On 11 April 1980, a Peruvian Air Force pilot reported intercepting and firing at a balloon-shaped object over La Joya Air Base. The account rests on secondary testimony, and no independent official report is publicly established.
La Joya matters because it is a military dogfight account — a pilot who reported engaging an object with no effect, a recurring motif in military UAP reports. Its source base is secondary, so the page treats the account as testimony rather than an established military record.
Personnel at La Joya Air Base reported detecting an object in restricted military airspace. The account comes from secondary testimony sources.
Documented
The reported detection is documented in secondary sources.
A Peruvian Air Force pilot reported intercepting the object and firing at it without effect. This is the pilot’s account, not an independently verified military record.
Documented
The pilot’s account is documented in secondary sources.
The approved ledger relies on secondary sources — The Epoch Times and Citizen Hearing on Disclosure testimony. No publicly verified Peruvian military report is independently established.
Debated
The object identity and the reported engagement are disputed and rest on testimony.
The case should be read as a pilot’s reported account, not an official finding. Any claim of an invulnerable craft goes beyond the witness account.
Unverified
Any extraterrestrial origin or invulnerability claim is unverified.
The approved ledger relies on secondary testimony sources only. No publicly verified Peruvian military report is independently established, and the page does not treat secondary accounts as official primary evidence.
A secondary account of the pilot’s report.
The pilot’s testimony, recorded as secondary.