Person
Mario Jahn Barrera
Chilean Air Force officer who commanded Chile's Antarctic base Pedro Aguirre Cerda on Deception Island in 1965. On the record by radio to the Defense Ministry, quoted by AP, he described a colour-changing object that zigzagged and hovered for about 20 minutes on 3 July 1965: 'something real', not a star and, 'as an Air Force man', not an aircraft.
What Mario Jahn Barrera said (3 claims)
“On the evening of Saturday 3 July 1965 the commander of Chile's Antarctic base, Mario Jahn Barrera, saw an object that 'moved at amazing speed, manoeuvered quickly and gave off a blue green sheen'. It was 'yellowish red, changing to green, yellow and orange', zigzagged, then stopped, and his party w”firsthandSourced, unconfirmedDeception Island: two base commanders and an Argentine Navy communiqué (Antarctica, 1965)
“Jahn said it would be too much to say that 'all of us saw a flying saucer, one of these science fiction things', but 'it was something real'. 'I can say it was not a star, because its movement was rapid and continuous. As to being an aircraft, I do not think so. I am an Air Force man and from what I”firsthandSourced, unconfirmedDeception Island: two base commanders and an Argentine Navy communiqué (Antarctica, 1965)
“Jahn said a corporal at the Chilean base took colour photographs, but there were no facilities to develop the film, which had to wait some eight months for the relief ship to reach the mainland.”firsthandSourced, unconfirmedDeception Island: two base commanders and an Argentine Navy communiqué (Antarctica, 1965)