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Manises UFO Incident

DATE11 Nov 1979
LOCAL TIME11:45 PM
LOCATIONManises, Valencia, Spain
COORDINATES40.69°N, 3.35°W

A commercial aircraft carrying 109 passengers made an emergency landing after the crew observed red lights on a collision course. A Mirage F-1 fighter was scrambled; the pilot reported radar contact before the object accelerated away. The only Spanish commercial flight diverted due to a UFO.

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SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Ground / airborne radar track
Physical site inspection report
Archived investigative case file