The Uruguayan Air Force is carrying out an investigation in the department of
Paysandú
, in the west of the country, after receiving complaints about the
sighting of flashing lights
in the sky.
This was confirmed this Saturday in a statement, in which he reported that in view of this situation, the intervention of the Commission for Receiving and Investigating Complaints of Unidentified Flying Objects (Cridovni) was ordered.
"This commission has
deployed investigators
in that area of the country to gather information and interview witnesses, for the purpose of starting the investigation," the text said.
The questions arose in the last hours, from a publication of the local newspaper
El Telégrafo.
"UFO in Almirón? Surprise by lights in the sky,"
he said in a note.
In it, he indicates that, during a festival,
a dozen people "appreciated striking red flashing lights
emitted by a low-altitude flying device, which turned on and off."
He adds that "although it seemed to be seen low because it was seen near the horizon", it is something that was "at a great height and distance" and that it is not a phenomenon that occurred punctually in the town of Almirón, "since it
was observed simultaneously from places geographically far apart."
Mystery over the demolition in Alaska
In the United States, a fighter jet shot down
an unknown flying object
on Friday off a remote coast in northern Alaska on the orders of President Joe Biden, White House officials said.
The object was destroyed for posing a
"reasonable danger
" to the safety of civilian flights as it was flying at an altitude of about 40,000 feet, said John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.
Commercial airplanes and private jets can fly at an altitude of 13,700 meters.
In his description of the object, Kirby said it was about the
size of a small car
and much smaller in dimension than the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down last Saturday by Air Force fighter jets in waters off the coast of Carolina. of the South, after it hovered over sensitive military installations in the continental United States.
Both shootdowns within days of each other in an extraordinary event reflected US concerns about
China's spy
program and public demand for Biden to take a strong stance.
However, there were few responses about the unknown object being destroyed on Friday and the White House noted that both episodes had their differences.
The officials did not specify whether the most recent object was equipped with espionage equipment, where it came from and what use it had.
The Pentagon
declined to provide a more precise description of the object
, saying only that US pilots observing it determined it appeared to be unmanned.
According to officials, the object was much smaller than last week's balloon, appeared to
lack maneuverability
and was flying at a much lower altitude.
Kirby maintained that Biden, on the recommendation of the Pentagon, considered that there was sufficient reason to shoot it down, mainly because it represented a potential danger to civil aviation.
“We are going to be vigilant of our airspace,” Kirby said.