What Really Flies Over El Salvador?

What counts as a Salvadoran UFO case?

A UFO, or in newer official language a UAP, is not automatically an alien craft. It is an object or phenomenon that a witness, camera, radar system or investigator has not yet identified. NASA’s UAP study stresses that the subject needs rigorous evidence, better data collection and careful analysis, because many reports lack the information needed to verify distance, size, speed or origin. NASA also states plainly that there are no data supporting the idea that UAP are evidence of alien technologies, and that limited high-quality observations make scientific conclusions difficult. [NASA Science]science.nasa.govSource details in endnotes.

That distinction matters in El Salvador because the public record is mostly made of newspaper recollections, viral videos, interviews and local testimony rather than official, instrumented investigations. A glowing point over a volcano, a shape above a ridge, or a fast object in a cloudy sky can be a genuine report of something unidentified to the witness without becoming strong evidence of non-human technology. The best Salvadoran cases are therefore best ranked by documentation: whether there were multiple witnesses, contemporary press records, photographs or video, independent technical review, aviation context, weather context, and a plausible chain of custody for the evidence.

The national chronology is thin but revealing

El Salvador does not appear to have a large public UFO archive comparable to the United States’ Project Blue Book files or France’s GEIPAN-style reporting system. The available chronology is instead a patchwork: older press reports, later historical retrospectives, enthusiast accounts and social-media cases. That patchiness is itself important. It means the country’s UFO history is not evidence-rich enough to support sweeping claims, but it is rich enough to show recurring patterns in how Salvadorans interpret unusual sky events.

The clearest older anchor is the San Salvador sighting of 15 January 1969. A 2023 retrospective in El Diario de Hoy says the event occurred around 3:30 p.m. in a cloudy sky, was reported in the newspaper’s 16 January 1969 edition, and became the main front-page story. The account says workers at the newspaper were alerted by two carpenters on the terrace, that several staff members saw the object, and that calls came into the newsroom from other people claiming to have seen the same thing. Witnesses reportedly described a shiny, plate-shaped, fast-moving object that at moments appeared to release black smoke before it disappeared in the direction of Cerro San Jacinto. One contemporary suggestion mentioned in the retrospective was that it might have been connected with the Soviet Soyuz 4 mission, launched the previous day. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969

That 1969 case is valuable because it had multiple reported witnesses and a contemporary press footprint. It is still not a confirmed extraordinary object. The weather was cloudy, the photographs were not described as clear, and the surviving public account is a retrospective summary of an archived newspaper story rather than a technical case file with measurements, original negatives, aircraft checks and meteorological reconstruction. Its strength is historical importance, not conclusive identification.

A second historical thread is the 1965 San Salvador sighting noted in the bibliography UFOs and Related Subjects: An Annotated Bibliography, preserved at the Internet Archive from a Defence Technical Information Center text. The entry lists Mabel Rathbun’s “Flying saucer over San Salvador” in Fate magazine, describing an 18 August 1965 sighting over San Salvador. [Internet Archive]archive.orgDTIC AD0688332 djvu.txtDTIC AD0688332 djvu.txt This is useful as a pointer to an early case, but it is weaker than a primary case file because the accessible material is bibliographic rather than a full investigative record.

The modern period shifts from newspapers to digital circulation. In 2022, El Diario de Hoy reported that a TikTok video had gone viral after a creator said she filmed an unidentified object from Cuscatancingo towards Cerro San Jacinto. The article noted that the footage had actually been recorded on 10 November 2020 and later recirculated; reactions ranged from belief in a UFO to mundane explanations such as a drone, a kite or a vulture. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969 This is typical of the social-media era: the case is visible, shareable and emotionally compelling, but the evidence is hard to evaluate because the object’s distance, size and speed cannot be confidently measured from the public clip alone.

