PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

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l. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
O Was Galloon
a ae. .) Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Possibly Balloon
325 GC 45/,) : 7 0 Wos Aircrate
Locel __ - 7 — O° Ground: Vi suol 0 Ground-Roder Q Probably Airerof?
7) ] giltcotend thet ——e O Air Vi su ol 0 Air-intercep? Rada, | 2 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE QO Was Astronomical
O Yes QC Probobly Astronomical
Cr Ne QO Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 18. MUMBER OF OBJECTS ‘| 9 COURSE O Other __ z
QO Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
O Unknown
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analysis, and none published his complete data. The Ohio chemist,
busy with ordinary duties, had time to make only a preliminary
analysis of the 1956 fragment. He did not determine the amount
of tin present and did not determine what clements other than tin
were in the sample. The density of the 1954 sample is not known
and the results of the complete qualitative, quantitative, and spec-
trographic tests, if performed, are not available.

When a businessman sends a specimen to a commercial chemist
for analysis, he expects to receive a specific list of exactly what
elements it contains and in what percentages. If he received, in-
stead, results such as those of the silver-rain analysis, plus the
chemist’s opinion that the specimen used to consist of something
else in different proportions, the businessman would very properly
refuse to pay.

No competent chemist would use the meager data available to
assert that the 1954 and 1956 fragments had an identical origin,
or that they were originally composed only of pure tin. A quantita-
tive analysis theoretically could show that a given sample is com-
posed entirely of a certain clement such as tin, but if the sample
contains only go per cent tin, 10 per cent obviously consists of other
elements, and the specimen is not 100 per cent pure tin.

With so few facts available, the actual identity of the silver rain
can only be guessed at, but overwhelming evidence indicates that
it was made right here on earth,

The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics lists a large number of
possibilities. At least 5 alloys of tin and lead, without antimony,
have densities between 9.43 and 10.33, like the 1956 fragments.
Ordinary “plhimber’s solder” is 67 per cent lead, 33 per cent tin,
and has a density of 9.4. “Tinman’s solder” is 67 per cent tin and 33
per cent Jead. Many alurninum solders have neither antimony nor
Jead, but contain tin in percentages ranging from 50 to 97 per cent,
combined with varying proportions of zinc, aluminum, copper, cad-
mim, or phosphorus.

One judicially-minded investigator of flying saucers gently
pointed out to the editor of the UFO Critical Bulletin that the use of
the word “proved” for the extraterrestrial origin of the silver rain was
premature, and suggested the need for obtaining and publishing a
complete analysis before drawing any conclusions. The editor, not
yet a complete master of the English langnage, responded with the
peculiar logic of the xenochemist:

“What more is necessary to convince so severe and thickheaded
person as Dr. ~-—~—? Would be necessary a statement in conjunction
with some highly worldly considered scientist? . . . Would be nec-
essary a statement in conjunction from Eisenhower, Khrushchev
and the Pope?—This he'll never get of course. Would be necessary
a UFO landing on his private garden?” [17]

wre)

"SAUCER TIN"

We have no intention of piving the whole story of the molten "tin" that fell in
Campinas, Brazil, on December 20, 1951, supposedly from 2 saucer, since most of our
readers are probably familiar with the main facts already. (If not, see Simdes's
Flying Saucer, #6 and 7; APRO Bulletin, July 1957.) But we should mention that two
samples kiacly brought to New York by Simoes disappointed everyone, because they
proved, on vesting, to be composed of tin and lead. They appeared, in fact, to be
identifiable as solder = which hardly suggests any extraterrestrial origin, However,
this proves nothing, since these drops of metal could not be guaranteed to be pari
of the original material: it is possible that they were brought in later by a prank-
ster. (The sample in the possession of Dr, Charles Maney is of similarly hazy cri-
gin.) The exact nature of the orizinal material - supposed to be phenomenally pucre
tin - is still not really certain, and it will remain uncertain until someone suc-
ceeds in getting more information from Dr. Visvaldo Maffei of Campinas, the chemist
who originally examined it. The case is a very important one if authentic, but vceri-
fication is still needed before we are justified in saying that chemical analysis

disclosed evidence that this saucer metal was of non-earthly origin,

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@HE FLYT WG “SAUCER

No. 8: October 1957

Chik! De +bSQUISA LOS LLSvOS VOALOKES - CPDV ~ Box 8449 - Sao Faulo, Brazil.
Auriphedo Pexranss oimoes, kditor.. | A
Phas TUNE OF vie Mavive | : SF
FF

“our Editor has just returned to his native country ef teg an absence of four-
ty daya. it was his inteytion to contact several saucer ipvestigators both in
Europe ‘snd in America, but he was successful only in megting saucerers in New
York, ang “his, incidentally,. was definitely the best g¥ent of his whole trip.

