Espora naval air base 'UFO attack'
- Date
- Sep 2023
- Place
- Comandante Espora naval air base, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Record
- Curated case
- Assessment
- Explained
- Evidence strength
What was reported
After residents near the Comandante Espora naval air base heard what they took for shots and an explosion, the private group CEFORA said four black triangular objects had come in from the sea and one had fired a laser that injured soldiers, and videos with audio circulated online. The Navy denied any unusual event: the noise came from a scheduled Sea King helicopter training flight, no ammunition was used, everyone else on the base was asleep, and the circulating videos were edited. No witness, injury record or independent recording supporting the attack has appeared.
What officials concluded
Resolved
Argentine Navy: a scheduled Sea King helicopter training flight; circulated videos edited
Strongest ordinary reading
A helicopter training flight amplified by fabricated online claims
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- Yes: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- Yes: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- Yes: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- Yes: Other
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- Yes: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- Yes: Sound
- No: Silent
Outside sources
On the map
38.73° S, 62.17° W, plotted at the site
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