Chile · 25 April 1977

Pampa Lluscuma, 1977

Reported

Eight soldiers on a night detail, one of whom is said to have vanished for fifteen minutes and returned with several days' beard growth and a digital calendar reading five days ahead.

Where

Pampa Lluscuma, ~5km from Putre, Arica y Parinacota

When

25 April 1977

Who reported it

8 Chilean Army personnel of the Regimiento Huamachuco

Entities described

None reported

Handled as

INVESTIGATED / REJECTED

Evidence class

GOV-1

The record

An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.

UNVERIFIED

No document is attached yet. The retrieval is open work.

What is not settled

RETRACTED. In 2013 the central witness dismantled it himself, saying he had walked away to urinate and frightened conscripts built the rest. The unit was minding regiment horses, not patrolling. No Army paperwork released. NOTE: no occupant was ever described by any of the eight; popular illustration of this case is imported.

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