WASHINGTON—A fighter pilot in the Peruvian Air Force for 25 years,
Col. Oscar Santa Maria Huerta, was no novice when he took aim at a
threatening balloon-shaped object hovering above his airbase at
Arequipa, Peru.
“I approached within shooting range and shot around sixty 30mm shells
at the balloon” he said through a translator, “It had no effect at
all.”
One of those bullets would have blown up a truck, he said, but the
shots he fired did not even make a dent. The object “seemed to absorb
the shots,” he said describing the UFO encounter.
Huerta was one of six representatives from Latin American countries
speaking at the Congressional-style hearing on UFOs being held this week
at the National Press Club.
During his testimony on May 2, he described the events as they
unfolded of what would become one of the most memorable days in his
life. It began at the La Joya Air Base at Arequipa, Peru around 7:15
a.m., April 11, 1980. There were around 1,800 men on the base that day
and a number of Sukhoi 22 fighter jets.
The jets were put on standby for a strange ball shaped object that
floated stationary in the sky around 1,800 feet above the ground and
approximately 3 miles away. Huerta was sent up to take care of it.
There was sensitive military material at the base at that time and
they were concerned the balloon might have been some form of espionage,
Huerta explained.
The pilot said he flew straight at the object shooting as he went,
but to no effect. When the object began to ascend, he followed it until
around 50 miles from the base, the balloon quickly stopped, forcing
Huerto to veer suddenly out of its way.
“I decided to ascend quickly and get in an attack position
vertically, but I was not able to get it in my sights to fire,” he said.
The jet and the craft continued in a game of cat and mouse, flying high
over the surrounding area. Twice Huerta had it in lock to fire and each
time the craft would move, quickly rising to become level with the
jet.
Huerta kept moving up higher and higher until he got to around 63,000
ft. That was when the craft came close enough for him to see what he
was dealing with. It was about 30 feet in diameter; the balloon-shaped
craft had an enameled, cream-colored dome and a wide, circular silver
metallic base. The surface was smooth with no apparent antennae, no
wings, no exhaust and no visible means of propulsion.
At this point, Huerta started to realize that he was not dealing with
any type of spying device. Headed back to base, and running low on
fuel, he realized he was not dealing with anything he had ever seen
before.
The craft, he said, seemed to anticipate his every move, noting with relief, that it never retaliated.
“The total 22 minutes of maneuvers is clearly etched in my brain,” he
said, “I am convinced there is extraterritorial life. I will never
forget my experience.”
The unidentified craft was witnessed by everyone on the base as well,
Huerta said, and the event was registered by the U.S. Defense
Department. Huerta submitted a copy of the message sent from the U.S.
DOD.
The weeklong Citizen Hearing on Disclosure at the National Press Club
in Washington, April 29- May 3, is taking testimonies from
international researchers, former members of the military, and other
witnesses to extraterrestrial encounters. The aim of hearing is to
pressure the U.S. government to open its files on documented encounters
with extraterrestrial life and UFOs.
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