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This Brazilian Navy General Staff report, released via NICAP, examines unidentified flying objects sighted at the Island of Trinidad between 12/5/57 and 1/16/58. It gathers statements from the oceanographic station commandant, CC Bacellar, and from photographer Almiro Barauna, who took photographs aboard the ship Almirante Saldanha. The negatives were examined by DHN and Cruzeiro do Sul technicians, who found no sign of later montage. The report concludes that the testimony is fallible but admits there are indications that UFOs exist.
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the shape of a disc, with protuberances on the upper and lower parts; Color -- For some, indefinite; for others, of stainless steel; Sound -- Unanimously the witnesses affirm not having heard any sound; Discharges Some affirm having seen a discharge, in the form of a fine white trace against the sky; others say they saw nothing in this respect; Dimensions -- No observer succeeded in estimating dimensions, including the aviator and the photographer. Velocity -- All are unanimous in recognizing that the UFO was ondowed with very great velocity, without being able to estimate it however. Mobility -- All the witnesses agree in recognizing great mobility; the movements noted are not continuous, like those of airplanes, but much more rapid and brusque; Manageability -- Also all recognized great manageability in the observed object; Altitude and distance -- Only the observers of 12/31/57, when the UFO was seen passing over the Island estimated the altitude: comparing it with the height of Desejado Peak, approximately three times that height, or 1800 meters; Appearance -- A solid body, of indefinite contours; Time of observations -- Very short, estimated always in seconds.
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