Your Haiser was fortunate enough to be receivedg#y the Civilian Saucer In-
telligence of Wew York at the home of that wondeg®ul researcher Isabel Davis,
where also Lex bane and tied Bloecher toge they with [sebel, burn their brains
trying to see, li, aes the immense darkgsss of saucerdon - .or.ufolozy if
you prefer, 95 a ae Oe ap

It would be attoripMapossible to desgribe how nicé Lex, Isabel and ved were
to your Editor & wife, Bo%h the CIrDV x jresentatives were introduced to several

nice pevole, among them tite, famous g6ologist Ur. Ivan Sanderson, Mr.: Hans

Stefan. santesson, bditor of "Mentagtic Universe", Ur. Jules Saint Germain - a

devil. with a lawyer PORTER; Dr *ahifon Davidson, who still maitains that UFOs are
other Vils who are deeply concerned about

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saucers. £ gy
| When the CPDV re resenigiives arrived, some good Chilean wine was poured and
when they went back to Bn@zil, a deliciots. Hrenen champagne was popped. oth

Brazilians intrude upongisabel's home as titapgh it were their home too and all
the time, assisted by, fiex and ‘Ped, Isabel wasmtire most a,greable of all hostesses,

There are not ingthe English vocabulary (the ‘Yocabulary we are acquainted
with) nice enough, #ords to thank properly the aforementioned friends, for this
cee will be better to make it simple sy Thank’ you all dear, dear

reason, perhaps
friends. iie nai te we will be able to be as nice to you here in Brazil in 4
y ;

very near fut as you were to us. And again, thanks," Ya,
“Mien,

7 ; at US UAE in
HN, PRKSIDEN? OF CPDV DIES © | | ee p.
very sorry to notify our readers’ that’ our President, Mr. “Norberto

‘ed last Monday November 4th. Norberto Lohn his wife’ and a niese, along
ive more friends were drowned when their fishing boat capsized during a

NORBERYO.

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Lohn

wit
‘geyére storm, near Cananea in southern Sao Paulo. Up to the moment (Nov, Fh,only
tyle body of his niece has been found. Requiescat in igi dear Roxbertas: Hp

ANTT. CLIMAX | ‘ie “ - : et

It. seehe. that whenever someone comes wp. ei ah something very new end very as-
tounding: about saucers and the evidence that they are material objects origina-
ted in other worlds, an anti-climax is not long in making its appearance and
the whole: business is squashed "malgré tout", Once more it has happened and I
ean much troubled to confess that I am the main culprit. in this particular case,
Some. corrections must be made in the former information issued in "The Flying
Saucer" No, 7 page 9. It is to.be hoped that my blunder shall. not, gat from our

readers what is so aptly called "a tongue-in-cheek-attitude".

Our readers may be aware as per Bulletin 7 that the "silvery rain” of Cam-
pinas, Brazil, on_Degember 20th 1954 - when some saucers “were seen" to drop
waste material - needed some corrections. These corrections were actually made
and. brought the "silvery rain" aitfair to the following statuss

1. While a lady - who prefers to remain anonymous =~ was feeding her chikens
in her tackyard, on Vecemter 20th 1954, something fell ‘from above; it
was like molten metal and splashed bare) ly a ae from whe ple 1c 2 where
she was stooping.

2. From neighboring buildings someone could have thrown the molten metal
into her yard, but the investigation tailed to prove thet this was the
case. (Even if the metal fell by some of her neighdor's action it would

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be very interesting to learn how that neienvor got hold of such a pecu-
liar sample whose , Strange | composition can" t be accounted for).

3. Since the composition of the material dropped trom above can't be rea-

sonably accounted for, it is pointless to assume that the solder-like’.
substance might. have dropped from fusing elec$ric wires hanging over the
lady's backyard: This, nevertheless, was checked and no elect:ic wires
ever crossed the space,of her backyard, either hanging or otherwise. It
is perhaps wise to state that neither wires nor any other Suspended ob-
ject were ever found that could give an indication as to-the- origin of.

ee the molten material. — ae * oe .
ae ‘The lady never. said::t that én had seen the naterial falling fron- -any fly-

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‘ing object; .2 ab. the time: she thought something. had flown swiftly over-:

“head. »very low. It. was-a fleeting impression, Perhaps, she suggested, it
had been a crow flying very low. (It is ny contention that if a crow's

droppings ‘contain pure tin, hardly it would’fell in molten state; this,
‘I’ assure you all, | is impossible even in South America).

