Trancas landing and white powder
- Date
- 21 Oct 1963
- Place
- Moreno family farm by the Belgrano railway near Trancas, Tucumán, Argentina
- Record
- Curated case
- Assessment
- Contested
- Evidence strength
What was reported
At about 10 p.m. the household of the Moreno farm, among them sisters Yolie Moreno de Colotti and Argentina Moreno de Chávez and employee Dora Martínez Guzmán, saw several luminous objects by the railway line for about 40 minutes, with figures moving in their beams; witnesses reported strong heat. Police inspector Marcos Fidencio Hidalgo filed a report, and the National University of Tucumán analysed a white powder from the site as calcium carbonate with some potassium carbonate. Accounts disagree on injuries: some say Martínez Guzmán was burned and hospitalised, while the surviving sister told La Gaceta no injury was documented. A local explanation points to troops then moved along the line for training.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
No official explanation has been given.
Strongest ordinary reading
none established; military railway movements proposed locally
Evidence profile
- Yes: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- Yes: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- Yes: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- Yes: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- Yes: Physiological
- Yes: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Outside sources
- La Gaceta (Tucumán): Caso Trancaslagaceta.com.ar
- La Liberté de l'Est, 25 Oct 1963 (Patrick Gross archive)ufology.patrickgross.org
On the map
26.23° S, 65.28° W, plotted at the town or city
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