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UFO sightings in Costa Rica: documented cases, reports, and evidence

Costa Rica has 1 documented UFO/UAP case in this archive, spanning 1971 to 1971. This page groups the national record so readers can compare case dates, evidence types, official context, and representative reports before opening the full dossiers.

Archive profile

Costa Rica

Case count
1
Time span
1971
Main evidence types
Images and video / Press and public records
Representative cases
Lake Cote Costa Rica UAP photographOn 4 September 1971, an automated aerial-survey camera operated for Costa Rica's National Geographic Institute photographed Lake Cote and the surrounding terrain during work connected to a hydroelectric project near Arenal. One frame later drew attention because a dark, disc-like form appeared over the lake area. The case remains disputed, but it belongs in the archive because the image has a documented survey context, a named photographer, a public-domain scan and clear limits on what a single photograph can prove.

Complete case list

Costa Rica

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Lake Cote Costa Rica UAP photographOn 4 September 1971, an automated aerial-survey camera operated for Costa Rica's National Geographic Institute photographed Lake Cote and the surrounding terrain during work connected to a hydroelectric project near Arenal. One frame later drew attention because a dark, disc-like form appeared over the lake area. The case remains disputed, but it belongs in the archive because the image has a documented survey context, a named photographer, a public-domain scan and clear limits on what a single photograph can prove.Costa RicaGrade B / DISPUTED