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UFOs IN JUJUY (PART 3)

We did not expect much impact from the population, as we were told that locals would not likely participate in public events. That's why the surprise was great when the hotel lounge was filled by more than a hundred people.

As we showed images of lights and commented on their features and possible explanations, interest has been growing, and before starting the conference, a large group of full-time students was in the living room, with almost half of them standing, listening silently and attentively to what we said.

After the faint light of the video, and during the speeches, people nod a clear gesture to recognize the purpose of a study, a familiarity that now raised our interest in hearinf their own experiences.

After the presentation of the materials present, a long discussion started, not without showing shyness, but ultimately reaching a mood of mutual trust that helped then to report their experiences to us.

One of the most interesting may have been that of young Dina Angulo about her grandfather's experience in 1930 in Bolivia, not far from Villazon.

It was spring of this distant year. His grandfather, about 30 years old, lived in an isolated position between the mountains, near the community of Tupiza. He had walked the trails to find their animals and some slaughter, but since it was time for snowmelt in the mountains the rivers grew disproportionately and he had to spend the night outdoors. In his youth, he was a wandering man and spent the night with the security of [baquiana?].

But little was his experience for what he would finally live that day. Accompanied by his faithful dog, he looked for a place to rest and leave the next morning for a safer course. The night was cold and the few animals like donkeys and goats gathered near their refuge.

Suddenly, a powerful light illuminated the entire landscape. It was so strong that its remended him of a sunny day; almost nothing could be distinguished. Immediately, his dog, visibly agitated, stood beside him. Without knowing what to do, the man sought every corner in search of a hiding place. He ran to low trees and hid there in fear.

The source of this powerful luminescence came, maybe about 10 or 20 meters, but it was impossible to distinguish its origin or the shape of the object projecting it.

Durng a time that cannot be estimated, the man remained there, seeing how the light embraced all that existed while the donkeys and other animals fled in all directions.

At one time, the light decreased in intensity, allowing him to see more clearly what was happening before him.

Within 20 meters of his fragile hiding place, four humanoid characters moved vertically across the field. Their movements were agile, hyperkinetic and they made long jumps, very high above the ground. The figures could hardly be distinguished, but they looked like little men, confuse because of the clarity of the environment.

During all of the event, Dina's grandfather dis not remember any particular sounds. He was overwhelmed by fear and offered no other details than those described. What he kept fresh in her memory is that suddenly the intense light was gone, the beings disappearing with it. Dina specified that her grandfather was deeply moved, two days later they found him in a state of strong agitation almost at the same place, and only over time he could retrieve from his memory the most important details of the experience.

The truth is that it changed the life of the man, says the woman, his grandfather ended up being devoted to the healing arts with plants and a growing intuition or clairvoyance experience since that night. Dina's grandfather died in the 98s, at the age of 102, and among the people of Tupiza who knew him, the experience was told many times. Apparently this whole region is frequented by luminous phenomena.

[... other cases...]

OVNIS EN JUJUY (3 PARTE)

No esperabamos una fuerte repercusion entre la gente ya que se nos habia dicho que los lugareños eran poco proclives a asistir a eventos publicos. Por eso la sorpresa fue grande cuando el salon del hotel se poblo de un numero mayor a las cien personas.

A medida que mostrabamos imagenes de luces y comentabamos sus caracteristicas y alternativas, el interes se hizo creciente, y al poco de iniciar la charla un nutrido grupo de estudiantes completo el salon, dejando a casi la mitad de las personas de pie, escuchando en silencio y con atencion lo que deciamos.

Tras la escasa luz del video, y durante las alocuciones, la gente asentia con la cabeza en claro gesto de reconocer el objeto de estudio, una familiaridad que ahora acrecentaba nuestro interes por saber de sus propias experiencias.

Al finalizar la presentacion de los materiales la concurrencia se quedo a un prolongado debate, no sin mostrar timidez, pero que al final de lograr un ambiente de mutua confianza permitio que nos brindaran sus vivencias.

