Case file · Government program
Spain declassifies its Air Force UFO files
In 1992 Spain's chief of staff ordered every UFO file held by the Air Force commands gathered and downgraded for public release.
1992 CE · 40.42, -3.70 · status: official
The account
The Air Force General Staff compiled the files and released them over the following years. They were later digitised and published by the Ministry of Defence, including well-known Canary Islands cases. Spain is often cited as a model of orderly UFO declassification.
The sceptical view
Air Force analysts attributed most cases to aircraft, missile launches (for example the 1979 Canaries 'lights', linked to US Navy Poseidon tests) and astronomical objects.
Connections in the atlas
- San Javier air base light
- The Madrid 'UFO' of 5 September 1968
- Manises 'UFO landing'
- Canary Islands 'sphere', 22 June 1976