Date: 27 May 1986
Date of information: 21 May 1986
(U.S.
Department of Defense, Washington,
D.C.)
Source: fenomenum.com.br
Quote from the document (not written in U.S.
Department of Defense document format):
“WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY
EVALUATED INTEL
DOI: (U) 860521
SOURCE: (U) VARIOUS BAF SOURCES/OPEN SOURCES
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SUMMARY: (U) NUMEROUS UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS WERE
SIGHTED IN THE SKIES OVER BRAZIL.
BUT BAF FIGHTERS WERE UNABLE TO INTERCEPT THEM.
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TEXT: 1. (blacked out text) ACCORDING TO SOURCES, AT
LEAST 20 UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED BY SEVERAL AIRCREWS AND ON RADAR
THE NIGHT OF 19 MAY 86. THE OBJECTS WERE FIRST SEEN BY THE PILOT OF A XINGU
AIRCRAFT, TRANSPORTING OZIRES SILVA, FORMER PRESIDENT OF EMBRAER, BETWEEN SAO PAULO AND RIO
DE JANEIRO. FIGHTERS WERE LAUNCHED FROM SANTA CRUZ AB
(blacked out text) AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS. ALTHOUGH ALL THREE MADE RADAR
CONTACT, ONLY ONE OF THE THREE PILOTS MANAGED TO SEE WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS RED,
WHITE AND GREEN LIGHTS. SHORTLY AFTERWARD, RADAR CONTACT WAS MADE WITH SIMILAR
OBJECTS NEAR BRASILIA AND THREE MIRAGES WERE LAUNCHED FROM ANAPOLIS AB (blacked
out text) ALL MADE RADAR AND VISUAL CONTACT AT 20,000 FEET. THEY
REPORTED THAT THEY WERE ESCORTED BY THIRTEEN OF THESE DISCS WITH RED, GREEN,
AND WHITE LIGHTS AT A DISTANCE OF ONE TO THREE MILES. THE OBJECTS THEN RAPIDLY
DISAPPEARED FROM BOTH GROUND AND AIRBORNE RADARS.
2. (blacked out text) THE AIR MINISTER IS QUOTED BY
THE PRESS AS SAYING THERE WERE THREE GROUPS OF TARGETS ON THE GROUND RADAR AND
THAT THE SCOPES OF THE AIRBORNE RADARS WERE SATURATED.
COMMENT: (blacked out text) WHILE (unintelligible
text) DOES NOT BELIEVE IN UFO’S OR ALL THE HOOPLA THAT SURROUNDS PREVIOUS
REPORTING, THERE IS TOO MUCH HERE TO BE IGNORED. THREE VISUAL SIGHTINGS AND
POSITIVE RADAR CONTACT.”
NOTE: See the same DoD document on Page 2. This
document is heavily redacted by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Redacted text
in the “SUMMARY” part: “BUT BAF FIGHTERS WERE UNABLE TO INTERCEPT THEM.”
Redacted text
in the “TEXT” part: “(blacked out text) ACCORDING TO SOURCES/BY SEVERAL
AIRCREWS AND ON RADAR/THE OBJECTS WERE FIRST SEEN BY THE PILOT OF A XINGU
AIRCRAFT, TRANSPORTING OZIRES SILVA, FORMER PRESIDENT OF EMBRAER/FIGHTERS WERE
LAUNCHED FROM SANTA CRUZ AB (blacked out text) AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS.
ALTHOUGH ALL THREE MADE RADAR CONTACT, ONLY ONE OF THE THREE PILOTS MANAGED TO
SEE WHAT HE/SHORTLY AFTERWARD, RADAR CONTACT WAS MADE WITH/AND THREE MIRAGES WERE
LAUNCHED FROM ANAPOLIS AB (blacked out text) ALL MADE RADAR AND VISUAL CONTACT
AT 20,000 FEET.
THEY REPORTED THAT THEY WERE ESCORTED BY THIRTEEN OF THESE DISCS WITH RED,
GREEN, AND WHITE LIGHTS AT A DISTANCE OF ONE TO THREE MILES. THE OBJECTS THEN
RAPIDLY DISAPPEARED FROM BOTH GROUND AND AIRBORNE RADARS.”
Redacted text
in the “COMMENT” part (the whole text): “COMMENT: (blacked out text) WHILE
(unintelligible text) DOES NOT BELIEVE IN UFO’S OR ALL THE HOOPLA THAT
SURROUNDS PREVIOUS REPORTING, THERE IS TOO MUCH HERE TO BE IGNORED. THREE
VISUAL SIGHTINGS AND POSITIVE RADAR CONTACT.”
NOTE: The document date (27 May 1986) is shown at the
bottom of the page.
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