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This is Spanish Air Force file 761119, released by the Ejército del Aire and declassified in 1994. It covers a luminous phenomenon seen over the Canary Islands on 19 November 1976 by the crew of the training ship Juan Sebastián Elcano, a T-12 aircraft carrying the Canary Islands Air Zone commander, a Spantax crew and witnesses in Guía near Gáldar. The file includes Informe 02/76 with 14 witness statements, radar and weather data, the investigating judge's proposal for a UFO study center, and airline reports of a bright dome over Málaga. The general's own view was that it was an unidentified optical phenomenon.
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# DESCLASIFICADO
DECLARACION NUM. 08
CLASIFICACION 2 $ ^{a} $ A
## A. - OBSERVADOR
1. - Nombre y Apellidos:
2. - Profesión: Marino de Guerra.
3. - Estado: Soltero.
4. - Natural de: El Ferrol del Caudillo.
5. - Empresa en que trabaja: Marina de Guerra. Buque "JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO"
6. - Categoría ó Empleo: Guardiamarina.
7. - Años de Servicio ó Experiencia: Dos.
8. - ¿Usaba gafas, lentís de contacto, graduadas ó de sol en el momento de la observación?: NO
B. - FECHA, HORA Y SITUACION METEOROLOGICA
1. - Fecha: 19-11-76
2. - Hora (Z): 19,10 Aproximadamente.
3.- Situación Meteorológica de la Zona (a ser posible incluir Meteo de la oficina Meteorológica): Cielo de cubierto y estrellado. Viento, Visibilidad buena, horizonte con algunas nubes; calma
W = 080° - 4 Kts.
Pa = 760 m.m.
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