Cando (parish of San Tirso) is a village in northwestern
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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, in
Outes
Outes is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It has a population of 6,155 (Spanish 2020 Census) and an area of 100 km².
The Cando event happened in 1994 within the bou ...
, province of
A Coruña
A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...
, and the region of
Galicia, with a population of around 1000.
It was the location of the observation of a
fireball in early 1994, and the subsequent discovery of an explosion site (
crater), which has been interpreted by some as being related to
UFO
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...
activity.
See also
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List of meteor air bursts
A meteor air burst is a type of air burst in which a meteor explodes after entering a planetary body's atmosphere. This fate leads them to be called fireballs or bolides, with the brightest air bursts known as superbolides. Such meteoroids wer ...
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Bólido de Cando on the Spanish Wikipedia
References
Province of A Coruña
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