Here is my quick, unpolished translation of the above-linked article.
UFOS during the Falklands War
In the majority of armed conflicts in the world, unidentified strange luminous objects have been seen in the skies of battlefields. This happened is the Second World War, in Iraq, in Vietnam, the Gulf War and also during the Falklands War. Very close to there, Río Gallegos was the scene of little-known strange events that really happened.
During the Second World War, strange luminous objects were observed following combat aircraft, especially during the Battle of Britain, closing for moments, as if they wanted to see what was happening close up, they were not-very-big spheres that, on occasion, crossed the cockpits of the planes. They were called Foo Fighters (ghost fighters) and the Allies thought that they were secret German weapons, and they in turn, thought the same, that they belonged to the enemy. But they did not belong to either side, this was proven when the conflict ended and that is how things were was left. The same happened in other wars at a worldwide level, they were there, observing what was happening from afar.
The Falkland Islands were no exception, during the armed conflict with the English in 1982, in the first days of combat, strange flying objects were seen, that moved slowly, flying not very high, by the islands, over the sea. This news was published by the newspaper Crónica in a box of a few lines, without giving it much importance.
But the most striking was the testimony of a soldier, taken in an exclusive by the Entre Ríos investigator Silvia Pérez Simondini, in around March 2006, concealing the true name of the soldier, for security reasons. She called him simply “Román” and being face to face with him, his authentic emotion when recalling the events, left no doubt about the truth of his striking account. “Between the 4th and 10th of April of 1982”, related the soldier, “We were undertaking a survey and providing security on the El Cóndor estate, in Río Gallegos, whose owner is Benetton, of the famous brand of pullovers, on Route 3 and measuring about four hectares more or less, and we were on alert because of the Falklands conflict.
At roughly 3 in the morning, we were sleeping on the watch, when we felt loud banging on the door, from the soldier outside on sentry duty, banging desperately, as if he had seen a monster or something. When we opened the door, a very strong light practically blinded us, like the lights of a football stadium, very strong and white. There was a lot of wind and it was snowing, but in the circle made by that light, there was no snow and the weather was apparently mild, in complete silence.
The other two soldiers that were outside, were engrossed looking at the sky, where there was a gigantic ship, with lights, it was oval and the lights came from the sides. Those (soldiers) inside went running out and we all stood looking at it for about 15 minutes. It did not frighten us, we felt a kind of peace and calm. At a certain moment, it made a very gentle movement and disappeared between the hills at great velocity in a few seconds, the wind and the snow returned. That was surprising to us. We stood looking at each other, as if frightened, but we kept quiet about what we had experienced.”
A Spectacular Event
“The following morning”, continues the account, “an army helicopter appeared with military personnel and they did not appear Argentinian, I thought they were Americans, they gathered us all together and then they took us to a room of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment 24, where they took away all our weapons and equipment that we had, leaving us only with T-shirts, work trousers and boots without laces. After an hour and a half they took us to another room, to one side, a little bit bigger and they started to tell to us that what we had seen could have been a new British weapon or something like that. That did not agree with what we thought, we believed that it was something unnatural, that was not from Earth, but they prohibited us from talking about it. Afterwards they took us to a bigger place, like a shed, where we met a larger group of NCOs and soldiers.
Among them was a sergeant that I had met previously, I recognised him by sight and had had a few short conversations with him. He was a very energetic and tough man, mature in his decision-making. When I saw him, he was completely broken, as if lost, I went up to him and asked him what had happened to them. It turned out that when we saw the ship flying over the hills, it followed Route 3, they saw the light come over them and blind them, in a second they closed their eyes and when they opened them they were 3km away, all the soldiers scattered on the ground, as if they had been violently shaken. Imagine, everyone in an army lorry, sat in the back and suddenly they appear, after seeing the light, thrown in the middle of a field. The soldiers disappeared for a few seconds.
There were two lorries and one YPF (oil company) lorry, that also appeared 3km away, with its driver in a state of shock. They had gone through a different experience from ours, much more shocking. They were also told not to say anything. After that, the Army Command divided us into different places during the Falklands Conflict. Those of us who witnessed this incredible experience never saw each other again. We do not know who survived and who died. I am telling this on 14th January 2006, because I decided to talk about it to investigators, people who know about the subject and it will help me to share this, which was a real event. There are things that happen in the world that are concealed, because of fear or ignorance. It is time to relate them, not carry on hiding them because of who knows what dark interests. Many thanks.”
This is the tremendous testimony of a Falklands soldier, who not only survived the calamity of war, but also the fact that he could not even relate the incredible experience that these Argentinian soldiers lived through and that they had to bear and not speak of it, but that today, thanks to the courage of this ex-combatant, we can share, as was his wish.
