Ejército del Aire — OVNI declassification programme
Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force)
Between 1992 and 1999 the Spanish Air Force progressively declassified its complete OVNI (UFO) archive — close to 2,000 pages covering 80+ cases from 1962 to 1995 — making Spain the first NATO state to release its full military UFO record.
About the program
The declassification programme was launched in October 1992 by Lt Gen Alfredo Chamorro Chapinal under the supervision of Spain's Joint Chiefs of Staff. Files were released in batches over the following seven years to the Spanish parliamentary records office and to a small number of accredited researchers, primarily Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, who also catalogued and digitised the material.
Coverage runs from 1962 (the earliest file in the archive) through 1995. The releases include pilot reports, ground radar contacts, and the air force's own analytical disposition on each case. By the late 1990s the program was complete and the OVNI desk effectively dormant.
Landmark documents
Direct primary-source links. Where a backup mirror exists for a known link-rot risk, we name the host.
- Case collection · Released 1992-99
Ejército del Aire OVNI archive — full declassification (1962-95)
Spain's complete military UFO record, covering more than 80 cases over 33 years. Catalogued and republished by V-J Ballester Olmos through the Fundación Anomalía. The standing reference site is Anomalia / IDIES (Instituto de Documentación e Investigación Exobiológica y Sociológica).
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