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Chile: official UFO files

Who collected UFO reports in Chile: CEFAA (1997 to 2021), SEFAA (2022 to now), part of the civil aviation authority DGAC.

Chile set up a committee inside its civil aviation authority in 1997 to collect and study anomalous aerial phenomena as a flight-safety matter. It was renamed SEFAA in 2022.

It encourages pilots and air traffic controllers to report without stigma and publishes resolved cases with explanations. Its release of a 2014 Navy helicopter infrared video in 2017 drew worldwide attention.

Our data: No reuse licence is published, so we link to SEFAA's case pages.

Official releases

  1. 2020

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    Chile's SEFAA (formerly CEFAA) resolved cases

    Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC)

    Chile's civil aviation authority set up a committee to study anomalous aerial phenomena in 1997. Renamed SEFAA in 2022, it publishes regular batches of resolved cases with photos and explanations and released a much-discussed 2014 Navy helicopter video in 2017.

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The US Air Force also logged 4 Blue Book case folders from Chile.