Acaso una de las mas interesantes fue relatada por la joven Dina Angulo sobre la experiencia de su abuelo en 1930, en Bolivia, no muy lejos de Villazon.

Fue durante la primavera de ese lejano año. Su abuelo, que contaria con unos 30 años de edad, vivia en un puesto apartado entre las sierras, cerca de la comunidad de Tupiza. Habia recorrido los senderos para buscar sus animales y carnear algunos pero como era epoca de deshielos en las montañas los rios habian crecido desproporcionadamente y quedo asilado debiendo pernoctar en campo abierto. En su juventud era hombre andariego y transitaba la noche con seguridad baquiana.

Pero poca era su experiencia para lo que finalmente viviria esa jornada. Acompañado por su fiel perro busco un lugar para descansar y partir a la mañana siguiente por camino mas seguro. La noche estaba fria y los pocos animales que alli habia entre asnos y cabras se agrupaban cerca de su refugio.

Repentinamente una poderosa luz ilumino todo el paisaje. Tanta claridad no la recuerda ni el los dias muy soleados; casi no se podia distinguir nada. Inmediatamente su perro, visiblemente inquieto se puso a su lado. Sin sabe que hacer el hombre miro para todos los rincones en busca de un escondite. Corrio hasta unos arboles bajos y alli se oculto presa de miedo.

La fuente de tan poderosa luminiscencia provenia de arriba, tal vez unos 10 o 20 metros, pero era imposible distinguir su origen ni la forma del objeto que la proyectaba.

Un tiempo que no puede calcular, el hombre permanecio alli, viendo como la luz abrazaba toda cosa existente en tanto los burros y otros animales corrian espantados en todas direcciones.

En un momento dado la luz disminuyo su intensidad, permitiendo ver con mas nitidez lo que adelante suyo ocurria.

Alli, a no mas de 20 metros de su endeble escondite unas cuatro figuras humanoides se movian vertiginosamente por el campo. Sus desplazamientos eran agiles, hiperkineticos, y pegaban saltos prolongados, muy elevados del suelo. Las figuras apenas se podian distinguir pero semejaban a pequeños hombrecillos que se confundian con la claridad del ambiente.

De todo el suceso, el abuelo de Dina no recuerda sonidos especiales. Estaba dominado por el temor y no propone otros detalles que los descriptos. Lo que si mantiene fresco en su memoria es que depronto la intensa luz se desvanecio, perdiendose las figuras con ella. Refiere Dina a que su abuelo quedo profundamente conmovido, que dos dias despues lo encontraron presa de una aguda conmocion casi en el mismo lugar de los hechos, y que solo al paso del tiempo pudo rescatar de su memoria los detalles mas significativos de la experiencia.

Lo cierto es que la vida del hombre cambio, incluso relata la mujer que con el tiempo su abuelo se dedico a las artes de la sanacion con hierbas y que adjudico una creciente intuicion o ¨videncia¨ a la vivencia de aquella noche. El abuelo de Dina murio durante el 98, a la edad de 102 años, y entre los pobladores de Tupiza que lo conocian se aceptaba como cierta la vivencia tantas veces narrada. Aparentemente toda esa region es frecuentada por fenomenos luminosos.

[... autres cas]

1930, Spring

BOLIVIA, near Tupiza

[In English in the text] An interesting case from Bolivia was reported in "Gaceta OVNI," one of the highest-quality journals dealing with UFO phenomena published in Spain and Argentina. A young woman, Dina Angulo, told researchers about an experience that her grandfather had had in the Spring of 1930.

This man, who was thirty four years old at the time, lived in the mountains near the community of Tupiza. Accompanied by his trusty dog, he had been out searching for food in the evening but due to the recent thaw the rivers had grown much wider than usual, adding an element of risk to the task. He decided to give up the hunt until the next day and to look for the best place to camp down for the night. It was cold and the few animals that were near, donkeys and goats, huddled close to each other near his makeshift shelter.

