Enrique Castillo Rincón

Early Life and Initial Sighting

Enrique Castillo Rincón was born in San José, Costa Rica, and trained as an electrical engineer. His first documented encounter with unidentified phenomena occurred on Irazú Volcano, Costa Rica, in 1963, when he witnessed a UFO sighting. This initial experience would set the stage for a decade-long period of increasing paranormal contact that would define his life and work.

Pleiadian Contact (1973–1976)

Beginning in 1973, Castillo Rincón reported a series of direct encounters with human-appearing extraterrestrial beings he identified as Pleiadians. The contacts, he claimed, were initiated telepathically and included multiple physical meetings that continued until 1976. Among the entities he reported meeting were individuals named "Krishnamerk" (also referred to as "Cyril Weiss") and another being called "Orion." Castillo Rincón described these beings as standing between 6 and 6'2" tall with blonde hair and nearly identical physical appearance to humans. According to his account, the beings used solid light to transport him into spacecraft, and the contacts included discussions of cosmic knowledge and humanity's spiritual evolution.

Unlike many contactees of the era who emphasized mystical or religious experiences, Castillo Rincón maintained a disciplined, technical narrative, deliberately avoiding mystical language that might encourage fanaticism among his followers. His experiences allegedly included technological demonstrations and detailed conversations about extraterrestrial civilization, recorded with consistent detail across multiple accounts.

Research and Institute Founding

Following his contact experiences, Castillo Rincón relocated to Bogotá, Colombia, where he founded the Instituto Colombiano de Investigaciones de Fenómenos Extraterrestres (Colombian Institute of Investigations of Extraterrestrial Phenomena). He dedicated himself to researching and documenting UFO and extraterrestrial phenomena, becoming a leading UFO researcher in South America. He lectured internationally, including presentations at the International UFO Congress, bringing attention to South American contactee cases and institutional research efforts.

Castillo Rincón's work was distinguished by its focus on building a comprehensive archive of contact experiences and phenomena, combined with his background in electrical engineering, which lent technical credibility to his interpretations of extraterrestrial technology.