Project Blue Book file: Trinidade Island, 16 Jan 1958

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U.S . Naval Attache, Rio 39-58 11 Harc h 19~)8
50 Public:!.ty. The press reports after the publication of the photo-
graphs covered a great deal of newspaper space for about a week, tending
to prove or disprove the authenticity of Baralin8's photographs. DTARIO
CARI9CA reported that personnel of SALDANHA were under rigid orders of
sile~ce. 0 GLOBO published a story .,ith photographs by photographeI'~
Jeap ' l1anzon 7 of flying saucers (china) ta1ren a·c Cabo Frio.
, Federal Deputy Sergio Magalhaes sent a note to the Navy Ministry
on 27 February protesting the Navy's failure to secure Sl-lOrn statements
of \...-itnesses. "For the first time in flying saucer history, the
phenomenon ,·las attended by large numbers of persons belonging to a
mili~ary force 'IThich give these latest photographs an official stampo
Threats to national security require greater official attention and
action," said the Deputy. In the middle of all the publiCity, other
IIfl.ying saucer" sighting reports carne out including a naval officer "rho
saw a flying saucer a month before sighting from SALDANHA off the coast
of' Espirito Santoo CO and e re,>, of KJ'.A TRIDENTE sal-r flying sauc",r
several days befora S~ANHA sighting but kept information secreto
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