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UFO. Costa Rica

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Added Thu, 01/04/2021
Author July N.
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Incident date: 
24.12.1997 22:27
Location: 
National UFO Reporting Center
Costa Rica

This morning, the CNN website reported a massive UFO sighting over Costa Rica, California. You might want to check it out:

Unidentified flying objects spotted over Costa Rica. ITAR-TASS, December 26, 1997, MEXICO, December 26. / ITAR-TASS /.

Costa Rican media reported on Thursday that unidentified flying objects were found in the country's airspace over the Golfito area, which is 330 km away. south of San Jose. However, the cameramen were not able to remove them, as on Monday. 

On December 22, operators of two local TV channels filmed at least a dozen "flying saucers" in the sky south of the capital of Costa Rica. In front of hundreds of people, they performed zigzag maneuvers in a few minutes. Dispatchers at the Juan Santamaria International Airport counted "about fifty thousand traces" of their movements. Some drivers stopped to observe the phenomenon. 

According to ufologist Carlos Vilchez, the most remarkable is the fact that these UFOs appeared during the day, they were seen by hundreds of people and filmed by cameramen. He also expressed the opinion that the influx of UFOs into the airspace of this Central American country can be expected within the next two months.

Exactly a month ago, hundreds of people watched about ten "plates" over San Jose. They flew over the city for several minutes. They were also filmed by cameramen. Scientists have not found an explanation for this phenomenon.

Original news

Date: December 24 1997
Location: Costa Rica
Time: 22:27
Summary: A mass sighting of UFOs over Costa Rica, C.A. was reported on CNNs web site this morning.. you might want to check it out. ‘m sending the article: Unidentified Flying Objects Spotted Over Costa Rica. Itar-Tass 26-DEC-97 MEXICO CITY, December 26 (Itar-Tass) – The Costa Rican mass media reported on Thursday that unidentified flying objects were spotted the day before in the country’s air space over Golfito district, which is 330 kilometres to the south of San Jose. However, TV cameramen were unable to film them as they did on Monday. On December 22 cameramen from two local television channels filmed at least a dozen “flying saucers” in the sky south of the Costa Rican capital. Before the eyes of hundreds of people, they made zigzag maneuvers for several minutes. Flight controllers of the International Juan Santamaria Airport counted “approximately fifty thousand traces” of their movements. Some car drivers stopped to watch the phenomenon. According to Ufologist Carlos Vilchez, most remarkable is the fact that these UFOs appeared in daytime, that they were seen by hundreds of people and were filmed by TV cameramen. He also expressed the view that an influx of UFOs into the air space of this Central American country could be expected within the next two months. About ten “saucers” were watched by hundreds of people over San Jose exactly one month ago. They flew over the city for several minutes. They were also filmed by TV cameramen. Scientists have not found any explanations for this phenomenon.
Source: National UFO Reporting Center

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