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Madre de Dios military encounters

1995 · Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru · PE · 1990s
Sourcing status: Disputed — this is a contested claim, not independently verified. Presented as a documented claim, not established fact.

A series of reports by Peruvian Air Force personnel and Amazonian civilians of disc-shaped craft over the Madre de Dios region, including a 1995 jet-intercept attempt by FAP officer Oscar Santa María Huertas, who has spoken publicly about the engagement.

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latin-america, military, aviation, contested

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