Sourcing status: Disputed — this is a contested claim, not independently verified. Presented as a documented claim, not established fact.
Indigenous Otavalo villagers in Carabuela reported a daytime landed object and small humanoid figures on a hillside. The case was investigated locally by the Ecuadorian press and is one of the better-documented Andean landing claims of the 1970s.
Sources
press: El Comercio (Quito), 1979 coverage
book: Brookesmith, Peter. UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue (1995)