Lima Airport UFO Sightings

The Incident

On February 12, 2015, at approximately 7:38 p.m. local time, a fleet of unidentified aerial objects appeared over Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru, triggering one of the first officially recognized and documented UAP incidents involving a major commercial airport's air traffic control system.

Witnesses and Detection

The incident was witnessed by multiple commercial pilots from LAN Peru flight 2437 and LATAM Ecuador flight 1442, as well as CORPAC (Peru's air navigation authority) control tower personnel. The objects were simultaneously tracked on the airport's radar system, with twelve distinct unidentified contacts appearing on CORPAC radar screens, each labeled with the code "0000" designating unidentified objects.

Evidence and Documentation

The incident lasted approximately three hours, during which air traffic was significantly disrupted. Commercial aircraft were forced to divert to alternative airports while control tower operators tracked the radar signatures. According to ufologist Mario Zegarra, control tower communications with pilots attempting to land or depart were recorded during the incident, though these recordings remain partially classified.

Infrared and night vision equipment deployed at the airport captured visual confirmation of at least one object, which was not visible to the unaided eye but showed clearly in the infrared spectrum. Ufologist Joshue Cornejo has noted that the objects displayed characteristics requiring specialized equipment to observe, suggesting either low-visibility profiles or electromagnetic properties affecting conventional observation.

Additional February 2015 Events

A separate sighting was reported on February 27, 2015, when two highly luminous objects were observed at approximately 1:30 a.m. near the airport, positioned at roughly 5 nautical miles distance and an altitude of 2,400 meters. This incident lasted approximately 40 minutes before the objects departed the airspace.

Official Confirmation

The incident represents a watershed moment for Peruvian UFO documentation. According to renowned ufologist Anthony Choy, this was the first time Peru's CORPAC air traffic authority provided official confirmation of unidentified aerial phenomena, a fact he called "without comparison in Peru." The Peruvian Air Force's DIFAA office (Department of Investigation of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena), which had been reopened in 2013 specifically to investigate such incidents, reviewed and documented the case.

Investigation and Response

Following the incident, contradictions emerged regarding official statements. While CORPAC personnel initially confirmed the sighting and radar data, subsequent official denials from government representatives suggested institutional reluctance to maintain public acknowledgment of the incident. This pattern of initial confirmation followed by official denial typifies government responses to unexplained aerial phenomena at sensitive infrastructure like airports.

Credibility Assessment

The Lima airport incident ranks high in evidential credibility due to multiple independent corroborating factors: independent radar confirmation from an official air navigation authority, multiple commercial pilot reports, control tower documentation, infrared recording, and the disruption of normal airport operations. The incident was monitored by Peruvian air force officials and serious-minded ufologists including Anthony Choy and Mario Zegarra, both established researchers with decades of documentation experience in South American UAP phenomena.