W ACTION 18134 DIA: DISTR IADB(01) J5(02) J3:NMCC NIDS SECDEF(07) SECDEF: USDP(15) ATSD:AE(01) ASD:PA&E(01) ::DIA(20) NMIC - CMC CC WASHINGTON DC - CSAF WASHINGOTN DC - CNO WASHINGTON DC - CSA WASHINGTON DC - CIA WASHINGTON DC - SECSTATE WASHINTON DC - NSA WASH DC FILE (0 [UNREADABLE #'S] ) TRANSIT/1542115/1542207/000:52TOR1542204 DE RUESLMA #4888 1542115 ZNY CCCCC R 022052Z JUN 80 FM USDAO LIMA PERU TO RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC INFO RULPALJ/USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PN RULPAFA/USAFSO HOWARD AFB PN BT C O N F I D E N T I A L/NOFORN SUBJ: IR 6 876 0146 80 (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT , NOT FINALLY EVAL INTEL 1. (U) CTRY: PERU (PE) 2. TITLE (U) UFO SIGHTED IN PERU (U) 3. (U) DATE OF INFO: 800510 4. (U) ORIG: USDAO AIR LIMA PERU 5. (U) REQ REFS: Z-D12-PE030 6. (U) SOURCE: 6 876 0138. OFFICER IN THE PERUVIAN AIR FORCE WHO OBSERVED THE EVVENT AND IS IN A POSITION TO BE PARTY TO CONVERSATION CONCERNING THE EVENT. SOURCE HAS REPORTED RELIABLY IN THE PAST. 7. (C/NORFORN) SUMMARY: SOURCE REPORTED THAT A UFO WAS SPOTTED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NEAR PERUVIAN AIR FORCE (FAP) BASE IN SOUTHERN PERU. THE FAP TRIED TO INTERCEPT AND DESTROY THE CASSETTE NO. RELAY LEVEL MESSAGE UFO, BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS. PAGE 1 C O N F I D E N T I A L 00101111 PAGE 2 C O N F I D E N T I A L 8A. (C/NOFORN) DETAILS: SOURCE TOLD RO ABOUT THE SPOTTING OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IN THE VICINITY OF MARIANO MELGAR AIR BASE, LA JOYA, PERU (16805S, 0715306W). SOURCE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SPOTTED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FIRST WAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF 09 MAY 80, AND THE SECOND DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OF 10 MAY 80. (C/NOFORN) SOURCE STATED THAT ON 09 MAY, WHILE A GROUP OF FAP OFFICERS WERE IN FORMATION AT MARIANO MALGAR, THEY SPOTTED A UFO THAT WAS ROUND IN SHAPE, HOVERING NEAR THE AIRFIELD. THE AIR COMMANDER SCRAMBLED AN SU-22 AIRCRAFT TO MAKE AN INTERCEPT. THE PILOT, ACCORDING TO A THIRD PARTY, INTERCEPTED THE VEHICLE AND FIRED UPON IT AT VERY CLOSE RANGE WITHOUT ANY APPARENT DAMAGE. THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE A SECOND PASS ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE UFO OUT-RAN THE SU-22. (C/NOFORN) ORIG CMTS: RO HAS HEARD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SIGHTING FROM OTHER SOURCES. APPARENTLY SOME VEHICLE WAS SPOTTED, BUT ITS ORIGIN REMAINS UNKNOWN. 9. (U) PROJ NO: N/A 10. (U) COLL MGMT CODES: AB 11. (U) SPEC INST: NONE. DIRC: NO. 12. (U) PREP BY: NORMAN H. RUNGE, COL. AIRA 13. (U) APP BY: VAUGHN E. WILSON, CAPT. DATT. ALUSNA 14. (U) REQ EVAL: NO REL TO : NONE 15. (U) ENCL: N/A 16. (U) DIST BY ORIG: N/A DECLAS 2 JUNE 86 BT #4888 ANNOTES JAL 117