Which agency produced Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991)?

Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991) is a primary-source record from Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa. Its original classification was CONFIDENCIAL.

What programs and topics appear in Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991)?

Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991) references EVA-4 (Escuadrón de Vigilancia Aérea N.º 4), MALEV (Mando Aéreo), MOA (Mando Operativo Aéreo), luminous sphere, silent object and right-hand circular flight.

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Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991)

Spanish Air Force expediente 910913 documenting a 13 September 1991 sighting of a luminous spherical object circling the EVA-4 Rosas radar station, declassified at Torrejón on 20 February 1996.

Brief

At 04:12 on 13 September 1991, the Commander of the Security Guard at Escuadrón de Vigilancia Aérea N.º 4 (Rosas, Gerona) observed a silent luminous body making right-hand turns over the main building of the installation. The witness described a spherical object roughly five meters in radius at approximately 150 meters altitude, executing 200-meter-radius turns, visible for five to six minutes and confirmed by two additional guards. The SAS room operator reported no anomalous echoes or equipment malfunctions during the event. The Intelligence Officer of the MOA concluded on 20 February 1996 that no aspects warranted maintaining classified status, and the file was declassified.

Metadata

Agency: Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
Release: 1991-09-13
Type: PDF • .pdf
Length: 9 pages
Classification: CONFIDENCIAL
Programs: EVA-4 (Escuadrón de Vigilancia Aérea N.º 4), MALEV (Mando Aéreo), MOA (Mando Operativo Aéreo)
Tags: luminous sphere, silent object, right-hand circular flight, EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona, Spain, 1991, multiple witnesses, instantaneous disappearance

Key points

Event occurred at 04:12 on 13 September 1991 at EVA-4 Rosas (Gerona).p.2
Primary witness was the Comandante de la Guardia de Seguridad of EVA-4.p.2
Object described as spherical, approximately 5 meters in radius, at roughly 150 meters altitude, executing 200-meter-radius right turns in silence.p.2
Sighting lasted approximately 5 to 6 minutes and was witnessed by two additional guards.p.2
SAS room service operator reported no anomalous echoes or equipment malfunction during the event.p.2
File documents include the MALEV Estado Mayor cover oficio dated 25 September 1991 forwarding the report to the General Jefe del MOA.p.2
Intelligence Officer of the MOA assessed no aspects warranted maintaining classified status and proposed declassification on 20 February 1996 at Torrejón.p.3
The Commander's own statement describes a white brilliant object with a brighter central portion, circling once every 6 seconds, which vanished instantaneously when the Imaginaria recruit approached the exterior.p.9
The control de Subida soldier independently reported seeing a white circle circling the encampment.p.9

Verbatim

A_las 04:12 de la madrugada del dia 13 de septiembre de 1991 el Comandante de la .Guardia de Seguridad del EVA-4 observ6 un cuerpo luminoso que efectuaba circ;:ulos sabre el edificio principal del asentamiento.
p.2
El citado suboficial describia el objeto como esferico, de unos cinco metros de radio y se encontraba como a unos ciento cincuenta metros de altura realizando virajes a la derecha, de unos doscientos metros de radio.
p.2
No se oia ruido alguno. Pudo observar el suceso durante unos cinco o seis minutes.
p.2
El suceso fue observado asimismo par dos componentes de la guardia.
p.2
No se aprecian aspectos que hagan aconsejable mantener la condici6n de "MATERIA CLASIFICADA".
p.3
Informe que emite el Comandante de la Gua~dia de Seguridad · de los hechos acaecidos en la madrug a d~ dsl viern e s dia 13 de Seotiembre de 1.991.
p.9

Most interesting

The file is one of the last expedientes opened before Air Chief Marshal Á. Cabaleiro launched the formal Spanish Air Force declassification programme in 1992.
The Commander estimated the object completed one full circle every 6 seconds around the EVA-4 installation.
When a third witness (the Imaginaria recruit) approached the exterior to observe, the object vanished instantaneously.
An independent fourth witness, the control de Subida soldier, separately reported a white circle circling the encampment.
The SAS (Sala SAS) radar room operator on duty reported no anomalous echoes or equipment malfunctions during the five-to-six-minute event.
Declassification was formally recorded at Torrejón on 20 February 1996, nearly four and a half years after the sighting.

Cross-references

PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en EVA-5 Aitana, Alicante (24 April 1986)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en Canarias (22 June 1976)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en Canarias (5 March 1979)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en Menorca (24 October 1978)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en Canarias (24 November 1974)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFNormativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en Bardenas Reales, Navarra (2 January 1975)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en Canarias (22 May 1980)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa

Common questions

What is Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991)?: Spanish Air Force expediente 910913 documenting a 13 September 1991 sighting of a luminous spherical object circling the EVA-4 Rosas radar station, declassified at Torrejón on 20 February 1996.
What does Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991) reveal?: Event occurred at 04:12 on 13 September 1991 at EVA-4 Rosas (Gerona). Primary witness was the Comandante de la Guardia de Seguridad of EVA-4. Object described as spherical, approximately 5 meters in radius, at roughly 150 meters altitude, executing 200-meter-radius right turns in silence.
Which agency produced Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991)?: Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991) is a primary-source record from Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa. Its original classification was CONFIDENCIAL.
When is Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991) dated?: Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991) is dated 1991-09-13. It was declassified 1996-02-20.
What programs and topics appear in Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991)?: Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991) references EVA-4 (Escuadrón de Vigilancia Aérea N.º 4), MALEV (Mando Aéreo), MOA (Mando Operativo Aéreo), luminous sphere, silent object and right-hand circular flight.
What does Expediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991) say, in its own words?: "A_las 04:12 de la madrugada del dia 13 de septiembre de 1991 el Comandante de la .Guardia de Seguridad del EVA-4 observ6 un cuerpo luminoso que efectuaba circ;:ulos sabre el edificio principal del asentamiento." (source p. 2).

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