2 June 1986
(Ministry of Aeronautics, Air Command of Air Defense,
Source: Revista UFO (
The document reports on the 19 May 1986 Brazilian UFO incident, the famous “Official Night of the UFOs” case.
It is written by José Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, acting commander of COMDA/Núcleo do Comando de Defesa Aeroespacial Brasileiro (Nucleus of the Brazilian Aerospace Defence Command) (NuCOMDABRA).
Original document:
English translation:
NOTE: NuCOMDABRA was reorganised as the Brazilian Aerospace
Defence Command (COMDABRA), according to the book, Culture and Defence in Brazil :
An Inside Look at Brazil ’s
Aerospace Strategies.
Book preview (Google Books): Culture and Defence in Brazil: An Inside Look at Brazil’s Aerospace
Strategies (edited by Maria Filomena Fontes Ricco):
Brazilian ufologists visited COMDABRA (the Brazilian Aerospace Defense Command) in Brasilia on 20 May 2005
(From left to right: Roberto Beck, Rafael Cury, Marco Petit,
A. J. Gevaerd, Fernando Ramalho and Claudeir Covo)
(rense.com photo)