Investigation
The incident was investigated by the Spanish air force, which considered a number of possible explanations.
- Aircraft
- Missile test
- Meteorological balloon
- Naturally occurring aurora
- Naturally occurring weather patterns
- Meteor activity
After reviewing witness testimonies, the investigating officer was unable to rectify their descriptions with any known man made object or natural phenomena and was forced to rule out the above explanations. The investigating officer expressed some doubt at reports given by some of some of the civilian witnesses because of the unusual nature of their reports, but the presence of trained military personnel meant that a hoax was also ruled out for the Type I reports.
Officially, the object is recorded as being 'Unidentified' and the event is recorded as being 'unexplained'
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