Suddenly a powerful, blinding light lit up the whole landscape. The animals panicked and fled in all directions while the dog ran to his master's side. The man, meanwhile, had no idea what was going on but did not plan to hang around in the open and find out. He ran to a clump of low trees and hid there in fear, his dog beside him all the time. The light seemed to come from a point some ten or twenty meters above the ground but it was so bright that the man could not make out any source or aircraft overhead. After a while the light grew dimmer, allowing him to see what was happening just ahead. About twenty metres from his hiding place four humanoid figures were moving over the grass. Their movements were sprightly and they appeared to bounce or float as they travelled. It wasn't possible to see their faces because of the light but they looked like "little men." Then, just as suddenly as the light had come, it vanished. The beings were gone, too, and all that was left was the coldness of the night, the frightened animals and one terrified young man. Dina Angulo told that her grandfather's encounter was to have a profound effect on his behaviour from then on. In fact, he was found two days afterwards at almost the same spot, still in a state of shock and only after some time could he recall the most prominent details of the event.

The man suddenly became interested in a range of things that he hadn't paid too much attention to before. He devoted his free time to the study of herbal remedies and professed to have gained a degree of 'intuition' that he hadn't dreamt was possible. By the time of his death in 1998 at the age of 102, he had earned the respect of the people of Tupiza, among whom his story was well-known and often retold. ("OVNIs en Jujuy," Part 3, Gaceta OVNI, March 2001, published in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Pontevedra, Spain. On-line edition, http://eureka.ya.com/gacetaovni.) (thanks to Chris Aubeck)

Spring 1930 - Villazon, Potosi, Bolivia

Spring 1930 21:00

Villazon, Potosi, Bolivia

A local shepherd was out collecting his animals on a cold night when...

A local shepherd was out collecting his animals on a cold night when suddenly a bright light illuminated the area around him. His dog, apparently frightened ran to his side. The shepherd then hid behind some trees and watched as a brilliant object descended over the area. He watched as the different animals, sheep, donkeys, etc, ran in terror in different directions. The light began to dim and 20 meters away from his position he was able to see four human like figures that were moving over the fields at vertiginous speed. The figures made huge leaps that seemed to make them float in mid-air. The figures were human-like but smaller than a normal human. No other features could be distinguished. Suddenly the light vanished along with the figures. After the incidents the witness developed apparent psychic powers and was able to predict future events, he also became a very well-known local healer.

Hynek rating: CE3

Date: Spring 1930

Location: Near Villazon Bolivia

Time: night

Summary: A local shepherd was out collecting his animals on a cold night when suddenly a bright light illuminated the area around him. His dog, apparently frightened ran to his side. The shepherd then hid behind some trees and watched as a brilliant object descended over the area. He watched as the different animals, sheep, donkeys, etc, ran in terror in different directions. The light began to dim and 20 meters away from his position he was able to see four human like figures that were moving over the fields at vertiginous speed. The figures made huge leaps that seemed to make them float in mid-air. The figures were human-like but smaller than a normal human. No other features could be distinguished. Suddenly the light vanished along with the figures. After the incidents the witness developed apparent psychic powers and was able to predict future events, he also became a very well-known local healer.

Source: Gaceta Ovni

Spring 1930. Night.

VILLAZON (POTOSI : BOLIVIA)

Near Villazon on this cold night, a shepherd was rounding up his flock when the surroundings were illuminated by a bright light and his dog, frightened, ran to his side. The man hid behind trees as a brilliant object descended over the area, scattering the animals in all directions. As the light dimmed, he was able to see four small human like figures, moving over the fields at terrific speed, and making leaps as though they were floating in air. Suddenly the light and figures vanished. The witness became a local psychic, healer and prophet.

Rosales citing Gaceta Ovni March 1931 [sic]

Evaluation: Source unclear, another tale told decades after the event?