Why San Salvador and volcanic terrain dominate reports

The Salvadoran UFO map is not random. Publicly visible cases repeatedly point towards the capital region, hills, volcanoes and lakes. San Salvador offers dense population, high phone-camera coverage, aircraft activity and prominent sightlines towards Cerro San Jacinto and the surrounding volcanic landscape. That combination increases both the chance that unusual things will be seen and the chance they will be recorded.

Cerro San Jacinto is a good example. The 1969 report ended with the object heading towards the hill, while the 2020/2022 viral video was also framed around the same landmark. The hill’s visual prominence makes it a natural reference point for witnesses, but it also complicates interpretation: a bird, drone, kite, aircraft, balloon or cloud edge seen against a ridge can appear to hover or change shape when filmed from a long distance. The 2022 report itself shows the evidential split, with believers seeing a luminous “aura” and sceptical viewers suggesting ordinary aerial or near-ground objects. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969

Eastern El Salvador adds a different visual environment. The Chaparrastique or San Miguel volcano is one of the country’s most active volcanoes; NASA’s Earth Observatory documented ash streaming from it during the 12 January 2016 eruption using MODIS instruments on the Aqua and Terra satellites. [NASA Science]science.nasa.govSource details in endnotes. Volcanic plumes, cloud caps, ash, changing light and dramatic terrain all create conditions in which unfamiliar shapes can be photographed and interpreted as UFO-like.

That does not mean volcanoes “produce UFOs”. It means volcanoes produce attention, spectacle and optical ambiguity. In 2022, El Diario de Hoy reported viral photographs of lenticular clouds over Chaparrastique, explicitly noting that the formations resembled UFOs or flying saucers and explaining them as a natural cloud phenomenon. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969 La Prensa Gráfica had made the same basic point in 2017 about a peculiar Salvadoran cloud: lenticular clouds are stationary, form at high altitude usually in mountainous zones, and often look like plates or lenses. [La Prensa Gráfica]laprensagrafica.comSource details in endnotes. For El Salvador, this is one of the most important debunking patterns: the country’s mountainous and volcanic scenery can make real atmospheric phenomena look artificial.

The main Salvadoran cases by evidence quality

Better documented but still unresolved

The 15 January 1969 San Salvador case sits at the top of the Salvadoran public record because it involved multiple reported witnesses, calls to a newsroom, press coverage at the time and an archived newspaper basis. The description — bright, plate-shaped, fast, sometimes trailing dark smoke — is specific enough to be memorable. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969

Its weakness is that the public record does not provide the kind of data needed for a modern technical assessment: original photographs in high resolution, verified timing, angular size, trajectory, aircraft traffic checks, meteorological analysis, astronomical checks and independent witness interviews. The Soyuz 4 suggestion is intriguing as a contemporary attempt at explanation, but without a reconstruction of orbital visibility from San Salvador at 3:30 p.m. on 15 January 1969 it remains only a hypothesis, not a debunking.

The 1965 San Salvador case is historically interesting but evidentially thinner in accessible form. It appears in an annotated bibliography as a Fate magazine article about an 18 August 1965 sighting over San Salvador. [Internet Archive]archive.orgDTIC AD0688332 djvu.txtDTIC AD0688332 djvu.txt Without the full article, independent corroboration or official case materials, it should be treated as a lead for further archival work rather than a confirmed incident.

Contested social-media reports

The Cerro San Jacinto video that circulated through TikTok and Instagram is a classic contested case. The witness account is direct, and the location is specific: filmed from Cuscatancingo towards Cerro San Jacinto. Yet the public discussion immediately split between extraordinary and ordinary explanations, including drone, kite and bird interpretations. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969

This case matters less because it proves anything and more because it shows how Salvadoran UFO reports now travel. A clip can be recorded in 2020, reappear in 2022, and become a new public story detached from the original viewing conditions. Once that happens, the most important evidence — exact time, camera metadata, weather, zoom level, distance and other witnesses — is often unavailable to later viewers.

