Alien Base: The Evidence for Extraterrestrial Colonization of Earth: Cosmic Shock
One morning in April 1957, at about 07.30, a resident of Córdoba, Argentina, was riding his motorcycle towards Rio Ceballos. He had just reached a point some 15 kilometres from the airport at Pajas Blancas when his engine cut out. Dismounting to check the fault, he noticed a huge disc-shaped object hovering motionless about 50 feet above the road. Shocked, he ran and hid in a ditch.
The object appeared to be about 60 feet in diameter and about 15 feet high. It descended, hovering some seven feet above the road, emitting a sound ‘like air escaping from the valve of a tyre’. Suddenly, a device described as a lift, or ‘transparent stairway’, began to come down from the lower part of the craft, carrying a human-shaped figure who stepped down when the lift had stopped about a foot above the ground. The figure was approximately five feet eight inches tall, dressed in attire resembling a diver’s neoprene suit, which seemed made of a plastic material.
After glancing around at various plants, the being came towards the witness, who made further attempts to conceal himself — to no avail. Silently and gracefully, the stranger reached out to help the witness from the ditch. As the two stood side by side in the road, the being pointed towards the hovering craft, indicating that the witness should follow him. To calm the panic-stricken Córdoban, the being gently stroked the man’s forehead. The two then went to the craft and entered the ‘lift’.
Around the wall of the cabin were five or six panels, each about six feet wide and covered with an intricate mass of equipment, including TV-like monitor screens. At each of the panels sat a similar being, dressed exactly like the first.
They paid no attention to their surprised visitor. The Córdoban later commented that he had been particularly impressed by a series of large square windows around the walls above the panels, having observed no trace of windows on the outside of the craft. In addition to the light coming through the windows, a dull phosphorescent light pervaded the cabin, though yet again, no lamp was seen.
The colour of the craft was somewhat indistinct: in parts it had a greenish tinge, elsewhere blue, the combined effect being that of metallic iridescence.
The witness was invited to enter the lift-shaft, which descended. As it did so, he struck the wall with his knuckles. This caused a metallic sound Once on the ground, the Córdoban asked the being, in sign language, how the craft managed to remain suspended. The being responded by passing the palm of one hand flat over the other — a gesture which meant nothing to the witness.
The motorcycle was examined closely by the being, who indicated that it would not start while the craft was present. Finally, the visitor turned to the Córdoban, placed a hand on his shoulder in a farewell gesture, then went back inside the craft via the lift-shaft. Shortly afterwards, the craft took off, heading in a northwesterly direction. There were several sightings of what was presumably the same craft that morning.
It is unfortunate that the newspaper which reported this story did not mention the name of the witness; but that omission may have been stipulated by the motorcyclist. The story itself seems convincing, if only because of the technical details, which closely correspond with those of many similar encounters.
Oscar Galindez, the Argentine investigator who supplied the original report, believed (together with many of his countrymen) that there were UFO bases in the Andes, the most probable locations being in the high mountains around Salta (northwest Argentina) and the Puna de Atacama, a desolate area to the west of Salta.
AN ALIEN BASE IN ARGENTINA?
In August 1957 an Argentine newspaper published an extraordinary story, supplied by an Air Force guard who reported an encounter with extraterrestrials on 20 August. The following, translated by Gordon Creighton, appeared under the headline ‘UFO Base near Salta’: Two days ago, at Quilino (Province of Cordoba), an aircraft made a forced landing. Air Force personnel were sent to guard the machine, and they installed themselves in a tent nearby. One of the Air Force men was on guard, while the other two went to a store several kilometres distant to get supplies.
Suddenly, the man on guard — whose name we omit for reasons that are obvious — was aware of a strange humming sound. This was so persistent that he went out of the tent, but on looking around he could see nothing that was out of the ordinary. He went back inside the tent, and once again he heard the hum; this time it was loud and high-pitched. He stepped outside once more, and to his astonishment he saw a disc-shaped machine suspended at a height of some 90 metres from the ground. The strange machine descended slowly until it was only a few metres from the ground. The grass and plants became violently agitated beneath the craft. Alarmed at the sight, the serviceman tried to draw his revolver, but was unable to do so; the revolver appeared to be stuck in the holster, perhaps through some influence from the machine.
The next thing he knew was that a clear soft voice was speaking to him from the machine. He was told not to be afraid; that they were there in order to make the world aware of the existence of the ‘interplanetary ships’. The voice also told him that they, the occupants of the interplanetary ships, had set up a special base or station in the province of Salta, and that from this base their crews would go forth to establish peaceful contact with Earthmen. The voice said furthermore that their aim was to help us, for the wrong use of atomic energy threatened to destroy us. Finally, before departing, the voice assured him that very soon the rest of the world would know even more about them.
Then the bushes began to blow to and fro, and the craft rose vertically to a height of some 40 or 50 metres, before moving off towards the north