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Concepcion–Asuncion Radar/Visual Aircraft-Pacing Encounter

June 8, 1991Concepcion–Asuncion air route, Concepcion / Central, Paraguay

Cessna pilot Cesar Escobar reported a brilliant oval object pacing his aircraft for roughly 25 minutes while radar personnel tracked an anomalous target. Hall also reports instrument anomalies, a visual confirmation from an air-traffic specialist, and a preceding encounter involving a LAP airliner.

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Encounter · Hall Volume II Encounter Claim

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CLAIM-951034reported
“Escobar reported a brilliant oval object pacing his Cessna for about 25 minutes, with radar control tracking an anomalous target and an air-traffic specialist later visually confirming the luminous object near the aircraft.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · June 8, 1991 Paraguay radar/visual case; uploaded PDF pp. 159-161
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CLAIM-951035reported
“Escobar reported his automatic direction finder and other instruments behaving abnormally when the object approached; Hall also records a LAP copilot confirming an earlier red-glowing oval-object encounter.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Paraguay instrument effects and LAP copilot confirmation; uploaded PDF pp. 160-161
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Hall Volume II Pilot and Aircrew Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Source Framework

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CLAIM-951003reported
“Hall argues that professional pilots are experienced observers of aircraft, balloons, weather, lights and aerial hazards, while noting that pilot reporting channels became more restrictive over the decades.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Pilot expertise and reporting context; uploaded PDF pp. 130-163 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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Hall Volume II Pilot and Aircrew Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Recurring Feature

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CLAIM-951004reported
“Section III’s chronology repeatedly describes pacing, close passes, abrupt acceleration, formation changes, radar correlation and occasional aircraft electromagnetic effects.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Aircraft encounter chronology and recurring patterns; uploaded PDF pp. 132-163 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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