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SUBJECT: GUATEMALA CITY UFO REPORT FILE: UFO1729
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Date: 01-28-90 21:01
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From: Michael Corbin
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To: All
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Subj: P 1006-1 GT Guatemala Report
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(C) Copyright 1989 ParaNet Information Service
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All Rights Reserved unless copyrighted by Author.
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NOTE: THESE FILES ARE NOT FOR REDISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE
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OF THE PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE NETWORK
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NOTE: THESE ARE ACTUAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA)
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DOCUMENTS. WHILE THEY ARE REPRODUCED HERE AS ACCURATELY AS
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POSSIBLE, CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS HANDWRITING AND NOTES
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HAVE NOT BEEN REPRODUCED. THESE CHARACTERISTICS CAN AFFECT THE
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DOCUMENT'S CREDIBILITY AND MAY BE MISSING. ALL COMMENTS
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CONTAINED HEREIN ENCASED WITH [ ] WILL BE THE OBSERVATIONS OF
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PARANET.
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PARANET MAKES NO REPRESENTATION AS TO THE DOCUMENT'S
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AUTHENTICITY.
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PARANET CLASSIFICATION NUMBER: P 1006-1 GT
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
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1. Country: Guatemala
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2. Subject: UFO Sighting
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3. ISC Number:
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4. Date of Information: 23 Apr 67
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5. Place and Date of ACQ: Guatemala City, 26 Apr 67
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6. Evaluation: Source F Information 6
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7. Source: Mr. J.R. Carlos, who observed phenomenon
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8. Report Number: 1 838 0030 67
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9. Date of Report: 12 May 1967
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10. No. of Pages: 3 [Handwritten]
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11. References: DIRM 4A3e
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12. Originator: USDAO Guatemala
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13. Prepared by: Col John A. Carroll, Jr., Defense Attache and
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Air Attache [Signed by Col. Carroll]
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14. Approving Authority:
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15. Summary:
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1. This report forwards a narrative written and signed by J. R.
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CARLOS and concerns his sighting of UFO's 23 April 1967. It
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should be noted report is submitted as an IR since AFR 80-17 is
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not available this station.
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COMMENTS OF REPORTING OFFICER: a. On query, Sr. Carlos
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described his portrayal of the zig-zag area (on attached
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drawing) as representing his conception of the total path of one
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object which changed direction in rapid succession, producing an
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explosion or brilliant flash at each change of direction. He
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thought also that the phenomenon he observed might have had some
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sort of connection with SOYUZ I which was reported to have
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crashed 24 April.
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b. Source became visibly agitated and excited while
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recounting the story. He mentioned also that his children were
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pulling at his elbow to use the binoculars as the two objects he
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described approached one another. Therefore, he was unable to
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state whether an actual collision took place or what might have
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transpired. He knows of no one else besides himself and family
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who might have seen the objects.
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c. This report has been delayed in submission to try to
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ascertain whether there were other observers. No other observers
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have been located and no local publicity has been generated on
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the subject. Source is a responsible citizen, a florist in MIXCO
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(1439N/090 36W), a small town about 5 miles West of Guatemala
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City near the Pan American highway. It should be noted Source
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came in of his own accord after requesting an appointment by
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phone. He first reported to the MILGP and was referred to
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DATT/AirA. He was firm about not wanting any publicity as he did
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not wish to appear foolish or overly imaginative. His desire was
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simply to report the incident. RO feels he seemed believable;
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there was no joking about the subject and there is no doubt in
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mind of RO that Source saw something [underlined] which was to
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him unnatural or at the very least highly unusual.
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TRANSLATION OF WRITTEN NARRATIVE BY J. R. CARLOS
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Memorandum Concerning Phenomenon Observed Sunday, 23 April 1967
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At Approximately 8:00 P.M.
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At approximately the hour indicated above, my wife was
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watering the flowers in the window boxes of our house; I was near
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a bedroom window which she had left open. She asked me to close
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the window and when I approached it I was surprised to see the
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sky so clear and full of stars. At this moment I noticed a star
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of surprising magnitude; my surprise was even greater when I
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observed it was moving from the Southwest to the Northeast. Its
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size was greater than Venus in its most visible periods. I
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called to my children and to my wife; they saw the star (as we
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will call the object) which was moving and had a very intense
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brilliance, with no change of color, giving off a clear yellow
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light with uniform rays. We ran out to the fields near our house
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and I carried binoculars (Zeiss) which are very powerful.
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As I leaned on a fence to control my nerves, I called out to
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my children that I saw a star of a dull red color, without the
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rays which normally appear around a star; it was moving toward
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the star which had first interested us. At first I thought it
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was an optical illusion since the other star wa also moving in
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the same direction, but, on training the binoculars on the red
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star, I noticed it was increasing in size and therefore must be
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moving. I called out to my children to look at the second star
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but found it was not visible to the eye and it was also being
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covered by a cloud. The two stars rapidly approached each other;
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both appeared to be at the same altitude or height on horizon but
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the red star was moving faster. On looking again at the area I
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could only see the large star which had somewhat changed its
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direction, moving more to the North. (Larger star is the yellow
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star.) I realized this change of direction later; I did not stop
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to think about it at the time but when I was reconstructing my
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observations I remembered it. I did note at the time that the
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larger star was moving more rapidly but without losing
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brilliance, and while I was observing it there was no change of
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color or any flashes.
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The drawing attached shows the larger star at the moment I
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saw multiple red lines moving from one side to the other, making
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a kind of zig-zag and, at the end of some of these lines, what
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appeared to be small rays, completely rectilinear, forming small
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stars of enormous brilliance. The lines were red and the small
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stars formed at the end of the lines were of a very brilliant
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clear red color. At this moment the clouds lifted and my wife
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could see the multiple lights or stars that formed.
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In summary, this phenomenon seemed to come from one object
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which moved rapidly from one place to another, leaving behind a
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red line which faded out with a sort of flash; it was not like
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the explosions of fireworks in which there are a number of rocket
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flashes at the same time.
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I believe that the two objects crashed together but,
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unfortunately, I let my children use the binoculars and tried to
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direct their vision toward the two stars; also, the observation
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took place during some 80 seconds so there was no time. I do
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know that the larger star was already somewhat out of the zone
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where I saw the explosions when they appeared. It could be that
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there was some delay in finding the area when my children
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returned the binoculars, but when I again located it, it was
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difficult to find as it was moving fast and had somewhat changed
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its trajectory. Signed: J. R. CARLOS G. 26 April 1967.
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[Drawing on Page 3]
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16. Distribution by Originator:
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J2 SOUTHCOM
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USAFSO
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Am Emb Guat
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17. Downgrading Data: NOT APPLICABLE
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18. Attaching Data:
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[END REPORT]
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