What does CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 reveal?

The CIAE was created on 4 April 2019 to organize, coordinate, and execute investigation and analysis of aerospace events of interest and report conclusions to the relevant agencies. The report covers 76 sighting reports received during 2020 that met the dual requirement of Testimonio + Evidencia (testimony plus evidence). All 76 analyzed cases were…

Which agency produced CIAE Informe de Casos 2020?

CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 is a primary-source record from Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) / Fuerza Aérea Argentina.

When is CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 dated?

CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 is dated 2021. It was disclosed 2021-01-01.

What programs and topics appear in CIAE Informe de Casos 2020?

CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 references Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE), Argentina, GEIPAN methodology, misidentification, Airbus A-320 and El Palomar.

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CIAE Informe de Casos 2020

Argentine Air Force CIAE annual case-resolution report for 2020, documenting 76 citizen sighting reports investigated by the Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial and concluding every case was generated by known ordinary causes.

Brief

The Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE), created April 4 2019 under the Fuerza Aérea Argentina and directed by Com. (R) Rubén Lianza, compiled 76 citizen sighting reports received during 2020 that met the Testimonio + Evidencia threshold. The report uses the GEIPAN (France) classification of Type A (definitively explained) and Type B (explained with foundation), applies Occam's Razor plus compositional/qualitative/technical analysis, and concludes the entire 76-case set was generated by honest but mistaken interpretations of ordinary objects. Sample Case Villa Club (5 January 2020, Hurlingham) reconstructs a luminous object near the Moon using Stellarium, Flightradar24, Google Earth 3D, and the IPACO software, matching the object to the three landing lights of an Airbus A-320 (Jet Smart flight JES-3427 from Mendoza) on final approach to runway 16 at El Palomar, with object-to-camera distances of 616 m (geometric) and 618.2 m (IPACO) converging within 0.36% error.

Metadata

Agency: Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) / Fuerza Aérea Argentina
Release: 2021-01-01
Type: PDF • .pdf
Length: 175 pages
Programs: Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE), GEIPAN
Tags: Argentina, CIAE, 2020, GEIPAN methodology, misidentification, Airbus A-320, El Palomar, photogrammetry, IPACO, Stellarium, Flightradar24

Key points

The CIAE was created on 4 April 2019 to organize, coordinate, and execute investigation and analysis of aerospace events of interest and report conclusions to the relevant agencies.p.2
The report covers 76 sighting reports received during 2020 that met the dual requirement of Testimonio + Evidencia (testimony plus evidence).p.2
All 76 analyzed cases were determined to have been generated by known ordinary causes, attributed to honest but mistaken interpretations of ordinary objects perceived as extraordinary by witnesses.p.2
CIAE adopts the French GEIPAN two-tier classification: Type A (definitively explained, irrefutable evidence) and Type B (explained with foundation, plausible hypothesis supported by real elements).p.2
Methodology begins with Occam's Razor (comparing evidence to known visual stimuli) followed by integrated compositional, qualitative, and technical analysis tailored to each genre (astronomical, satellite, biological, optical, aeronautical, etc.).p.2
Case Villa Club (5 January 2020) was resolved as a Type A case identifying the light source as the three landing lights of an Airbus A-320 of Jet Smart flight JES-3427 from Mendoza on final approach to runway 16 at El Palomar airport.p.14
Two independent distance calculations (geometric via Flightradar24 + Stellarium = 616 m; IPACO photogrammetry for a 4.50 m object at 0.417° angular size = 618.2 m) converged with only 2.2 m divergence, a 0.36% error margin.p.14
The signed report was presented by Director CIAE Com. (R) Rubén Lianza and approved by Brig. Fernando Luis Mengo, Secretario General del Estado Mayor General de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina.p.1
CIAE invites public refutation: if discrepancies arise, opponents are invited to present rebuttal elements at the office, and disagreements aired only on social media without confronting CIAE's analysis are not considered scientifically valid opposition.

