The Lost Five Days Of Corporal Armando Valdes
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Marcus Lowth
- August 18, 2018
- October 11, 2021
- 6 min read
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- UFOs, Close Encounters
The bizarre encounter of Chilean soldier, Corporal Armando Valdes in April 1977 is without doubt one of the most controversial UFO encounters to hail from the South American country. It is an incident fully acknowledged by the Chilean authorities, although the only official word offered by them was that the event was “unexplained”. Perhaps of more concern, those involved, including the main witness, was placed off-limits to anyone who wished to speak to them on orders directly from General Augusto Pinochet.
Corporal Armando Valdes
Decades later, further twists in the incident would surface which, like other UFO encounters, would take the incident into other fields of interest. While there are most certainly aspects of UF...
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Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer with a love for UFOs, aliens, and the Ancient Astronaut Theory, to the paranormal, general conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience.
Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. Marcus also regularly appears as an expert on radio talk shows including Troubled Minds and Unexplained Radio discussing these topics.
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Thanks for the extra information on this James. Yes, Jenny Randle is a fantastic researcher/investigator, and she could well have this detail correct. We have used the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization 1977 article as it was compiled immediately after the incident (July 77). However, should we revisit this case in the future (which I am sure we will) we will look to incorporate Randle’s information also.
Personally, since reading a book written years past entitled; The Bible and UFO’s, I have believed this entire phenom is an attempt by Satan to give humans the GREAT DELUSION spoken of in II THESS. Chapter 2. We are engaged in a spiritual battle with dark forces, a battle designed to cause a great falling away from a simple faith in Jesus Christ!
His men went looking for him after 15 minutes after the lights were gone !
He was no where to be found!
Then after another 20-30 minutes back at camp the men saw him stumbling back and he was sun burned red and dehydrated like he had no water for days and could not talk plainly !
Jenny Randles had the details correct on this !