UFOs
in Galicia The region of Galicia in northwestern Spain was the site of a massive UFO flap several years ago. This 1997 report from the FENIX Group is testimony to the thorough research conducted by UFO investigators during this saucer wave.
The
UFO wave remains in full force throughout the northern par to the country
and some very well documented cases are becoming known. ENIGMAS magazine
has visited the locations which have been in the news lately to present
new data regarding the strange visits being reported in certain parts of
Galicia, as told by the witnesses to this event. On
Thursday, February 20th, the village of Paradaseca (Orense), belonging to
the municipality of Chanderxa de Quiexa, found its usual peacefulness
disturbed by a strange visit. Local shepherd Heliodoro Núñez, 76, was the
hapless protagonist of an incident involving a number of 3 meter-tall
entities. "It was around
four in the afternoon, more or less, when I was with the herd in a
field located some three kilometers from the detour on the Chandrexa road,
along the Devesas River. Suddenly, the dogs started barking and staring at
a point behind me. At first I thought I might have to do with wolves, but
when I turned around and saw those tall, weird "things", I realized they
were no wolves..." On
the days following the event, members of La Coruña's Grupo Fenix visited
the scene. The aged witness assured them that he had been able to see with
great clarity two enormous beings looking over the hedges. They stood in
excess of three meters and [their heads] were covered by something similar
to a strange "mortarboard" or "luminous bishop's mitre". The whole--the
two beings, who were like "Siamese twins" and their curious
headgear--changed color in unison, acquiring various shades of red, blue,
yellow and green... "It
was otherworldly," stated Heliodoro Núñez, "and the fact is that I began
to pray when I saw the apparition." The fear this man experienced did not
go unnoticed by his closest relatives over the following days. Heliodoro's
wife told ENIGMAS that "he arrived home feeling very, very scared. He
prayed for a long time and spent two sleepless nights afterward, unable to
eat anything. I can't tell you what he saw, but it scared him very
much." Aside
from Heliodoro Núñez, our companions found another witness to this
spectacular event. Juan González González,42, a resident of Casteligo
(also in Chandrexa de Queixa municipality) claimed that on the very same
day and time, and at the same place where the humanoid encounter occurred,
he saw a deep red light motionless over the treetops. Given the distance
separating him from the man from Paradaseca, he was unable to see the "two
giants". He did confirm, however, that when he came across Heliodoro, the
man was "running with this goats in fear." Forty-eight hours later, Juan
González told Orense's La
Región newspaper: "At first I thought it was a fire, but no smoke rose
from it. I also thought it was a tractor, but it couldn't be. It could've
been a balloon, but it didn't move at all. I don't know what it was, but
it easily measured three meters." The
investigation is ongoing. Members of Grupo Fenix have found some
metallized spheres at the site which are being subjected to analysis to
identify their nature. Almost
simultaneously, Heliodoro Núñez's son began experiencing night terrors and
pronounced ocular irritation. It would seem that the 25 year old man
appeared in his parent's bedroom the night before, carrying a mattress and
fully ready to spend the night with them. According to his account, he was
afraid of sleeping in his room since "strange lights were appearing before
him." Newsflash! The
incident in Chandrexa de Queixa municipality is by no means the last one.
In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 15, a rhomboidal object was
filmed from the top of the A Espenuca hill in the town of Betanzos. The
object consisted of five and six lights, alternately. The aerial
phenomenon was caught on film at 04:13 hours while a group of youngsters
followed the progress of comet Hale-Bopp. A day later, at 19:00 hours, a
couple and their son were driving along the Alto de Sesta highway near
Abadín (Lugo), when they were able to see a spectacular celestial event
they compared to Fátima's "dance of the sun". The
Galician flap doesn't seem to have ended yet, as can be gleaned from these
cases. Contributing Editor Manuel Carballal gives us the following
information. "Ultima
Hora" (Newspaper), June 2, 1999 Four
Residents of Laxe Claim Having Seen a UFO for Over 2 Hours by
Cristina Viu -- Newsroom Around
eleven o'clock last night, Antonio Toja swept clean his bar in the port
town of Laxe while his wife María Elena and son Roberto viewed the last
chapter of Mareas Vivas on TVG.
