UFO. Argentina

Location: Near Ingeniero Huergo, Rio Negro, Argentina
Date: February 11 1980
Time: 2200
22-year old Carlos Vommaro was returning from dinner at his girlfriend’s house and was traveling west bound on Route 22 in his 73 Ford Falcon, as he drove by an irrigation system, common in this farming region, Vommaro noticed a strong glow on the left side of the truck over a field. As he drove on the glow seemed to get stronger, illuminating the surrounding area like daytime. Soon Vommaro noticed an object he described as shaped like an “L” separated by a luminous rectangular form resembling a bright TV screen, the object was now traveling over the road in the same direction that Vommaro was heading. The edge of the luminous “L” seemed to be covered in a diffused vapor that seemed to reflect the light, the diffused glow also surrounded the rectangular shaped screen. Vommaro estimated that the luminous “L” was about 2 meters in height and about 1.75m in width while the luminous rectangle was about 40-50 cm in diameter. Perplexed, Vommaro watched the object as it came paralleled to him about 200 meters away. Vommaro then decided to speed up to about 60mph when suddenly everything around him became dark and he apparently blacked out. When Vommaro woke up he found himself leaning against the steering wheel. The light was now on top of the vehicle, and suddenly from the area of the luminous rectangular TV screen a beam of light shot out, which seemed to spread out in width the further away it got from the screen. The beam of light covers the vehicle, but not its interior; it seems to be stronger at the point of origin. Terrified, Vommaro runs out of the car looking for help but the street is completely deserted. 3 minutes later he sees a car approaching from the direction of General Roca, frantically he signals for the car to stop. The car slows down briefly, but then speeds away again; apparently the driver had seen the hovering luminous object above the road. After coming to his senses Vommaro now realizes he is outside of the town of Cervantes, located more than 15km from his original position and encounter. He checks the car, which appears to be in good condition and drives to the nearby Cervantes police station. He looks back to see the strange luminous object still hovering above the road. Later when Vommaro returned home his dogs strangely did not recognized him and attempted to attack him. The next day he suffered from lack of appetite, weakness, and with lumbar pain.

Source: Alejandro Chionetti, UFO Press # 12, April 83