The Chaparrastique “UFO” claims around volcanic activity occupy the same contested zone unless the specific footage can be technically analysed. A 2016 report from El Diario de Hoy on a supposed UFO over the volcano is difficult to access directly through the surviving page, but the claim also appears in other regional summaries as a video said to have circulated after the volcano’s activity. [El Salvador Historical Archive]historico.elsalvador.comun ovni en el volcan chaparrastiqueun ovni en el volcan chaparrastique The stronger surrounding evidence is not alien-related: NASA and Salvadoran media confirm that Chaparrastique is a real, active, visually dramatic volcano, and local reporting confirms that cloud formations over it have been mistaken for UFO-like shapes. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969

Debunked or naturally explained patterns

The most clearly explained Salvadoran UFO-like material involves clouds. Lenticular clouds over mountainous or volcanic zones are a repeat offender because they can look smooth, disc-like and stationary. Salvadoran media have explicitly described such clouds as resembling UFOs while explaining the natural mechanism behind the appearance. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969

Drones are another increasingly important explanation. El Salvador’s Civil Aviation Authority has a formal remotely piloted aircraft regulation: an aeronautical circular states that the RAC RPAS regulation was approved on 19 December 2023, establishes conditions for civil RPAS operations in Salvadoran airspace, and is mandatory from its approval date. [aac.gob.sv]aac.gob.svOpen source on gob.sv. This does not explain older cases, but it changes how recent sightings should be assessed. Any moving light, hovering object or small shape over the capital after the spread of consumer drones should be checked against drone activity before more exotic explanations are considered.

Aircraft activity also matters, especially around Ilopango. The Civil Aviation Authority is based in Ilopango, and CEPA reported in 2024 that the Ilopango International Airport received aerodrome operator certification from the Salvadoran Civil Aviation Authority, with upgrades including terminal investment, taxiway work and lighting improvements. [aac.gob.sv]aac.gob.svAutoridad de Aviación CivilAutoridad de Aviación Civil In practical terms, this means the San Salvador region has aviation infrastructure that can contribute ordinary aerial lights, flight paths and visual confusion, particularly at night or at long distance.

Local researchers and the contactee layer

El Salvador’s UFO culture is not limited to sightings; it also includes enthusiasts and contact narratives. In 2023, La Prensa Gráfica interviewed Salvadoran UFO aficionados Omar Romero and Elisa Archer, who said that craft from other planets had been seen in El Salvador and described personal contact experiences. Archer’s most detailed quoted experience, however, related to a camp in Peru connected with the Rama movement rather than a Salvadoran landing case. [La Prensa Gráfica]laprensagrafica.comSource details in endnotes.

This distinction is important. Local researchers and experiencers can preserve oral histories, keep public attention on old cases and prompt people to report sightings. But contactee claims usually sit lower on the evidence scale unless they are supported by independent documentation, physical evidence, verified recordings or multiple separately interviewed witnesses. In the Salvadoran material, the contactee layer is culturally significant but not strong proof of non-human visitation.

It also links El Salvador naturally to wider Latin American UFO culture. Countries such as Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru and Chile have stronger-known or more institutionally discussed UFO traditions, and Salvadoran enthusiasts often draw on regional ideas, media figures and contact movements. That comparison is useful only when it helps interpret the local record: El Salvador’s distinctive pattern is not a large official archive, but a smaller national set of cases shaped by terrain, press memory and social-media circulation.

Official records: what exists, what does not

No accessible Salvadoran government UFO archive appears in the public material reviewed here. That absence should not be overread as proof of concealment; it may simply reflect administrative priorities, limited reporting infrastructure, or the fact that most sightings never become aviation, military or safety incidents. The public official infrastructure most relevant to recent cases is aviation regulation, accident and incident reporting, airport operations and meteorology, not a dedicated UFO office.

By contrast, the United States’ Project Blue Book offers a useful benchmark for what an official archive can look like. The US National Archives states that Project Blue Book records were retired to the Archives, declassified, and are available for research; the project closed in 1969 and the Archives has no information on sightings after that date. The holdings include case files arranged chronologically, administrative files, Office of Special Investigations material, microfilm, photographs and audiovisual material. [National Archives]nationalarchives.gov.ukSource details in endnotes.

