Case file · Sighting
Cabo Rojo 'swallowed jets' claim
Witnesses in the Sierra Bermeja hills of south-west Puerto Rico said that on 28 December 1988 a huge triangular craft took in two US Navy jets that were chasing it.
1988 CE · 17.99, -67.14 · status: claim
The account
The story was collected by local UFO researcher Jorge Martín and became one of the best-known Puerto Rican UFO cases, tied to the nearby Laguna Cartagena. Witnesses described a large glowing object with a triangle of lights, two fighters closing on it, and the jets vanishing as the object split and moved away.
The sceptical view
No missing aircraft, radar record or military document has ever been produced, and the US Navy reported no losses. The case rests on witness testimony gathered by one investigator.