UFO News Article:

“Avión de la fuerza aerea peruana ataco OVNI en los 80”

(“Peruvian Air Force airplane attacked UFO in 80”),

9 October 2009 (Carabayllo.net, Lima, Peru)

Carabayllo.net reports on former Peruvian Air Force fighter pilot (then Lieutenant, later Air Force Commander) Oscar Alfonso Santa Maria Huertas’ 1980 UFO encounter:

http://www.carabayllo.net/temas/nacionales/3898-avion-de-la-fuerza-aerea-peruana-ataco-ovni-en-los-80.html

Huertas had a dog-fight with a UFO over La Joya/Mariano Melgar Air Base, Arequipa, Peru, on the morning of 11 April 1980. Huertas fired on – and hit the UFO – but the bullets had no effect on the unknown object. Huertas flew a Sukhoi Su-22 fighter-bomber airplane.

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carabayllo.net%2Ftemas%2Fnacionales%2F3898-avion-de-la-fuerza-aerea-peruana-ataco-ovni-en-los-80.html

Satellite photo of Arequipa, Peru

(tageo.com photo)