Badajoz UFO Incident

At the dawn of November 12, 1976, at the Base Aérea de Talavera la Real (Talavera la Real Air Base), located in the province of Badajoz, Spain, two soldiers, José María Trejo and Juan Carrizosa Luján, claimed to have seen and shot at a being of unknown origin.

Both were patrolling the fuel storage area. At 1:45am they were about 60 meters away from each other, when they heard a noise similar to radio interference. Suddenly, the noise became an acute whistle that lasted 5 minutes. When realizing that the noise was close to him, José asked his comrade to follow him on a rigorous inspection across the area, fearing sabotage.

When more than 5 minutes had passed, the whistle ceased. Soon after it, they sighted an intense bright light in the sky, that lasted 15 seconds. Another guard arrived with a guard dog.

Together, they moved all over the area, which contained fuel storage tanks for jet aircraft. When they arrived at a certain point, they felt a whirlwind. Soon they heard the sound of eucalyptus twigs being broken. They freed their dog, which rushed towards the point where the sound of breaking twigs came from. Soon the dog returned sick. The soldiers urged the dog to return to the point several times, each time with the same result. So, the dog started to walk in circles around the three soldiers (a technique taught to the guard dogs, meant to protect their handlers).

Trejo looked briefly to his left and saw a green light in a human shape. The object or being was very tall, about 3 meters. It seemed to be formed of small light points, and the brightness was more intense along its edges. The head was small and covered by something resembling a helmet. The arms were very long and were crossed. There was no sight of either hands or feet.

Trejo fell down at his knees and fainted, which offered his friends the chance to open fire on the creature. About 40-50 bullets were fired, and as the being was hit, its brightness became more intense and it disappeared.

While Trejo was being assisted, the same sound as before was heard, lasting 10-15 seconds.

Next morning, some 50 men searched the whole area. They discovered that there weren't any bullet casings of the shots fired by the soldiers, nor any holes where bullets were supposed to have struck the wall behind the creature. However, the Air Force concluded that the machine guns were indeed fired.

Up to present, there is no answer as to what the soldiers had fought with. But most people involved in the case agree that it was something involving extraterrestrials.

References

* [http://www.ala23.com/Imagenes/Fotos/Base/PlantaByN.gifBase Aéria de Talavera la Real seen from above]
* [http://jjbenitez.mundomisterioso.com/articulos/b07.htm Badajoz UFO Incident at JJBenitez's mundo misterioso] Es icon