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Uruguayan Navy officer once claimed that he almost shot an alien

By T.K. Randall
March 8, 2022 · Comment icon 13 comments

Who or what did Corporal Fuentes encounter that night ? Image Credit: sxc.hu
An unnerving encounter with three mysterious entities occurred back in 1972 at a lighthouse on Isla De Lobos.
The incident, which occurred on October 28th of that year, began when five Navy personnel were stationed at the lighthouse to perform basic maintenance duties.

At just after 10pm, one of the men - Corporal Fuentes - had decided to go and check the generators while the others remained in the living quarters drinking and playing cards.

As he began walking towards the lighthouse (which was around 45 meters away), Fuentes spotted something on the building's terrace that he was unable to explain.

Concerned, he returned to his cabin to retrieve his pistol, but did not alert the other men.
Upon returning to the lighthouse, he noticed that the mysterious object was made up of several lights and that these were illuminating what appeared to be three humanoid figures.

Suddenly, all three of them were looking straight at him, prompting him to raise his pistol, however an unexplained force compelled him not to shoot.

He watched as the three entities re-entered the object, which then ascended straight up while emitting a strange humming sound. Once it had reached a height of around 45 meters, it tilted, produced a bright fireball from underneath it and zoomed off in silence towards the south-east.

To this day, no explanation for what he had experienced that night has ever been found.

Source: Phantoms and Monsters | Comments (13)




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Comment icon #4 Posted by 3 years ago
"Uruguayan Navy officer once claimed that he almost shot an alien" Of course he did.
Comment icon #5 Posted by the13bats 3 years ago
Can you link to that i couldnt find it, thanks.
Comment icon #6 Posted by the13bats 3 years ago
I read what the OP link provided and got to this The guys were drinking, remember when that hill billy family thought an angry owl was a bunch of little aliens attacking their farmhouse? They too were drinking.  
Comment icon #7 Posted by simplybill 3 years ago
Here ya go: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2022/03/alien-humanoids-nearly-shot-by.html   I had to switch to ‘Reader view’ because the dark background makes it too hard to read.
Comment icon #8 Posted by the13bats 3 years ago
  Thanks bill, I guess i didnt look hard enough, i admit i didnt read every word my brain has been off lately but i did read 99% What i gather is we have just a story from Fuentes with basically zero supportive evidence it ever happened. Assuming the investgation was real and it did happen i too am sold it was a chopper still there were a few holes so to speak. I have a friend i have known almost all my life he is like they describe the witness in this story a bit slow, he also joined the navy during the gulf conflict and was given the job of boiler tech which i believe is a bit lower than gu... [More]
Comment icon #9 Posted by Hyperionxvii 3 years ago
I guess it's very boring in Uruguay. Internet outage?
Comment icon #10 Posted by Hyperionxvii 3 years ago
There's a bunch of Barred owls that hang out behind our place and they can get really noisy, sometimes in the middle of the night. But I don't think I've ever thought they were aliens, even if I was drinking.
Comment icon #11 Posted by the13bats 3 years ago
I dont believe drinking was the only issue by a long shot, https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4331 I also believe something did lite the fuse for this one and while i cant swear it was owls i sure will not make any leap to it being aliens.  
Comment icon #12 Posted by Nobu 3 years ago
I’m going to fix this story for you:   ”The incident, which occurred on October 28th of that year, began when five Navy personnel were stationed at the lighthouse to perform basic maintenance duties. At just after 10pm, one of the men - Corporal Fuentes - had decided he needed to pee while really drunk… used the excuse to go and check the generators while the others remained in the living quarters drinking and playing cards. As he began walking towards the lighthouse (which was around 45 meters away), Fuentes spotted something on the building's terrace that he was unable to focus on. Dr... [More]
Comment icon #13 Posted by quiXilver 3 years ago
huh?


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