That comparison helps show what is missing in El Salvador: not stories, but systematic case files. A serious Salvadoran archive would need standardised reporting forms, original media, witness interviews, weather and aviation checks, geolocation, chain-of-custody records and clear categories for resolved, unresolved and insufficient-data cases. Without those, the national record remains interesting but uneven.

Recent US official analysis also gives a useful caution. AARO’s 2024 historical report found no evidence that any US government investigation, academic-sponsored research or official review panel confirmed a UAP sighting as extraterrestrial, and it said most reports are likely misidentifications linked to poor domain awareness and insufficient data. [U.S. Department of War]media.defense.govU.S. Department of War AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1U.S. Department of War AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1(#endnote-88 “Endnote 88”) The same logic applies strongly to El Salvador: the fewer the measurements, the more careful the conclusion must be.

How to judge a Salvadoran UFO claim

A practical evidence split helps avoid both gullibility and reflexive dismissal.

Stronger claims have multiple independent witnesses, a precise time and place, original photographs or video, camera metadata, weather data, aviation checks and a stable witness account recorded close to the event. The 1969 San Salvador case has some of these qualities — multiple reported witnesses and a contemporary press basis — but lacks the technical record needed for confirmation. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969

Contested claims have a named location and media, but weak measurement. The Cerro San Jacinto viral video falls here: there is a witness, a visible landmark and a public clip, but public viewers could not confidently rule out drone, kite or bird explanations. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969

Likely explained claims involve known visual lookalikes. Lenticular clouds over Chaparrastique and other mountainous areas are the clearest example, because local reporting explicitly identifies the phenomenon and explains why it resembles a flying saucer. [El Salvador News]elsalvador.comjueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969

Weak claims rely mainly on anonymous posts, recycled clips, dramatic captions or stories detached from original context. Reddit threads, Facebook posts and short-form videos can be useful leads, but they should not be treated as evidence unless they lead back to original files, witnesses or independent corroboration.

What El Salvador adds to the wider UFO map

El Salvador’s UFO record is not one of spectacular confirmed cases. Its value is subtler. It shows how a small country with dramatic terrain, dense urban sightlines and strong social-media use can generate a lively UFO culture from relatively limited evidence. The most memorable reports are anchored to places people recognise: San Salvador, Cerro San Jacinto, Ilopango and Chaparrastique. That gives the subject local texture rather than generic “lights in the sky” abstraction.

The national pattern also shows why sceptical analysis should not be dismissive. The 1969 case clearly mattered to witnesses and to the newspaper that covered it. The San Jacinto video clearly mattered to viewers who debated it. The Chaparrastique cloud photographs clearly mattered because they captured a real, beautiful atmospheric effect that looked uncanny. In each case, the public reaction is part of the story, even when the best explanation is ordinary.

The most honest conclusion is that El Salvador has confirmed UFO reports in the literal sense — reports of things witnesses did not identify — but no publicly demonstrated, evidence-backed case of extraterrestrial craft. The strongest future contribution would not be another viral clip; it would be a well-preserved case file with original media, precise metadata, independent witnesses, weather records, aviation checks and a careful willingness to accept either a mundane explanation or a genuinely unresolved result.

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    Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DE0KO8-uJbL/no-est%C3%A1n-visitando-de-otro-planeta-un-salvadore%C3%B1o-capt%C3%B3-ayer-lunes-un-ovni-volan/

60. Source: instagram.com
    Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-L3bN4IARA/

61. Source: instagram.com
    Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYfFvcFSpHk/

62. Source: instagram.com
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63. Source: instagram.com
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64. Source: instagram.com
    Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVHFFZfD0dB/

65. Source: instagram.com
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66. Source: instagram.com
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67. Source: unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov
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68. Source: archives.gov
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69. Source: aaro.mil
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70. Source: aaro.mil
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71. Source: snet.gob.sv
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72. Source: snet.gob.sv
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73. Source: snet.gob.sv
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74. Source: war.gov
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75. Source: change.org
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76. Source: reddit.com
    Title: historias reales de extraterrestres en el
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77. Source: reddit.com
    Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/16ij6ui/nasa_shares_unidentified_anomalous_phenomena/

