Peruvian Air Force pilot shoots at UFO. , page 1

Very interesting testimony from Peruvian Air Force Commander Oscar Alfonso Huertas who describes an encounter with an unidentified object whilst flying his Sukhoi S-22 jet over La Joya Military Base in 1980 - he states he was ordered to open fire on the object and shot 64 explosive shells at it with little or no effect - he then goes on to give a description of the object and explain how it performed evasive manoeuvres.

Peruvian Air Force Commander Oscar Alfonso Huertas

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Comandante Huerta's full statement follows:


"I am Oscar Santa Maria Huerta, official pilot of the Peruvian Air Force, currently retired.

On April 11, 1980, at 7:15 in the morning, 1800 men were in formation at the Air Base of La Joya, Arequipa.

They all observed a stationary object in the sky, which looked like a balloon, at about three miles distance, and approximately 1,800 feet altitude. It was luminous because it reflected the sun.

My unit commander ordered me to takeoff in my Sukhoi 22 jet to shoot down the spherical object. It was in restricted airspace, without clearance, and we were concerned about espionage.

I approached the object and strafed sixty-four 30 mm. shells at it. Some projectiles went towards the ground, and others hit the object fully, but they had no effect at all. The projectiles didn't bounce off; probably they were absorbed. The cone-shaped "wall of fire" that I sent out would normally obliterate anything in its path.

The object then began to ascend, and move farther away from the base. When I was at about 36,000 ft., it made a sudden stop, forcing me to veer to the side since I was only 1500 feet away. I flew up higher to attack It from above, but just as I had locked on to the target and was ready to shoot, the object made a straight vertical climb evading the attack.

Two more times, I had the object on target, when the object was stationary. Each time, it moved away at the very last minute, when I was just about to fire, always eluding my attack.

I decided to climb at full thrust to get above the object, bit began to ascend almost parallel to my plane, and when I reached 63,000 ft., it stopped.

At this point, I came within about 300 feet of the UFO. It was about 30 feet in diameter. It was an enameled, cream-colored dome, with a wide, circular, metallic base. It had no engines, no exhausts, no windows, no wings or antennae. It lacked all the typical aircraft components, with no visible propulsion system.

It was at that moment that I realized that this was no spying device, but that it was a UFO, something totally unknown. I was almost out of fuel, so I couldn't attack or maneuver my plane, or make a high speed escape. I was afraid. I thought I might be finished.

When I had calmed down, I radioed for another plane to come and have a look, trying to hide my fear. They said no, it's too high, just come back. I had to glide part way down due to lack of fuel, zigzagging to make my plane harder to hit, always with my eyes on the rearview mirrors, hoping it wouldn't chase me. It didn't.

I spent 22 minutes maneuvering with this object. After I landed, the object remained stationary in the sky for two more hours, for everyone at the base to see.

A US Department of Defense document titled 'UFO Sighted in Peru' described the incident, stating that the vehicle's origin remains unknown.

It still gives me chills to think about it."

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U.S. Department of Defense document:

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Commander with the Peruvian Air Force (FAP), Ret. Specialization as an Air Force fighter jet pilot. In 1980, while a FAP Lieutenant, he encountered a UFO while flying his SU-22 "SUKOI" jet over the La Joya Military Base. He fired at the object, strafing it with sixty-four 30mm rounds, but the UFO remained unaffected.

A US Department of Defense document for the CIA and the NSA, titled “UFO Sighted in Peru,” describes the incident. “The Peruvian Air Force tried to intercept and destroy the UFO, but without success," it states, adding that the vehicle’s origin remains unknown. CMDT Santa Maris is currently a Flight Safety and Accident Prevention Consultant for the airline industry.

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[edit on 02/10/08 by karl 12]

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This case was well documented a couple years ago on the UFO Hunters TV show. This guy comes across as extremely credible in my opinion.

As the OP notes, this wasn't a brief encounter either, it lasted 20-25 minutes at least.

[edit on 20-5-2010 by webpirate]

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Im sure there is a psychological term for the skeptics in the academic community who are not skeptical at all, you can show them all the evidence yet they will still come up with ridiculous explanations that bear no resemblance to the incident. All the while feeling intellectually superior and "scientific" of course. Calling this an alien craft is also silly imo, but this along with other cases shows there are seemingly intelligently controlled objects in our skies that regularly take the piss out of fighter jets. Thanks for presenting this incident Karl, never heard of it, seems like every other week a fantastic ufo case comes up that no one has heard about. Yet another one to add to my UFO folder!

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How do you explain the CIA report?

Thanks for the post. S & F.

There were 13 other officials from various countries represented at that conference held in 2007.

Read the article here:

www.freedomofinfo.org...

edit to correct: I see that that this link was posted by the OP, sorry.

[edit on 20-5-2010 by manta78]

Originally posted by karl 12
Very interesting testimony from Peruvian Air Force Commander Oscar Alfonso Huertas who describes an encounter with an unidentified object whilst flying his Sukhoi S-22 jet over La Joya Military Base in 1980 - he states he was ordered to open fire on the object and shot 64 explosive shells at it with little or no effect - he then goes on to give a description of the object and explain how it performed evasive manoeuvres.

Hi karl 12, thanks for making me aware of this very interesting case matey.
What a marvelous encounter.

His saying “he was ordered to open fire on the object and shot 64 explosive shells at it with little or no effect” did remind me immediately of that story from that GI told by Dr Richard Haines in that interview here.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Originally posted by Solomons
Calling this an alien craft is also silly imo, but this along with other cases shows there are seemingly intelligently controlled objects in our skies that regularly take the piss out of fighter jets.

Thanks for the replies and I agree about the sheer number of very strange pilot UFO cases - there are many more described in the thread below and Dr Richard Haines makes some very interesting comments about the subject here.


Eighty Years of Pilot UFO sightings.


As for the Peruvian incident - it states in the Joint Chiefs of Staff document that the object also came back at night and out manouevred an aircraft once again:

SOURCE STATED THAT ON 9 MAY, WHILE A GROUP OF FAP OFFICERS WERE IN FORMATION AT MARIANO MALGAR, THEY SPOTTED A UFO THAT WAS ROUND IN SHAPE, HOVERING NEAR THE AIRFIELD. THE AIR COMMANDER SCRAMBLED AN SU-22 AIRCRAFT TO MAKE AN INTERCEPT. THE PILOT, ACCORDING TO A THIRD PARTY, INTERCEPTED THE VEHICLE AND FIRED UPON IT AT VERY CLOSE RANGE WITHOUT CAUSING ANY APPARENT DAMAGE. THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE A SECOND PASS ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE UFO OUT-RAN THE SU-22.

THE SECOND SIGHTING WAS DURING HOURS OF DARKNESS. THE VEHICLE WAS LIGHTED. AGAIN AN SU-22 WAS SCRAMBLED, BUT THE VEHICLE OUT-RAN THE AIRCRAFT.

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Cheers.

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S & F

This case was covered on UFO Hunters. If anybody is interested here is the episode. 1 of 5.


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