peru incidents

Several articles doing the media rounds this week about a 1980 incident where a Lt Huerta was scrambled in a Peruvian fighter jet to shoot down a UFO. Some quotes from news.com.au - The only reference to this incident I can find in skeptical literature is from Skeptical Inquirer in 2011...

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/developers-bulldoze-ancient-pyramid-in-peru-1.1452583 Apaprentely the damage was done a few days ago on 29th june "A statement issued by the country’s culture ministry described the attack, which occured on June 29th, as an “attack on the cultural heritage...

A friend sent me this story this morning. I haven't had time yet to fully investigate it. Apparently a meteorite is claimed to cause all sorts of sickness to some villagers in Peru. I very much doubt it's the meteorite itself that's making them sick...