October 17, 2004. Ufologist Rodrigo Fuenzalida to visit Valparaiso to conduct research. UFO experts will
arrive in Valaparaiso to study a series of claims involving UFOs in our region.
According to Andrés Rives, a UFO imagery expert and computer operator for a major local organization,
the image taken by photojournalist Manuel Aguirre "is not the reflection of some object. I dismiss the
possibility of any light effect or reflection. It is an independent source of light."
The expert said that we are facing something very strange and intriguing. "It appears to be a distant
nocturnal light (NL). Upon cleaning it with computer filters, the lights stand out. By manipulating the photo a
little, we realize that the object has a rhomboidal shape. Objects like this have been seen in Russia, Mexico
and the USA."
Interest in the photographs published by "El Mercurio de Valaparaiso" this week, showing an alleged UFO
in the hills, is still evidenced by ufologists. Christian Riffo, president of OVNIVISION, stated yesterday that
the images "were amazing" and that we were facing a major news story.
He said that research will continue on the photos obtained by photojournalist Manuel Aguirre in order to
discard any light effect or the accidental effect of the camera flash employed to photograph "the spaceship".
TVN's morning program--"Buenos dias a todos"--hosted Rodrigo Fuenzalida, sociologist and director of
the Ufological Investigations Group (AION, in Spanish), who presented this case to the country, arousing the
curiosity of the show's staff.
The expert stated that the alleged UFO is not a "light reflection" or the reflection of a luminous object. "In
conversation with the photo editor and the protagonist himself, the possibility of manipulation as part of a
hoax has been dismissed. However, the theory of a lens flare or a possible reflection of some source of
light was discussed."
"The problem," he continued, "arises when we search for luminous sources in a manner symmetrical to the
alleged UFO. But we beleive that the contribution of researching the site where the events occurred will
shed more definite light on this new ufological problem," said Fuenzalida at his website, www.aion.cl.
AION's leader shall travel to Valparaiso tomorrow with his team to investigate the event "on site".
The ufologist explained that engineers and designers with the GraphMedia corporation have made some
approximations to the phenomenon using computer filters, generating interesting data on the body in
question."
The sequence of filters created by engineer Miguel Cueto contribute some interesting information: they
show a body that does not resemble any of the structures that exist in the area.
INEXPLICATA
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
SOURCE: El Mercurio de Chile (www.mercuriovalpo.cl)
DATE: Friday, October 15, 2004
Translation (c) 2004. Scott Corrales. Special thanks to Liliana Núñez O