ANOMALY
ARCHIVE / 001
← ENCOUNTERS DIRECTORY
E-006520LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%

Ali R. Diaz Angel Falls Color-Film Case

December 21, 1962Angel Falls, Bolívar, Venezuela

Tourist Ali R. Diaz filmed a bright object rising from the base of a mountain while recording Angel Falls from an aircraft; Hall notes that landscape references made the film potentially useful for analysis.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→Official Investigations & Programs(P-000105)→
Claims are displayed with the source wording, locator, relationship and verification state. Competing claims remain separate rather than being averaged into a single answer.
SOURCE COMPARISON

Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

HOW TO READ THIS →
CLAIM-693140reported
“Tourist Ali R. Diaz filmed a bright object rising from the base of a mountain while recording Angel Falls from an aircraft; Hall notes that landscape references made the film potentially useful for analysis.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Photographs: Ali R. Diaz Angel Falls Color-Film Case; uploaded PDF pp. 183-184
SUPPORTS
CLAIM-695075reported
“Section X revisits Ali R. Diaz’s Angel Falls film and says NICAP obtained the original film for analysis after local investigators interviewed Diaz.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Angel Falls film recap; uploaded PDF pp. 233-233
SUPPORTS
Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.
SOURCE COMPARISON

Encounter · Investigation Source Caveat

HOW TO READ THIS →
CLAIM-693141reported
“Historical color-film case with contextual landmarks. Hall’s strongest table rating is retained as source metadata, while analysis was incomplete at publication.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Photographs: evidential caveat for Ali R. Diaz Angel Falls Color-Film Case; uploaded PDF pp. 183-184
SUPPORTS
SOURCE COMPARISON

Hall Photographic Evidence Dossier · Hall Phase 05 Special-Evidence Analysis

HOW TO READ THIS →
CLAIM-693009reported
“Hall’s photographic table contains 64 cases and uses explicit ratings: strongest (*), potentially strong ((*)), worth analysis/context (#), dubious/negative (X), and incomplete (Inc), alongside film-data/status codes.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Photographic catalogue and rating key; uploaded PDF pp. 157-160
SUPPORTS
SOURCE COMPARISON

Hall Latin America Foreign Reports Dossier · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

HOW TO READ THIS →
CLAIM-695004reported
“Hall contrasts Argentina and Brazil with the United States, characterizing their treatment of UFO reports as comparatively open and citing military/civilian investigation activity.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Argentina and Brazil official-attitude survey; uploaded PDF pp. 229-232
SUPPORTS
CLAIM-695005reported
“Hall quotes an Argentine investigation conclusion that testimony of naval aviation personnel indicated the existence of an abnormal luminous phenomenon during the 1962 wave.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Argentine Navy investigation statement; uploaded PDF pp. 229-229
SUPPORTS
CLAIM-695006disputed
“Hall presents a 1959 Brazilian Embassy letter dismissing UFO reports while also describing serious investigation and open reporting within Brazil.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Brazil domestic-investigation versus embassy-letter contrast; uploaded PDF pp. 231-232
SUPPORTS
Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.