The 2020s In recent years, the town has gathered some international celebrity due to the release of a Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) footage captured by a Customs and Patrol aircraft near Rafael Hernández Airport on April 26, 2013, after the air traffic tower reported sighting a pinkish glowing orb flying near the facility. The 5-minute long thermal sequence was captured with a FLIR camera and released by the agency in September 2023, one of several acknowledged by the government as filmed by an official source since 2018, becoming colloquially known as “The Aguadilla UFO Incident”. Initially sent to Homeland Security for analysis, the film was then remitted to the Air Force before ultimately being released to civilian groups interested in the topic. The Scientific Coalition for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (SCU) has called it the "most compelling" footage of the anomalous aerial activity. Since then, the footage has been replayed in several shows covering fringe topics, mostly aired in network television such as the History Channel, National Geographic and Discovery Channel. Debate remains ongoing, with Chinese lanterns, drones, birds and balloons being proposed as potential explanations by skeptics.
The 2020s In recent years the town has gathered some international celebrity due to the release of a Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) footage captured by a Customs and Patrol aircraft near Rafael Hernández Airport on April 26 2013 after the air traffic tower reported sighting a pinkish glowing orb flying near the facility The 5-minute long thermal sequence was captured with a FLIR camera and released by the agency in September 2023 one of several acknowledged by the government as filmed by an official source since 2018 becoming colloquially known as “The Aguadilla UFO Incident” Initially sent to Homeland Security for analysis the film was then remitted to the Air Force before ultimately being released to civilian groups interested in the topic The Scientific Coalition for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (SCU) has called it the "most compelling" footage of the anomalous aerial activity Since then the footage has been replayed in several shows covering fringe topics mostly aired in network television such as the History Channel National Geographic and Discovery Channel Debate remains ongoing with Chinese lanterns drones birds and balloons being proposed as potential explanations by skeptics