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DECEMBER 28, ARROYITO, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA, THREE MEN:

BRIEF SUMMARY OF EVENT AND FOLLOW-UP:

National Enquirer reporter and ufologist Bob Pratt listed that on December 28, 1978, at 04:30 a.m. in Arroyito, Cordoba, Argentina, three workers of the electrical company of Cordoba were driving in a company truck near Arroyito and were about to cross a bridge over the Rio Segundo when they suddenly found themselves in the town of Transito, 15 kilometers farther on. They were amazed and didn't understand how they had gotten there. The cigarettes they had been smoking were still burning.

They discussed what had happened as they continued on their way, but shortly after, as they approached the locality of Santiago Temple, they saw a very intense light coming from a nearby hill, 150 meters from the road. It was coming from a flattened rhomboid-shaped object about 25 meters across which revolved on a vertical axis while emitting intense rays of light from the upper part. At times it oscillated as if it were a top on a wave.

The men said another truck had stopped and as they watched, the object suddenly focused a strong beam of light on their truck before moving away. An article in a ufology magazine apparently adds that at some point, one of the witnesses apparently signaled occupants, but they are not described.

BASIC INFORMATION SUMMARY:

NARRATIVES:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Arroyito, Argentina, on late December 1978, at 04:30 a.m., three men, employees of a power company, were driving a company truck toward a bridge when they suddenly found themselves 15 km. Away, with their cigarettes the same length as when they neared the bridge. At some point, the men spotted a domed UFO and one of them apparently signaled the occupants, not described, of the craft.

Albert Rosales indicates that there is no other information, and that the source is the Mufon UFO Journal # 133.

[Ref. bp1:] BOB PRATT:

National Enquirer reporter and ufologist Bob Pratt listed that on December 28, 1978, at 04:30 a.m. in Arroyito, Cordoba, Argentina, three workers of the electrical company of Cordoba were driving in a company truck near Arroyito and were about to cross a bridge over the Rio Segundo when they suddenly found themselves in the town of Transito, 15 kilometers farther on. They were amazed and didn't understand how they had gotten there. The cigarettes they had been smoking were still burning.

They discussed what had happened as they continued on their way. But shortly after, as they approached the locality of Santiago Temple, they saw a very intense light coming from a nearby hill, 150 meters from the road. It was coming from a flattened rhomboid-shaped object about 25 meters across which revolved on a vertical axis while emitting intense rays of light from the upper part. At times it oscillated as if it were a top on a wave.

The men said another truck had stopped and as they watched, the object suddenly focused a strong beam of light on their truck before moving away.

POINTS TO CONSIDER:

The anonymity of the witnesses, the fact that the origin of the story is not clear, the fact that I do not have an investigation report available nor the indication that there was an investigation, does not allow me to issue any founded evaluation to the story. The presence of occupants, which would make this case a close encounter of the third kind, is not quite certain either.

LIST OF ISSUES:

EVALUATION:

Insufficient information.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

• [---] ? Article in the ufology bulletin MUFON UFO Journal, Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), USA, #133, January 1979.
• [ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1978.shtml
• [bp1] * "More Than 30 Years of Triangle Sightings", web page by Bob Pratt, on his website (defunct), 2005.

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