La Plata, Argentina: Residents flood police with reports of a cigar-shaped object
On the night of 21 June 1962 residents across La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, repeatedly phoned police stations and newspapers about a cigar-shaped object maneuvering overhead and emitting red flashes, which witnesses said had appeared several times over the previous three days.
Background
Residents across La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, repeatedly telephoned police stations and newspaper offices to report a cigar-shaped object maneuvering overhead. Witnesses stated that the object had appeared several times during the previous three days, flying in circles at great speed and periodically disappearing and reappearing while emitting red flashes. Eberhart cites Gordon Creighton, "Argentina 1962," in Flying Saucer Review (July/Aug. 1964). The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.