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UFO. Cuba

ID #1559725310
Added Wed, 05/06/2019
Author July N.
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
14.06.1968
Location: 
Пинар-дель-Рио
Cuba

14 Jun 1968, near the city of Pinar del río (Cuba), the Cuban military opened fire on the unidentified flying object that was standing right in front of him. In the midst of the cold war, people were convinced that it was the Americans!

That night, shortly after midnight, you could hear several shots from a machine gun in the place where the guard soldiers Isidro Puentes of Ventura .

A few hours later, at dawn, Puentes was found unconscious by a military patrol and taken to the hospital of Pinar del río. For six days the man remained in a state of shock and could not speak.

Puentes was transferred to the neurological Department of the Havana naval hospital with serious emotional trauma. He remained in shock for another week.

To understand what really happened, went to the Cuban and Soviet investigators. There they found forty-eight empty cartridges and fourteen bullets flattened on impact, as well as the deep traces on the ground, indicating that something heavy got there. Subsequent tests showed that soil was exposed to extremely high temperatures.

When Puentes came to, he pointed out that within 150 feet, he noticed an impressive round and shiny object on the ground. The UFO was crowned with a dome, from which came out a few antennas.

Convinced that it is an American helicopter, Puentes opened fire. But suddenly the object became orange, before a loud whistle. It was at this point of Puentes lost consciousness.

The Soviet secret service questioned the witness more than 50 hours. He was then examined by a group of psychiatrists who has held 15 sessions of hypnosis. As a result of these numerous examinations, they found contradictions in his story.

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Original news

Location. Near Cabañas, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
Date: June 14 1968 Time: after midnight
Shortly after midnight several bursts of machine gun fire were heard coming from a location in the vicinity where militia member Isidro Puentes Ventura was on guard duty. At dawn, Puentes was found unconscious by an Army patrol and taken to a hospital in Pinar Del Rio, where he remained in shock and unable to speak for six days. Removed to the neurological ward at the Naval Hospital in Havana, Puentes was diagnosed to be suffering from emotional trauma, remaining in shock for another week. At the site where Puentes had been posted, Cuban and Soviet intelligence investigators found forty-eight spent cartridges and fourteen bullets apparently flattened by impact, as well as equally spaced indentations in the ground, indicating that a heavy device had landed. Tests revealed that the soil had been exposed to a high degree of heat. When Puentes recovered consciousness he reported that he had come to within 150 feet of a brilliant round object on the ground, with a dome and several antennas on top. Convinced that the device was an American helicopter, Puentes fired about forty rounds at it. The craft turned orange and emitted a strong whistling sound—Puentes last recollection before losing consciousness. Soviet intelligence specialists subjected Puentes to a fifty-hour interrogation after which he was examined by a team of psychiatrists and put through fifteen hypnosis sessions. No contradictions were found in his story.

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