From: Scott Corrales <lornis1.nul>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 12:36:25 -0500
Fwd Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 12:04:02 -0500
Subject: Intense UFO Activity Amid Venezuelan Political


SOURCE: CIFAE (www.ovniaventura.com)
DATE: March 2, 2004

INTENSE UFO ACTIVITY AMID POLITICAL UNREST
by Hector Arturo Escalante

Venezuela's social and political situation remains tense.
Hundreds of people are demonstrating up to twice a month in the
capital city to publicly express their political ideals and
statements. Parallel to this conflictive situation it has been
possible to report UFO sightings.

Caracas, Venezuela. 2/26/04. While Venezuela's political future
is debated in the streets after manifestations and streetfights
between adversaries and supporters of the Hugo Chavez
government, a strange phenomenon, seemingly invisible before our
very eyes, has been manifesting itself in Venezuelan airspace.
This is the UFO phenomenon.

UFOs in the October 28, 2003 Uprising

As can be seen at www.ovniaventura.com, on October 23, 2003 it
was possible to photograph a UFO by pure chance in the skies of
Caracas. While nothing was seen at the time, the camera eye
managed to pick up a strange "something". It all happened at the
same time that groups opposed to the Venezuelan government were
meeting at squares, streets and avenues throughout the country
on other to collect signatures for a possible recall referendum
against President Chavez. As of that moment, all members of the
"OVNI Venezuela" group have been on alert in the face of
constant conflict and social unrest in Venezuela

UFOs During the January 23rd Celebrations

Two months later, a new chance photo of a UFO was taken during a
renewed and well-attended social demonstration in Caracas,
creating even further expectations as regards the phenomenon's
manifestations. The celebration was the 23rd of January, an
yearly holiday celebrated in the country since 1958 in
commemoration of the overthrow of the dictator Marcos Perez
Jimenez.

On this anniversary, a considerable group of Venezuelans
supporting the Chavez government marched through the main
streets fo Caracas to celebrate 46 years of democracy in
Venezuela. Their opponents marched as well in the suburbs of
eastern Caracas, but in this event, their goal was to alert the
population to the alleged hazads that democracy could be facing
under the Chavez Administration.

As is my custom, I took many photos of the sky, trying to locate
the line of sight over the disturbance area. I took care that
nothing strange should be going on around me (sic), aside to
what was going on at the time. When I took the first photos, the
time was between noon and one o'clock in the afternoon, and the
skies were partly cloudy. On this second opportunity another
"strange" thing was photographed: it was a dark, elongated
object over the western area of the city, not far from the
Miraflores presidential palace, an electric power station and
the Cagigal Observatory.

UFOs During the Mass Demonstration of February 4

Days went by and it was time for a new  and intense social
demonstration. For the third consecutive time it was possible
for me to obtain another UFO image. At the time, the political
situation was worsening with the arrival of the expected
official holiday of the 4th of February. The origin of this
holiday goes back to the morning hours of February 4,. 1992,
when a group of insurgents, led by Cmdr. Hugo Chavez, tried to
drive President Carlos Andres Perez from office after an
abortive coup d'etat. In this new image, the UFO appears to be
hovering over the central districts of the city, just as a
multitude of government supporters met in the La Rinconada
sector to pay tribute to those fallen during the attempted coup
and conmemorate Chavez's first participation in Venezuelan
politics.

When analyzed in detail we can see that this phenomenon, aside
from manifesting itself coincidentally at certain moments of
social stress, has certain visual similarities. When comparing
the November 28 photo with the February 4 one, it is possible to
see an almost exact location between the objects identified
therein, as though these had never moved or rather, giving the
impression that this was a strategic placmeent to carry out a
mission that requires their presence during said moments.
Surprising, isn't it? This is where the matter rests.

Images can be seen at www.ovniaventura.com

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Translation (C) 2004 Scott Corrales IHU
Special Thanks to CIFAE