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Manises Airport UFO Incident 1979 Spanish Plane Emergency & UFO Encounter
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 9ba96155-4ae6-46a0-aef5-fb4ffa7ba951.
Using the selected case's real source, media, and context throughout the workspace.
Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
72% illumination
Waning gibbous — moderate moon brightness
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Nov 11, 2025, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Central European Time
Location
Manises Airport
Witness account
Narrative
submission statement The famous Manises Airport UFO Incident (1979, Spain). A commercial airliner encountered a mysterious object with red lights and made an emergency landing at Manises Airport near Valencia. Pilots reported a near-collision, and Spanish fighter jets were scrambled. One of the best-documented UFO cases in European aviation history. submitted by /u/UFOsAroundTheWor1d
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Manises Airport.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the Manises Airport UFO Incident incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.