UFO Case Report:

Huge ship and three smaller craft seen by salesman in Spain

Date: March 20, 1974
Location: Castillo de las Guardas, Spain

A pocketbook salesman, Adrian Sanchez Sanchez, was making the rounds of his customers, when he encountered an airship of gigantic proportions, which he calculated to be between 150 and 200 metres long. "I noticed how a large door opened in the tail end of the ship and how a formation of three smaller ships, in the shape of yo-yos, approximately 8 metres long, proceded to enter the larger one; but the last one turned and came slowly towards me."

Top: Sr. Sanchez's drawing of a huge air ship he claims to have sighted. Bottom: One of the small craft said to have entered the larger one. (FSR)

Classification & Features

Type of Case/Report: StandardCase
Hynek Classification: DD
Special Features/Characteristics: Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch

Full Report / Article

Source: Eileen Buckle, FSR Vol. 20 No. 3

"Spanish UFO Fiesta"
by Eileen Buckle

[excerpt from article]

Salesman's encounter

A pocketbook salesman, Adrian Sanchez Sanchez, also got a fright, and this is how he described his experience in the vicinity of the township of Castillo de las Guardas, Province of Seville, in a letter to Sr. Guerard:

"On March 20, between 11.00 and 11.15 a.m., as I was making the rounds of my customers, I saw an object fall from the sky. I couldn't tell what it was but thought that it might be an aeroplane crashing to the ground. I ran to help the possible victims and found an airship of gigantic proportions, which I calculate to have measured between 150 and 200 metres long. I was surprised but not frightened and did not realise at that moment what I had actually seen. I noticed how a large door opened in the tail end of the ship and how a formation of three smaller ships, in the shape of yo-yos, approximately 8 metres long, proceded to enter the larger one; but the last one turned and came slowly towards me. At this, I turned on my heels and ran quickly to my car and drove off, and was followed by this smaller ship, at intervals, for a distance of 15 kilometres. It then disappeared at an extremely high speed without making any sound at all. These ships were of a colour that looked like aluminium, gave off no lights or noises, and this is about all I can tell you, except that, just seeing it quickly and under these conditions, I did not notice anything that appeared to be windows or openings that might serve as doors." Sr. Guerard points out that the witness reported the incident to the "Guardia Civil," and no man with a good business reputation and a family would dare make fools of this branch of the Spanish Police.

Case ID: 599 edit: 599

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