CRIDOVNI
CRIDOVNI (Comisión Receptora e Investigadora de Denuncias de Objetos Voladores No Identificados) is a commission of the Uruguayan Air Force, operating since 1979, that receives and investigates UFO sightings reported in Uruguayan airspace.
CRIDOVNI (Comisión Receptora e Investigadora de Denuncias de Objetos Voladores No Identificados) is a commission of the Uruguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, FAU). Its task is to receive, investigate and evaluate reports concerning unidentified flying objects observed in Uruguayan airspace, from the standpoint of airspace control and aviation safety.
Background
The commission was established on August 7, 1979. Since 2008 it has been headed by retired Colonel Ariel Sánchez Ríos. In 2012 it signed a cooperation agreement with CEFAA, a commission with a similar role under Chile's civil aviation authority (DGAC), to share information about sightings.
Operations
According to a 2021 interview, the commission had by then examined some 1,600 reports, of which 46 remained open, unexplained cases. According to the commission's head, the main consideration in the investigations is the sovereignty of the airspace, since the unidentified objects enter the country's airspace without authorization.