He suddenly noticed a very bright light suspended in the sky. Although
startled, he proceeded with his task until half an hour later, during the
intermission of the televised broadcast, he remarked about the incident to
his family. They then reached for a pair of binoculars and realized that
the object was nothing "customary." Around
that time, they summoned a
neighbor, José Manuel Pato, president of the Yacht Club, to act as their
witness, because according to María Elena: "Whenever I saw these things on
TV I thought [the witnesses] were people suffering hallucinations." The
three men decided to venture to the graveyard in order to get a better
view of the object. The
sighting lasted two hours until the object moved downward and to the right
to shine with even greater intensity around 1:30 a.m.. The case has caused
a stir in Laxe and there were people scanning the skies
yesterday. No
Explanations or Confirmation The
sighting could not be confirmed by the control tower at Lavacolla Airport
nor by the Regional Maritime Rescue Center. Neither of these two agencies,
according to their spokespeople, had any information--whether directly or
indirectly--regarding a strange event on Monday night in the Laxe
area. The
A Coruña Meteorological Institute stated that no strange phenomena
occurred on Monday which could have been mistaken for a UFO, and did not
hazard any guesses. On the other hand, the astronomical observatory in
Santiago explained that no extraordinary events had been envisioned for
time, but ventured a hypothesis involving the planet Venus, which came
undone when the object's movements were explained to the investigator. In
any case, he advised that a sky watch should be kept over the following
days. In none of the cases did the parties consulted betray any surprise
while explaining the phenomenon allegedly seen at
Laxe. "Ultima
Hora" (Newspaper), June 5, 1999 "Living
Stars" Over Laxe On
Sunday night, they show X-Files on TV, but its more fun watching it live.
This can be done without any problems in Laxe, and it happened again last
Thursday. At first, only five or six people were involved. When things got
serious, all the cellular phones came alive as word spread throughout the
area. That's when things got started. Enthusiastic spectators (though not
all) followed the maneuvers of a luminous "signal" which appeared and
disappeared in the dark skies. Four local residents had seen it two days
earlier. There
were close encounters of the third kind in Laxe. Third, because people had
already met twice: the first time involved four residents, successfully;
the second was washed out due to the clouds and
rain. It
all started at 11:50 p.m. José Manuel Pato, president of the Laxe Yacht
Club; the four crewmen of an Irish merchant vessel, along with a couple of
residents and a journalist noticed that something funny was going on up
there. And,
what was it they saw? A
light-- similar in size and intensity to what three Venus-sized planets
could produce in their maximum evening glory--hung quietly in high above
the horizon. Nothing unusual up to this point. The problem, to give it a
name, is that the light suddenly dwindled in intensity until it remained a
mere point of light. Again, nothing unusual here, except that the light
began glowing again with renewed intensity...and this is really
unusual. The
most spectacular part of the event lasted barely twenty minutes, up to
12:10 a.m. more or less. The light decreased gradually in intensity and
began doing strange things in the measure that curiosity seekers reached
the top of the hill. The astronomical equation remained thus: plenty
people, little glow. And little faith. Cars
began arriving at the spot near the cemetery. One of them carried the cast
of Mareas Vivas with the
shellfish gatherer, the doctor and the clients of Petróleo's bar. "Doctor"
Carlos Blanco was in charge of livening up the proceedings; an incredulous
girl stated that [the light] was only an airplane. "Be quiet, Scully,"
Blanco told her, alluding to the skeptical agent in the X-Files. There was
no point in breaking up the mood, anyway. At another point, the actor indicated that the light could very well be an item of extraterrestrial political campaigning, such as "Vote for XTY of the M-35 Galaxy" or some such. The worst part is that the light became increasingly lazy and would not reappear, even when called upon to do so. And when it did appear, the shouts of:"Here, Hey! Over Here!" would, of course, make it turn off. At least it was captured on video--from where it can't get away. |