Andorra is a small European principality nestled in the Pyrenées between France and Spain, mainly known as a getaway place for skiers.
The article underneath was published in the newspaper "El Periodic d'Andorra" on May 27, 2002. Several observation occurred recently in the principality, although no conclusion one way or the other has been made in Andorra apparently.
The interesting point is that the filmed UFO totally corresponds to a large number of sightings in France; which revealed to be those of a high altitude balloon (see here).
However it should be noted that one of the ufologists mentioned in the article at least, who I am in contact with, knows that this sighting is that of a high altitude balloon and investigates balloons cases knowingly.
An amateur cameraman will show the video taken on April 22, 2002. Specialists from different countries are interested in the phenomenon, which has been classified as an Unidentified Flying Object.
The luminous object seen over Andorra on the evening of April 22 has generated interest among some specialists who have examined the material to be presented by an amateur videographer, along with several still photos.
Many persons have seen the phenomenon and this newsroom had received reports on the daytime presence of strange lights in the area formed by Escaldes, la Massana and Ordino. The explanation routinely given is that the image shows the planetary alignment. Other explanations given mentioned the possibility of weather balloons, satellites, or the International Space Station.
Jesus Serrano, a resident of Escaldes who has spent many hours clarifying doubts, is the author of the video and a sequence of still photographs, which have been added to others such as the one taken by one of EL PERIODIC's photographers. The young man says that when he first saw the luminous object, he reached for his camcorder and filmed it for approximately one hour.
Both the trajectory of the object, as well as the change in color and shape, detract from the possibility of the planetary alignment [being the correct explanation]. The possibility of it being a satellite or space station was discarded after checking the time the sighting occurred, as Serrano has explained. Now research is aimed at verifying if France was conducting any type of experiment. The ufologists who have become interested in the case are, among others, Spanish researchers Ramon Navia and Carlos Gutierrez and Argentinean Miguel Angel Gonzales Pombo.
Photograph taken on April 22, 2002 in Andorra.
Translation Spanish-English © 2002. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology. Special Thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
