◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
A Hat-shaped Disc over the Matahambre Mines
Around 11 November 1957 two men arriving from the Matahambre mines in western Cuba told a Havana newspaper they had watched a silent disc shaped like a man's hat hover over the area for several minutes and then race off towards the sea. The FBI's legal attaché in Havana forwarded the story and made no inquiry. This is the record of what two men told a newspaper, not a verdict on what hung over Matahambre.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- A Hat-shaped Disc over the Matahambre Mines is a reported UAP case in Matahambre mining area, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba, Cuba, about 10-11 November 1957 (reported 11 Nov 1957).
- Jose Nieto and Carmelo Guzman, arriving from the Matahambre Mines in Cuba, told a Havana newspaper they saw a silent disc shaped like a man's hat hover for several minutes and race off towards the sea.
- The FBI's legal attaché in Havana forwarded the newspaper dispatch on 20 November 1957, noted no corroborating reports and made no inquiry.
- The exact date of the sighting is not given; the dispatch is datelined 11 November 1957.
- A search of six standard UFO catalogues found no entry for the sighting.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 2 distinct claimants on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-12; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
about 10-11 November 1957 (reported 11 Nov 1957)
LOCATION
Matahambre mining area, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba · Cuba
COORDS
22.59°N 83.94°W
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
2
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-12 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
