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Carlos Rodriguez San Carlos Heat Encounter

May 5, 1958Near San Carlos / Capitan Curbelo Naval Air Base, Maldonado, Uruguay

Pilot Carlos A. Rodriguez reported a brilliant top-shaped object stopping an estimated 2,000 meters away, rocking twice, then remaining close enough that he felt intense heat in the cockpit before it accelerated toward the sea.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Disc / Saucer(C-000253)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→Official Investigations & Programs(P-000105)→
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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-695038reported
“Pilot Carlos A. Rodriguez reported a brilliant top-shaped object stopping an estimated 2,000 meters away, rocking twice, then remaining close enough that he felt intense heat in the cockpit before it accelerated toward the sea.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Carlos Rodriguez San Carlos Heat Encounter narrative; uploaded PDF pp. 232-232
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San Carlos Top-Shaped Heat Object (1958) · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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CLAIM-695039reported
“Hall says the object was symmetrical above and below and left a thin vapor trail. Distance and heat are witness estimates/experience rather than instrument measurements.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · San Carlos Top-Shaped Heat Object (1958) source description; uploaded PDF pp. 232-232
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Hall Foreign Reports Dossier · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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CLAIM-695001reported
“Hall introduces Section X as a survey intended to show that UFO reports, official investigations and private study groups were international rather than uniquely American.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Section X introduction and survey framing; uploaded PDF pp. 226-226
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Hall Latin America Foreign Reports Dossier · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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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
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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
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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
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