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“Olavo T. Fontes”

Stories2

Ubatuba Magnesium Fragments (1957)

September 1957 · Praia das Toninhas, near Ubatuba, São Paulo state

UAP · Disc / saucer · 29 sources

24Thinly documented

The Gravataí Air Force Base sighting and the Brazilian Air Force's statements

October 24, 1954 · Gravataí Air Force Base (now Canoas Air Force Base), near Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources

36Partially documented

Names3

Fontes Person · 3 stories
Dr.
João Martins Person · 3 stories
João Martins was a reporter for O Cruzeiro, the Diários Associados weekly in Rio de Janeiro, and he turns up in three Brazilian cases.
O Cruzeiro Organisation · 3 stories
O Cruzeiro was the Diários Associados weekly in Rio de Janeiro.

Documents4

Project Blue Book file: Trinidade Island, 16 Jan 1958 Document

USAF via The Black Vault· 54 pages· 4 pages mention it
- p. 14 …Olavo T. Fontes, APRO' s Brazilian representative, read the letter in the column and decided to call IVIr. Sued and…
- p. 16 …Olavo Fontes. The sample recei ved included two frag - ments of meta llic appearance, grey color, low den s ity…
Flying Saucers UFO Reports FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 68 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 15 …Olavos Fontes, and presented in detail in Flying Saucers (Signet). This man was "kidnaped" right off his own tractor in…
- p. 66 …Olavo T. Fontes M.D. (Brazil); Dr. Rene Hardy, electronics expert and physicist (France); Peter Norris, LLD (Australia); Jun' Ichi…
UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969) Document

Government Attic· 419 pages· 10 pages mention it
- p. 119 …in orbit around the earth Feb, 20, 1962, Fontes, Olavo T. Dying girl saved by humanoid surgeons. Flying saucer review…
- p. 217 …Fontes, Olavo T. Brazil under UFO survey. Flying saucer review, v. 7, Mar. - Apr. 1960: 10-14. Dr. Fontes documents…
Symposium on unidentified flying objects: hearings before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, second session, July 29, 1968. Hearing transcript

U.S. House of Representatives· 1968-07-29· 256 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 126 …Olavo T. Fontes. Briefly, several small metallic fragments were recovered by some fishermen near the coastal town of Ubatuba, Sao…
- p. 130 …Olavo T. Fontes. Briefly, several small metallic fragments were recovered by some fishermen near the coastal town of Ubatuba, Sao…