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the ufo abduction in bahia blanca

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argentina by charles lear argentina has

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had more than its share of cases

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involving people reporting finding

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themselves transported some while

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driving tens of kilometers to hundreds

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of kilometers after an encounter with

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the ufo from the city of bahia blanca

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comes a particularly bizarre tale the

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witness ended up in a hospital where he

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was reportedly examined by a multitude

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of medical doctors and psychiatrists

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there is a report on the case in the

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march 1975 apro bulletin and apro

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directors carl and jim lorenzen wrote

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about it in the updated version of their

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1967 book flying saucer occupants in the

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bulletin the writer very likely jim

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lorenzen who was acting director at the

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time thanks field investigator jorge r

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martinez of bihia blanca for giving

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april the information on the case

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according to the report on the morning

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of january 4th 1975 carlo alberto diaz

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28 was heading home after finishing a

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shift as a waiter at a private party he

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bought a newspaper and then caught a bus

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the stop where he got off was several

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blocks from his home so he took a

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shortcut through a desolate rail yard

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there was a sudden flash of white light

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that temporarily blinded him that he

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assumed was lightning he didn't hear any

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thunder and later described the light as

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broken when he regained his sight he

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became frightened and gutted in his head

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to run the rest of the way home when he

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went to do so he realized he was

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paralyzed diaz then heard a sound that

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he compared to the sound of wind and

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felt himself being pulled up into the

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air when he was about three meters up he

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lost consciousness when he came to he

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was inside what seemed to be a

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semi-transparent plastic sphere that he

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estimated was between two and a half to

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three meters in diameter the inside was

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an empty space and the light seemed to

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come from the walls diaz said that he

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was completely conscious at this point

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he was half kneeling half lying on his

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side underneath him were three holes

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about three centimeters in diameter

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through which some sort of gas was

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flowing diaz said he felt ill when he

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turned away from the hulls and got the

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idea that whatever the gas was it was

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keeping him conscious then according to

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the article diaz said three humanoids

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came sliding into the sphere they are

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described as being around 1.8 meters

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tall their heads were mossy green about

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half the size of a human head and they

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had no eyes ears nose or mouth they were

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hairless and their bodies were covered

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with a rubbery light cream-colored

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material their arms were straight but

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flexible and they had no hands they

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immediately started pulling tufts of

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hair from diaz's head and chest and they

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jumped up and down and waved their arms

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as if this gave them delight diaz

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struggled and then one creature held him

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as another creature continued pulling

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out hair and the remaining one watched

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diaz felt the softness of their bodies

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as they handled him and realized that

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they had suckers on their arms that

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enabled them to pull his hair out he

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also noted that he felt no pain as they

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did so he said they moved slowly but

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were strong and seemed tireless when

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they were done he lost consciousness

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when he came to several hours later he

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was lying in the grass and had to close

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his eyes because the sun was high and

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shining directly in them he became aware

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that he was next to a busy highway he

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looked at his watch and it had stopped

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at 3 50 a.m which was the time just

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before his experience began the highway

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was 30 meters away a man driving by

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thought diaz had been hit by a car and

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he stopped diaz told the man what had

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happened and the man drove him to

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railway hospital 35 minutes away where

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they arrived at 8 30 a.m this was in

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buenos aires which is set in the

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bulletin to be 785 kilometers north of

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biablanca whereas google maps shows the

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distance to be

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635.5 kilometers when diaz became aware

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of the time he became convinced that

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he'd had an experience with

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extraterrestrials in their craft at the

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end of the article it is emphasized that

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the investigation is ongoing and that

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any new information will be presented in

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the follow-up column in the august 1977

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bulletin there is an article headline

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carlo alberto diaz was a hoaxer the

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authors are listed as roberto enrique

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banks and richard w hayden bonce is

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described as having investigated the

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case on behalf of the centro de studios

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de phenomenons erios insulas of buenos

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aires according to the authors box

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investigation showed that diaz's account

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was a hoax because the events he

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described could not have occurred as the

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witness claimed they summarized the case

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and their summary differs from

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martinez's report in martinez's report

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diaz was taken by a passing motorist to

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the railway hospital where he arrived at

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8 30 a.m and later no specific time was

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given in the bulletin went to ferrovial

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hospital where he stayed for four days

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diaz's wife and relatives were said to

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have arrived at midnight in the summary

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from bogs and heidemann diaz came 2 at 3

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pm hitchhiked to railway hospital and

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arrived at 4 15. the authors

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acknowledged that their version differs

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from the earlier version and note that

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several versions had been published the

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problem the authors have is with the

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timeline which in diaz's account makes

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it seem impossible that he could have

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traveled the distance that he did in the

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time given they surmised that he could

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have caught a train of buenos aires that

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left bahia blanca at 6 15 a.m according

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to them the records of the guard at

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railway hospital showed that diaz

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arrived at 5 30 p.m which differs from

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both accounts and is certainly much

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later than the 8 30 am given in

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martinez's account the results of diaz's

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psychological assessments are offered

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seemingly in violation of ethical

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standards as further evidence that diaz

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made up the story according to the

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authors it was found that diaz had a

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rich imagination quick intelligence but

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without depth inclination to exaggerate

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good memory occasional use of poor

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judgment and maladjusted personality

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while apro did its due diligence in

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publishing the follow-up report the case

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still stands in flying saucer occupants

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as originally reported to lead

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unfortunate less than diligent

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researchers astray in their search for

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so