BOLIVIA REPORTS CONFLICT ON DETAILS OF FALLEN OBJECT

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005515665
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: May 17, 1978

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may be tu_pcrd?sd yt political tad elcctoral
is dcSn^ evcrything to guarantee the trLmqu
)side by the lcllvIan president daring a pi'c
kto uir:s the elections 04 9 The eclivi
violence -inereaces, Ec said #Mt tie ~x: ,: ~:?:cr t
11ty of the country. Theo remarks sere
an over. :'Ae :tate-c.ne4 triie-risicn
rand cver the govern;zcnt to the ca claim:
presi"cnt ol:;o putlicly state?1 hi:: >;.art
for the official candidate, Cen Jvcn Pereda if
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M161931Y Sucre Radio La Plata in Spanish-1630 Ctit'i 16 Way 78 PY
(R).*.~ary] We have received anther phone call !'ro:a cur audierce requesting confir.-aticn
of reports that an rnidertified object fell in Fol..vi$.n territory rear the-itrgenti.ne.:.__.__.._....:___
Corder. We can only say that. Argentine _ end U:-usayan radio stations are reporting on
this even more fregt:ently. saying that #olivi;n euthoritiei, have urEcntly req.ested
.
tssistence frcn the U.S. National Aeronautics a.,! &a c dainis.ratlen in order to deter,
mire the nature of that which crashed on a hill-in 5olivrafi te..?i ory.: Just 1k,ft-w-malno
utes :.go Radio El E peotador of For.tr:video art:=::E that there as uncertainty aa to
the truth of these reports.
Arscatine scu?ces indicated that the border with Bolivia hed teen closed but :hat it _.
$ol3vian sell honor :re Ar iit?ne be: de' Sr.:* t St local Polivisn 4atY.eritios had regzlsed
aid frog the central V:ver:rent Which. In turn, }ad sc`_1 esaie nce from the U.S.
i;attorial La ce -utics r'nd Space ?i inist!'a:_C:: ~'':Cs i ote the came. nig
.i^.:lesls)'ly o^i;g cc trios. Is it
ll-Ircugrout the cc-:ti *-s:t ;.
a satc3.21:a, a re:.:csftc or a t::lscalt_ ?
EiECW RAL COUai 1ILL N CT SJEidXT TO IS3 F:+ 55:1 ZS
PY151711Y La ..s FRESEIiCIA-in Sp .aieh 10 Fay 78 D 11Fi
[:ixt] Resprnairs to a declaraticn I eat ~ :nt s3:.cn:1 _:as.:b2,r of the Bolivian
Sceialist Fa)tn, [:-SBS recently held -t :ac 2. r.i-ters c: :.._ ....: cnai Elcc:?or:,?
Court have stated that "they have alza teen wi111n; to rc.S.:. s~ p sts."
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C y: c'_'::i`, :~ :~. ... '?~::e ...'.i:' 4::
wed
A L?a Pas neaspspar Bald today-that-thero-is-G -== i ?_rtat in learning about.the nature.
of the fallen addfng that local [LI:L?: `.:Ies f*v t:e1??r its reasons had cordai doff
200 ios around the snov .?!'' o rote 4g ject fel_. :. to be a :.7ec :nical
device with a di:.^3ter of air,:.ost (0' rete_s) v cn hasyaZrcedy been broagrit to Tarifa.
T1ere Is Interest in deter--..3lnina?tho aeciraC7.c:.trese re;cr:s which have spread quickly
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ht soon to rco;~ca:d: -- They also reported that an unidentified object had-fallen on