Incident: 7 October 2026, Puente Alto, Chile. SEFAA case 2292: reported 8 October, resolution 14 October, released 2 November 2026. Classification: resolved; bird assessment.
The object was noticed during later viewing of drone footage, making this a case about a brief image sequence rather than a sustained visual encounter. The apparent silver sphere was an initial interpretation; the aviation inquiry used changing shapes across frames to reach a different conclusion.
From a passing image to a case file
The four-page official report describes a submitted clip followed by an original DJI file. Its table characterises a 17.25-second, 3840 × 2160 recording with 1,034 frames. The object appears briefly within that material; selected positions and a composite show a changing silhouette moving through the scene. SEFAA concluded that a bird was consistent with the sequence.
The same report contains several clock readings. Its opening account, filename and metadata do not establish one consistent local hour. The witness explained that the drone’s clock had not been configured and supplied an approximate late-morning time instead. The incident date is retained as 7 October; this entry does not select an exact time from the conflicting clocks.
What can be read from the frames
UKPX reviewed all four report pages and their reproduced figures. The sequence presented in the report is more informative than an isolated frame labelled a sphere: a changing, nearby blurred shape does not necessarily preserve the outline of a distant object.
That is a reading of the released evidence, not a new species identification. We have not obtained the original DJI file, measured the object’s distance or calculated a physical speed. The apparent rapid crossing by itself would not supply those quantities: image motion combines an object’s movement, its distance from the lens and the camera’s own view.
Scope of the resolution
SEFAA’s conclusion is the published identification to report. It does not identify a bird species, and UKPX does not add one. Likewise, a digital-integrity assessment recorded by an investigator is not an independent examination carried out by UKPX.
This case is separate from the longer night-light account recorded elsewhere in Puente Alto on 13 October. The dates, recordings and investigative files differ. Their shared city reference allows the map to group them geographically without merging their evidence.
The report is linked through the aviation authority’s October cases release. Its witness frames and third-party mapping have not been copied into the UKPX media library without a reuse licence.
Location and source record
Approximate public Puente Alto city reference, rounded from the UNGEGN city record; not the private drone launch position or the object’s track. Coordinates follow the checked geographical reference.
UKPX reference added 6 November 2026. Incident year: 2026. Browse Historical Cases · More UFO / UAP / USO references.