Type: Government Intelligence Report
Source: U.S. Department of Defense / Joint Chiefs of Staff
A declassified U.S. defense intelligence message concerning unidentified-object sightings near Mariano Melgar Air Base at La Joya, Peru. The document reports a Peruvian Air Force Su-22 interception and firing at an unidentified object. It is especially significant because its dates of May 9 and May 11, 1980 conflict with Óscar Santa María Huertas's April 11 date for the well-known encounter.