Case file · Government program
CRIDOVNI (Uruguay)
The Uruguayan Air Force's commission for receiving and investigating UFO reports, still active in the 2020s.
1979 CE · -34.84, -56.03 · status: official
The account
The Comisión Receptora e Investigadora de Denuncias de Objetos Voladores No Identificados was reportedly founded in 1979 and has investigated over a thousand reports. In 2023 the Air Force sent it to look into flashing lights over Paysandú. It is one of the longest-running official UFO bodies in the world.
The sceptical view
Like other official bodies, it explains most reports as aircraft, satellites, balloons or astronomical objects.