Case file · Sighting
Puerto Belgrano naval base reports
Between 21 and 23 May 1962, unidentified objects were reported over Argentina's main naval base at Puerto Belgrano, near Bahía Blanca.
1962 CE · -38.89, -62.10 · status: account
The account
The reports came days after sightings at the nearby Espora air base and on Route 35, during one of Argentina's first concentrated UFO waves. The Argentine Navy later became one of the first Latin American institutions to collect UFO reports.
The sceptical view
Few details of the base reports were published, and the wave coincided with heavy press coverage that encouraged further reports.