Brazilian Navy General Staff report (12 pages)

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CC Bacellar, thinking that the object which had been photo- captured had not appeared on the developed film. This impression was contradicted by CC Bacellar himself, who showed him certain spots which could be the object in question;

V- That, immediately afterward, he put the film away until his return to Rio de Janeiro, when, in his laboratory, he made several enlarged copies; the UFO showed up well only on two plates, because the negative was quite dark;

VI. In order to improve the negatives, he performed the operation known as "reduction," an operation which consists in lightening all the negative equally. However, as on two plates the UFO was already visible and, fearful of losing them in case he should not succeed, he cut the roll of film and submitted to the process only the four negatives, the UFO having, then, appeared on two of them, and in different dimensions, form and position;

, VII - That, seeing the UFO with the naked eye, he had had the impression of a solid body, with indefinite contours, of great mobility and manageability at high speed, of imprecise color because it seemed to be wrapped in a substance which he conqores to "soapands;" it also gave the impression of leaving a wake of like appearance and it made no noise when it moved;