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Lima Highway Hovering Object and Vehicle Failures

January 30, 1958Highway near Lima, Lima, Peru

A lawyer and his wife reported a circular object hovering over a highway; as vehicles passed beneath, lights or engines reportedly failed, and bus passengers were said to feel an electric shock.

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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-695036reported
“A lawyer and his wife reported a circular object hovering over a highway; as vehicles passed beneath, lights or engines reportedly failed, and bus passengers were said to feel an electric shock.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Lima Highway Hovering Object and Vehicle Failures narrative; 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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Lima Highway Multi-Vehicle Electrical Effects (1958) · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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CLAIM-695037reported
“Hall cites El Universal. Multiple vehicles and witnesses are mentioned, but the electrical effects are not supported here by original technical records.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Lima Highway Multi-Vehicle Electrical Effects (1958) source description; uploaded PDF pp. 232-232
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