Chulucanas lights
- Date
- 13 Oct 2001
- Place
- Chulucanas and Cerro Pilán, Piura, Peru
- Record
- Curated case
- Assessment
- Unexplained
- Evidence strength
What was reported
On 13 October 2001 hundreds of people in Chulucanas reported eight red-orange spheres moving over the town for more than five hours; weeks later a resident videoed a bright teardrop-shaped object near the town, and others reported lights coming down in nearby woods around Cerro Pilán. The Peruvian Air Force created its anomalous-aerial-phenomena office (OIFAA) at the end of 2001, and investigator Anthony Choy's Chulucanas inquiry was its first case. The Air Force did not release the report; Choy described it publicly in 2003 without authorisation. Neither the video nor the report has been independently analysed.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
No official explanation has been given.
Strongest ordinary reading
none established
Evidence profile
Sensors2 of 9
- Yes: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- Yes: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
Witnessescount not stated
- Yes: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
ShapeOrb or sphere
- No: Light only
- Yes: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
Effectsnone reported
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Outside sources
- Foreign Policy (2013): Peru's Air Force reopens its UFO officeforeignpolicy.com
On the map
5.09° S, 80.16° W, plotted at the town or city
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