Verbatim

El Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) fue creado el 4 de Abril de 2019 con la tarea de "Organizar, coordinar y ejecutar la investigación y análisis de eventos, actividades o elementos presentes u originados en el aeroespacio de interés; identificar sus causas e informar las conclusiones a los Organismos pertinentes que las requieran"
p.2
Los setenta y seis (76) casos listados más abajo han sido enumerados por orden de llegada y comprenden aquellas denuncias de avistamientos recibidas durante 2020 que han cumplido con los requisitos de: Testimonio + Evidencia.
p.2
Si bien se ha comprobado que la totalidad de los casos analizados fueron generados por causas de origen conocido, constituyen, sin embargo, testimonios muy valiosos desde el punto de vista investigativo
p.2
hemos clasificado sus conclusiones adoptando el mismo método que utiliza el Grupo GEIPAN de Francia, dividiéndolos en dos categorías: caso Tipo A (definitivamente explicado) cuando se encontraron evidencias absolutamente irrefutables y Tipo B (caso explicado con fundamento) cuando se identificaron elementos clave que, por su calidad y cantidad, apoyan fuertemente una hipótesis.
p.2
Cualquier opinión discrepante vertida en redes sociales o foros no académicos, sin confrontar en primer lugar con nuestros elementos de análisis, no será considerada una oposición científicamente válida.

Most interesting

CIAE explicitly models its methodology on France's GEIPAN, importing the Type A / Type B classification scheme rather than inventing a national taxonomy.
The agency motto on the cover reads COGNOSCERE CAUSAS, MYSTERIA SOLVIT (to know causes, to solve mysteries).
The Villa Club case demonstrates how CIAE combined four independent tools (Stellarium for the Moon's position, Flightradar24 for the Airbus A-320 track, Google Earth 3D for elevation geometry, and IPACO for photogrammetric distance) to converge on the same physical object.
CIAE measured the A-320 landing-light separation by overlaying the aircraft's fuselage width (3.95 m) from blueprints onto a photograph, deriving a 4.50 m separation between the two outer landing lights.
The 76 cases were filed citizen-side as a secondary service; CIAE's primary remit is operational information for higher military organisms.
Director Rubén Lianza explicitly invites adversarial review at the CIAE office and states he is willing to reopen any case if presented with more relevant counter-evidence.

Cross-references

PDFCIAE Informe de Casos 2022Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) / Fuerza Aérea Argentina
PDFCIAE Informe de Casos 2024Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) / Fuerza Aérea Argentina
PDFCIAE Informe de Casos 2023Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) / Fuerza Aérea Argentina
PDFCIAE Informe de Casos 2021Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) / Fuerza Aérea Argentina
PDFCIAE Informe de Resolución de Casos 2019

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Common questions

What is CIAE Informe de Casos 2020?: Argentine Air Force CIAE annual case-resolution report for 2020, documenting 76 citizen sighting reports investigated by the Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial and concluding every case was generated by known ordinary causes.
What does CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 reveal?: The CIAE was created on 4 April 2019 to organize, coordinate, and execute investigation and analysis of aerospace events of interest and report conclusions to the relevant agencies. The report covers 76 sighting reports received during 2020 that met the dual requirement of Testimonio + Evidencia (testimony plus evidence). All 76 analyzed cases were…
Which agency produced CIAE Informe de Casos 2020?: CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 is a primary-source record from Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) / Fuerza Aérea Argentina.
When is CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 dated?: CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 is dated 2021. It was disclosed 2021-01-01.
What programs and topics appear in CIAE Informe de Casos 2020?: CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 references Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE), Argentina, GEIPAN methodology, misidentification, Airbus A-320 and El Palomar.
What does CIAE Informe de Casos 2020 say, in its own words?: "El Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) fue creado el 4 de Abril de 2019 con la tarea de "Organizar, coordinar y ejecutar la investigación y análisis de eventos, actividades o elementos presentes u originados en el aeroespacio de interés; identificar sus causas e informar las conclusiones a los Organismos pertinentes que las requieran"" (source p. 2).

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