UFO Sighting in the Canary Islands on March 5, 1979

Summary

On March 5, 1979, the Canary Islands witnessed an unusual aerial phenomenon that caught the attention of thousands of people. This event, documented in a declassified report from the Spanish Air Force, describes a luminous object that appeared during sunset, leaving a red trail and ascending at high speed. Witnesses reported an iridescent cloud of large size, followed by a silver object with varying shapes, from spheres to projectiles, moving in a spiral and then ascending vertically. The resulting trail illuminated the sky even after sunset, causing amazement among observers in the Canary Islands and parts of Africa. Despite numerous testimonies and recordings, military authorities found no evidence of unidentified aerial activity, suggesting it could have been a missile launch or another non-UFO event.

The report includes testimonies from over a hundred people, from pilots to civilians, and meteorological and radar analyses. Although the phenomenon was not definitively identified, it was concluded that it did not pose an aerial threat. The file was eventually declassified and archived without resolution.