2019 · Jorge Chávez airport, Lima, Peru, over the sea near San Lorenzo Island
Lima airport: two objects on the tower's radar
Part ofThe closed airport
From the accounts: Lima's control tower logged apparently two UFOs over the sea near San Lorenzo Island on 27 February 2019, confirmed by two airline crews. · Illustration for uaptrail.com
When27 February 2019, about 01:30–02:12
WhereJorge Chávez airport, Lima, Peru, over the sea near San Lorenzo Island
Early on 27 February 2019 the control tower at Lima's airport saw what it logged as apparently two UFOs over the sea west of the field, one of them intermittently on radar, and two airline crews confirmed them by radio over about 40 minutes. A Peruvian Air Force general told CNN the event did happen and was under investigation, then told another paper he never said UFO.
How plausible · High
A control tower and two airline crews watched two objects for 40 minutes with intermittent radar; a Peruvian Air Force general confirmed the event, then walked back the word UFO.
- ●●Access Tower and two crews.
- ●●No gain sought Air traffic professionals.
- ●●Character record Controllers, airline crews, a general.
- ●●Independent convergence Tower and two crews.
- ●○Restraint "Apparently two UFOs."
- ●○Checkable details check out Press reports and the general's interview.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
Claims
The tower saw 'aparentemente dos OVNI' at about 9,000 ft; one showed intermittently on CORPAC radar; LAN Perú 2437 and LATAM Ecuador 1442 crews confirmed by radio, for about 40 minutes.secondhandSourced, unconfirmedLima tower and airline crews, via press reports
The event 'en efecto existió'.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedMayor General Robert Baxerias Vucanovich (Peruvian Air Force), to CNN en Español (June 2019)
'En ningún momento dije ovni.'firsthandSourced, unconfirmedBaxerias, to Perú21, quoted by El Tiempo
Where
Jorge Chávez airport, Lima, Peru, over the sea near San Lorenzo Island
12.1°S 77.2°W