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Spain's Defense Virtual Library preserves the official 1979 Manises case file

The Spanish defense archive provides digitized records for unusual-phenomenon reports made on 11, 17 and 28 November 1979, including the Manises aviation episode.

The catalog groups scanned official documents under the title 'Avistamiento de fenómenos extraños en Valencia, Motril y Madrid' and assigns archival identifiers to the records.

It gives the case a first-party government archive trail and allows readers to inspect the underlying administrative material.

Archival preservation confirms that authorities documented the reports. It does not establish an extraordinary origin for the observed lights or settle every later interpretation.