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Unidentified Flying Objects Reports

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This Defense Intelligence Agency release gathers Army and Air Force intelligence reports on unidentified flying objects from several countries. It contains translated Finnish Border Guard reports of glowing spheres and lights seen near the Soviet border, a Costa Rica sighting near Puntarenas, and Afghan news items from 1959 on bright objects over Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kabul. Other reports describe objects over Kuldja in Sinkiang, China. A 1969 OSI report from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand concludes that a pilot's ground sighting was probably a religious procession carrying ceremonial drums.

  • p. 55 …March 1967 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; PLACE AND DATE OF ACQ: March 1967 EVALUATION: SOURCE C…

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

COUNTRY: Brazil
SUBJECT: Reported sightings of Flying Saucers in Brazil
ISC NUMBER:
DATE OF INFORMATION: March 1967
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
PLACE AND DATE OF ACQ: March 1967
EVALUATION: SOURCE C INFORMATION 3
SOURCE: DIRM 4.E.
SUMMARY: Report briefly describes recent sightings of flying saucers in Brazil.
1. On 22 March 1967 the crew of a Brazilian Air Force C-47 and the crew of a Cruzeiro do Sul photomapping aircraft reported having seen a flying saucer in the vicinity of Forto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. The object was initially sighted by the BAF crew who described it as a reddish colored full moon that appeared to be flying in circles. The BAF C-47 advised Salgado Filho Tower of the sighting, and the tower asked the Cruzeiro do Sul aircraft to intercept and identify the object. The Cruzeiro do Sul aircraft made contact with the object and pursued it for 15 minutes before it finally disappeared. No pictures were taken of the object. In addition to the reported sightings by the aircraft crews, the object was also reportedly seen by ground observers in the Forto Alegre area.
6. DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR: USAFSO, Attn: Dir of Intel, Albrook AFB, C.Z. USCINCSO, Attn: J-2, Quarry Heights, Canal Zone
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