Talavera la Real air base humanoid
Spanish Air Force guards fired 40–50 rounds at a 3-metre glowing green figure on their base, which simply vanished.
1976 CE · 38.88, -6.77 · status: account
The account
At 1:45 a.m. on 12 November 1976, after a loud whistle and a bright light, a guard dog repeatedly returned confused and Private José María Trejo saw the figure made of points of light and fainted; his colleagues opened fire. A search the next morning found no casings or bullet holes, though the Air Force accepted the guards had fired.
The sceptical view
Spanish Army veteran Vicente Juan argues fear and confusion produced a shared hallucination.
The researched reading
Guards fired at a glowing figure that left no trace. Fear and shared misperception explain it best.
| Explanation | Weight | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Perception, memory or mind | 46% | Night guards after a loud whistle, a fainting colleague and a confused dog can share a fearful misperception; Spanish Army veteran Vicente Juan argues for a shared hallucination. |
| Something known, misidentified | 14% | Lights on the airfield or an animal could underlie the "figure". |
| A hoax or fabrication | 14% | No casings or bullet holes were found, and the story grew in later retellings. |
| Genuinely anomalous | 14% | Several guards fired, and the Air Force accepted shots were fired. |
| A known natural phenomenon | 6% | Fog and light could create apparent figures. |
| A poorly understood natural phenomenon | 4% | A rare luminous phenomenon could explain the glow. |
| Secret human technology | 2% | No programme fits. |
Official position: The Spanish Air Force confirmed shots were fired but reached no conclusion.