13/5 lenses, Date: August 22, 1965 and he took three pictures with brief Local Time: 23,00 time exposure. The UFOs were moving Location: Villa Rosa, Bahía Blanca, “vertiginously, towards the West” (the Buenos Aires (Argentina) full sighting had lasted 4 or 5 minutes). Format: Picture Explanation: Not available Photographer: José Palma References: Careo, September 2, Media (for professionals): Careo 1965. Roberto E. Banchs, Fenómenos (Buenos Aires) aéreos inusuales (CEFAI, 1973), page Special Photo Features: No applicable 26. Antonio Ribera, Platillos volantes UFO Description: A young neighbor en Iberoamérica y España (Pomaire, warned the photographer that he was Barcelona, 1968), pages 172-174. seeing a “flying saucer” with his mother. Remarks: The photos were processed in He took his Rosenfeld camera, left and the presence of the youngster and what they saw “two luminous objects, sphere- came out was different to what had been shaped, sized like a football, moving at sighted: “no trace of the flying saucers great speed, with a soft wobbling, while (but) some shapes like luminous clouds they threw out changing scintillation resembling very rare animals that could from blue to yellow and red”. The not be seen at first sight”. photographer felt like an “hypnotic influence, to the extreme of making void my impulses” (sic). In spite of this, he mounted the camera on the tripod, 31) 31 Photographer: Enrique Capotondo Date: August 30, 1965 Media (for professionals): Crónica Local Time: Daybreak (Buenos Aires) Location: Between Mendoza and San Special Photo Features: 1 light seen, the Luís, San Luís (Argentina) film reveals differently Format: Picture UFO Description: Newspaper chau- 34
FOTOCAT Report # 2
ffeur is surprised by a “violent glare ones that they had not seen.
from above”, he awoke the chief of the Explanation: Not available
photographic department he was driving References: Crónica (Buenos Aires),
back home and they saw how “in the sky August 31, 1965. Américo Barrios,
it was displacing a large brilliant disc, Crónica, January 12, 1969 and
which was changing colors, from violet September 29, 1969. Roberto E. Banchs,
to pink and yellow, with big shades of Fenómenos aéreos inusuales (CEFAI,
red”. He made 3 photographs with his 1973), page 26.
Canon 1:0,95 camera. When processed, Remarks: Insufficient information
the bright disc was not seen and in its
place some luminous blots appeared,
Figure 31
Between Mendoza and San Luís (San Luís), August
30, 1965 (Courtesy Crónica, August 31, 1965).
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32 UFO Description: Not known
Date: August 31, 1965 Explanation: Not available
Local Time: 03,30 References: Crónica (Buenos Aires),
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal September 3, 1965 (not consulted).
Capital (Argentina) Carlos Ferguson.
Format: Picture Remarks: Nil information
Photographer: José Barrera
Media (for professionals): Not
applicable
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
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33 Explanation: Exactly in the sighting’s
Date: September 5, 1965 direction (West), it was placed planet
Local Time: 19,20 Venus, very bright (magnitude -3,7) at
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal 15º height, which perfectly corresponds
Capital (Argentina) with the pictured.
Format: Picture References: Crónica (Buenos Aires),
Photographer: Ricardo Villalba September 11, 1965. Roberto E. Banchs,
Media (for professionals): Leoplán, Fenómenos aéreos inusuales (CEFAI,
Maribel, Así (Buenos Aires magazines) 1973), page 26. Heriberto Janosch.
Special Photo Features: Apparently, Manuel Borraz. Not consulted: Crónica,
1 UFO was seen only, but other 2 September 10, 1965 and August 25,
appeared in the first photograph 1968.
UFO Description: The professional Remarks: Nil
photographer took two photographs of
a UFO, “to follow its flight then”. In
the first picture there appeared 2 small
round images beside the “flying saucer”.
In the second snap it is brighter and the
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other two “merged” into it.FOTOCAT Report # 2
Figure 33.1 Figure 33.2
September 5, 1965, Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital). September 5, 1965, Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital).
(Courtesy Crónica, September 11, 1965). Composition of the main picture with the local map of May’s
Square (Plaza de Mayo), showing the two reference buildings,
the direction of the photograph and the position of Venus.
(Courtesy Heriberto Janosch).
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34 matches with the one seen yesterday,
Date: September 6, 1965 landed, in South Africa”. It was used a
Local Time: 00,30 Welti camera, Agfa film and 25 speed.