78. Source: transparencia.gob.sv
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79. Source: gob.mx
    Link: https://www.gob.mx/afac

80. Source: ia802901.us.archive.org
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81. Source: dgac.gob.bo
    Link: https://www.dgac.gob.bo/drones/

82. Source: elsalvador.com
    Title: jueves recuerdo ovni sobrevuela san salvador en 1969
    Link: https://www.elsalvador.com/h-entretenimiento/h-cultura/jueves-recuerdo-ovni-sobrevuela-san-salvador-en-1969/1083591/2023/

83. Source: test.elsalvador.com
    Link: https://test.elsalvador.com/h-entretenimiento/h-viral-entretenimiento/video-presunto-ovni-captado-cerro-san-jacinto-el-salvador/979119/2022/

84. Source: elsalvador.com
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85. Source: laprensagrafica.com
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86. Source: historico.elsalvador.com
    Title: un ovni en el volcan chaparrastique
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87. Source: laprensagrafica.com
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89. Source: Wikipedia
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90. Source: Wikipedia
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91. Source: Wikipedia
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92. Source: elsalvador.com
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93. Source: elsalvador.com
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94. Source: historico.elsalvador.com
    Title: rafael alfaro rock progresivo artista salvadoreno ovni
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95. Source: elsalvador.com
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96. Source: historico.elsalvador.com
    Title: tres decadas de musica con un fenomeno llamado ovni
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97. Source: elsalvador.com
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98. Source: historico.elsalvador.com
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99. Source: elsalvador.com
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100. Source: elsalvador.com
     Title: que revelan los archivos sobre ovnis de ee uu
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101. Source: elsalvador.com
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102. Source: historico.elsalvador.com
     Title: ovnis el salvador romero extraterrestre
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103. Source: historico.elsalvador.com
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104. Source: eaglepubs.erau.edu
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105. Source: youtube.com
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106. Source: ebay.co.uk
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107. Source: nationalarchives.gov.uk
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108. Source: jstor.org
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109. Source: crwflags.com
     Title: El Salvador
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Additional References

1. Source: youtube.com
   Title: UFO IN SOYAPANGO? | News 4 Vision | El Salvador | Mystery
   Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCLu66RD1PU
   Source snippet

   A UFO escorted by military aircraft? What do you think? | News 4 Vision | El Salvador...

2. Source: faa.gov
   Link: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ifim/country_info/PDF/SV.pdf

3. Source: nsa.gov
   Link: https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/news-features/declassified-documents/ufo/usaf_fact_sheet_95_03.pdf

4. Source: science.gov
   Link: https://www.science.gov/topicpages/s/san%2Bsalvador%2Bvolcano-ilopango

5. Source: youtube.com
   Title: PLACES IN EL SALVADOR WITH UFO SIGHTINGS | Noticias 4 Visión
   Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxkf5P-IU-U
   Source snippet

   UFO IN SOYAPANGO? | News 4 Vision | El Salvador | Mystery...

6. Source: youtube.com
   Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmbI7pOLm2M
   Source snippet

   UFOs in El Salvador? | News 4 Vision...

7. Source: etsy.com
   Link: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/763383987/5-ufo-flying-saucer-photos-project-blue

8. Source: archivesfoundation.org
   Link: https://archivesfoundation.org/documents/50-years-ago-government-stops-investigating-ufos/

9. Source: uavcoach.com
   Link: https://uavcoach.com/drone-laws-in-el-salvador/

10. Source: laprensagrafica.com
    Link: https://www.laprensagrafica.com/internacional/El-Pentagono-rastrea-mas-de-650-posibles-casos-de-ovnis-y-responde-a-pregunta-de-si-hay-evidencia-de-vida-extraterrestre-20230420-0071.html