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This FBIS transcript, released through the National Archives under authority NND968063, relays a Rio de Janeiro Radio Tupi broadcast of 8 November 1963. The broadcast said a large metal sphere had fallen in the center of the municipality of Conde, in Bahia, and gouged a hole four meters deep. The sphere reportedly had window-shaped openings covered with thick glass. Inside was a human body in heavy clothing bearing inscriptions nobody could decipher, and the authorities had been informed.
From the source: Release of 2026-08-07 Incident: 11/13/63, Bahia, Brazil. This document is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report dated November 9, 1963, tracking a local Portuguese-language radio broadcast from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, regarding an alleged crash of a “large metal sphere” containing a deceased occupant in Conde, Bahia, Brazil. This FBIS report is excerpted from the files of Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC). NASC was a cabinet-level advisory body within the Executive Office of the President responsible for coordinating U.S. space policy from 1958 to 1973. Handwritten annotations dated November 13, 1963, document a communication between officials at NASC and the U.S. Department of State. The note records a NASC request to a State Department official to query the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro for local verification of the reporting. This inter-agency request precedes a subsequent diplomatic cable sent by the Embassy the following day, cataloged in this collection under the title “DOS-UAP-D001.”
Authority NNO968063 p/ FBIS 03 RIO DE JANEIRO RADIO TUPI IN PORTUGUESE 2330 8 NOV 63 W (TEXT) REPORTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF CONDE, IN' BAIA, SAY A LARGE METAL SPHERE FELL IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, GOUGING A HOLE FOUR METERS DEEP. THE MYSTERIOUS SPHERE HAS WINDOW SHAPED OPENINGS COVERED WITH THICK GLASS. INSIDE IS A HUMAN BODY DRESSED IN HEAVY CLQTHING BEARING INSCRIPTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE DECIPHERED. THE PO~ULATION OF CONDE IS INTRIGUED, AND THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEENINf ORNED. 9 NOV 111A RWS/GY ' r . . ' , 7
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