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Project Blue Book file: Trinidade Island, 16 Jan 1958

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This Project Blue Book file from the USAF, released via The Black Vault, covers the 16 January 1958 sighting at Trindade Island. Its record card says two Rio de Janeiro newspapers printed photos of an alleged flying saucer taken from a Brazilian naval ship, and that ONI analysis judged them a hoax. The file also holds galley proofs from a Menzel book arguing the Barauna photographs were faked, plus APRO Bulletin and NICAP material.

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  • p. 6 …The Navy has no connection with the case, and its only connection with the occur- rence…
  • p. 9 …In spite of the widespread and increasing skepticism, the weekly mag:1zine 0 Cruzeiro used the…
  • p. 11 …With the type of camera used, the operation would have heen sim- ple. He was aga…
  • p. 12 …The Navy's study of the negatives reveaJed several dubious fea- tures. The details of the…
  • p. 18 …The UAO Photos Authent ica ted by the Brazilian Navy In early January, 1958, the ship…
  • p. 19 …time-intervals I had used to photograph t he object, three Navy officers with chronometers registered…
  • p. 20 …by a Navy telegraphist-scrgeant- also at Trindade. A box camera had been used. I was…
  • p. 21 …S., in a military report in - forming the Navy about sightings made in that country. A…
  • p. 26 …The shutter speed of 1/ 25 second used would be enough to "stop" an object goi…
  • p. 28 …The negatives are normal." This wrilten photo lab report was signed and sent to the Navy…
  • p. 30 …He told us a startling story. He said that the first UAO sightings over Fernando No…
  • p. 44 …Brazilian Navy, In fact they made n) 1. False, 2. False, 3. Becc.use 1 & 2…
  • p. 52 …b) Rankow, as a member of NICAP,will use any information presented to him to discredit…
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• P ROj!?CT 10073 RECORD CAW ..
1. DATE 12. LOCA! IO N ~..'
... 12. CONCLUSi ONS
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I Tr ir) i drrde, 0 Wa s Ba lloon
16 Jan 58 I sland 0 Probo bly Bo[ [oon
0 Possi:'1 y Balloon \3. DA TE·TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF oaSE •. VAT ION
1200 )Q'"'{ Ground~ Vi su cl o Groun d ~ RodQr 0 Was Ai rcraft
Loca l 0 Probably Aircraf t
GMT o Ai~Visua[ o Air-Intercopf Radar 0 Possibly Air craft
5. PHOTOS 16. SOURCE 0 Was Astronami col
G Yos 0 Probably Astronomlcol
~!ili t a ry 0 Po ssi bl y Astronom i cal
o No
7. LE NGTH OF OBSEi'lVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS I 9. COU RSE e:5X Othe r !:lQ" 2(
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
I 0 Unknown
UnknOV/l1 one u nknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTs
Two leading newspapers in Rio De Jan - Upon investigation" the Brazil ian
eiro pr in ted photos of a ll eged "flyin{ Navy refused to make an official
saucers" photographed fm a Brazilian statement, and this Center has
naval ship . been una!ble to obtain copies of t 1 e
photos . Analysis at ONI is that p
photos are hoax .
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4T%C FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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. g . Ana l :,rsic of the Brazil pic ·cure by Ar, I'i"
that it was Dr b bl" ~.-~ led to t he c onclusion
the '" u a ' ~ a hoox . ATI C doco not have nn, informa..c.io
ultness ubo t OO K this pi c ture could 'be contoctcd. I ... n a s to hoy!

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