Case file · Close encounter
Claudio Pastén's encounter, Cajón del Maipo
Chilean mountaineer Claudio Pastén said that in 1997, while climbing in the Cajón del Maipo canyon east of Santiago, he saw a light and two beings.
1997 CE · -33.80, -70.00 · status: account
The account
The account became a staple of Chilean UFO lore and is one of the episodes promoted in Chilean UFO tourism. The Cajón del Maipo, a deep Andean valley close to the capital, has a long reputation for night lights.
The sceptical view
It is a single-witness account with no physical trace or independent corroboration.