Location: Villa del Parque, Buenos Aires Explanation: Not available
City, Federal Capital (Argentina) References: Crónica (Buenos Aires),
Format: Picture September 18, 1965. Américo Barrios,
Photographer: Ángel Romano Crónica, September 5, 1968 and January
Media (for professionals): Not 19, 1969. Roberto E. Banchs, Fenómenos
applicable aéreos inusuales (CEFAI, 1973), page
Special Photo Features: Not applicable 26. Antonio Ribera, Platillos volantes
UFO Description: Simply it is said that en Iberoamérica y España (Pomaire,
“the shape of the flying saucer exactly Barcelona, 1968), page 178. 37Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
Remarks: Insufficient information
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Date: September 18, 1965
Local Time: 20,20
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal
Capital (Argentina)
Format: Picture
Photographer: Ricardo Villalba
Media (for professionals): Leoplán,
Maribel, Así (Buenos Aires magazines)
Special Photo Features: 1 light seen,
another image unseen
UFO Description: Classified as an
“extraordinary show” and described as
Figure 34
“a flying saucer with the strange star in a
September 6, 1965, Buenos Aires City (Federal Capital).
circle”. Camera Rolley Flex, diaphragm (Courtesy Crónica, September 18, 1965).
3,5, exposure of 40 seconds.
Explanation: With planet Venus shining
so bright (-3,7 magnitude), we presume
it was the mystery source of light,
provided the photograph was made in
a WSW direction and probably before
(at 20,20 it was at 7º elevation, and one
hour before it was at 20º). As far a s the 38FOTOCAT Report # 2
4-peak star, evidently it is a lens flare. Crónica, August 31,1968.
References: Así, 1965 (undated). Crónica Remarks: Insufficient information
(Buenos Aires), September 28, 1965.
Américo Barrios, Crónica, September 2,
1968. Heriberto Janosch. Not consulted:
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36 Explanation: : With planet Venus at 12º
Date: September 20, 1965 of height and shining with a magnitude
Local Time: 20,00 of -3,7 (very bright) we presume it was
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal the mystery source of light, provided the
Capital (Argentina) photograph was made in a West direction
Format: Picture (259º), and the published statement on
Photographer: Ricardo Villalba the UFO movement was false. As far a s
Media (for professionals): Leoplán, the 4-peak stars, evidently these are lens Figure 35
Maribel, Así (Buenos Aires magazines) flares. September 18, 1965, Buenos Aires City (Federal
Special Photo Features: 1 light seen, References: Crónica (Buenos Aires), Capital). (Courtesy Así, 1965).
other images unseen September 25, 1965. Américo
UFO Description: “He saw in the sky, Barrios, Crónica, October 7, 1968.
in an excellent position, big volume, Antonio Ribera, Platillos volantes
a flying saucer, motionless, very en Iberoamérica y España (Pomaire,
luminous”. Rolley Flex camera, 3,5 Barcelona, 1968), pages 192-193.
diaphragm, 40 sec time exposure, Heriberto Janosch.
Kodak film. After repeating the takes, Remarks: Insufficient information
the object “started to move and finally it
disappear at a fantastic rate of speed”.
39Argentina, the Year 1965 in Photos
white peaks”
Explanation: Venus
References: Américo Barrios, Crónica
(Buenos Aires), September 22, 1968.
Remarks: Nil
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38 Figure 37
October 5, 1965, Buenos Aires City (Federal
Date: October 15, 1965 (exact date?) Capital). (Courtesy Crónica, September 22,
Local Time: Unknown 1968).
Figure 36 Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal
September 20, 1965, Buenos Aires City (Federal
Capital (Argentina)
Capital Federal). (Courtesy Crónica, September 25,
1965). Format: Picture
Photographer: Unknown
Media (for professionals): Not
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applicable
Date: October 5, 1965
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
Local Time: Night
UFO Description: One UFO
Location: Buenos Aires City, Federal
photographed
Capital (Argentina)
Explanation: Not available
Format: Picture
References: Roberto Enrique Banchs,
Photographer: Luis Anconetani
Fenómenos aéreos inusuales (CEFAI,
Media (for professionals): Not
1973), page 26, quoting Crónica
applicable
(Buenos Aires), October 15, 1965.
Special Photo Features: Not applicable
Remarks: Null information
UFO Description: During a sky
surveillance with a telescope looking for
UFOs, witness “got the picture. Venus
appears as a luminous sphere...with two 40You can also read