“5. The lady. attempted to catch with her bare hands the beautiful silvery”

material, but she hastily retrieved her hand on account of the intenss
heat. “‘Phereupon, sort of scared, she started crying for help. Neignoors
soon crowded ' around ‘the. rapidly solidifying material and just gaped at.

AG.

Retired Professor Benedt'to G. ‘Hasclhente; an old friend. of the family

heard about .the.event and.paid the lady a visit to see what was the ru-

max. about, After listening to all given details he suggested that +he~
waste material had fallen from a flying saucer end urged the lady to’
get in touch with Mr, Danton Gomes, reporter of Campinas’ "0 Correio Po-
pular”. The lady answered that her husband would not permit her to have
her name’ publicly involved with such an insolito event, but she agreed
to be interviewed at Mx. jiascimento' S provided | Danton kept her name se-

cret.
During the previous, days strange spinning flyine ‘objects. had ‘been geen.

flying low over ‘Campinas, but there’ S.@ complete lack of evidence that...
flying Saucers were seen in the. skies precisely on the day of the fa-

“mous dropping. ie ' | be yee Ire 8 ee Se PEET © x

6. Mr. Nascimento caught the material. ands. ‘Let us quote him from his

interview with a reporter from "0 Globo" of Rio de: Janeira.:' This news-. .
paper printed the story on December. 24th 1954. Here's what ir. Nasci-
mento said: "Ten days a0. when a few flying saucers. were seen, flying,

"* over ‘the town, a lady to whom I am acquainted invited. me to pay her a

omere

visit. She told me she had ‘something very important: to. show me, She told

‘tne then ‘that she was in her backyard when she noticed three flying sau~

cers in the sky. One of the objects, ‘round, gray, spinning incessantly
dove over her backyard illuminating it intensely; at the same: time the
saucer dropped something like a silvery rain. After a few minutes ny
friend.went to the place where -the "rain" had fallen: and found some-

‘thing shining. She bent to catch it but retrieved ner-hand because the~

heat was too. strong. Then she asked me -to pay ‘her a visit. After catch~
ing. the material that-would have been dropped from a flying saucer, I -
went to the offices of "0 Correio Popular”, whence accompanied by:a —
reporter I delivered the material to. a chemist for examination, I have
written for. "0 Correio Popular" a few articles denying the existence of
the so called flying discs; later on, however, I was lucky enoughto see
one of these objects flying over Campinas; then I confessed my error in
another article in the same newspaper. I have no doubts ‘that. the. silvery
rain seen by my friend was really originated by one of. these saucers,"

Reporter Danton Gomes and ?Yrofessor Nasciménto went to. the: Young Labo-~
ratories where they met Dr. Visvaldo Maffvei.to waom they told: what they

knew. Dr. Maffei at once started his examination and. pronounced, the ma-
terial to be: §8.91°% pure’ tin’ and 11.09 %. oxidation. ‘there were not the
“glightest traces of’ other metals such as lead, LON, antimony, . etc. The

impurity - Dr. Maffei was alleged to say - was due to contact with the
air. Here's what Dr, Maffei.said to "0 Globo": "Tin'88.91 %.° The mate-

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oe Tet oe ‘ gut ys ' “$s g aia

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rial presented charactéristics, of high oxidation, such | as: tin in combina-
tion with oxygen known as tin oxide, No impurity was. found in’ the analy-
zed material. This result refers only to the analyzed sample." Explai-
ning further the written results of the analysis, Dr. Mafiei told the

"0 Globo": "The material is exceptionally pure tin without any impurity,
oxeepting oxygen. It is possible that the material contains infinitesimal
amounts of other substances (sic) but this only a Spec brographical exami-~
nation would be. able to. reveal. ‘the sample analyzed revealed pure tin
without the presence of. any: other element (sic) common to tin, such as

. iron, lead, antimony, arsenio, etc. kven the purest tin used in our in-

dustry 99.99% pure has infinitesimel amounts of the aforementioned impu-

‘rities in it.: Metals with such a purity ere generally found kn meceori-
tes, because.in the space void the decantation is processed, separating

“ @ifferent minerals. I know, for instance what happens with iron and

nickel meteorites, however I have never heard df ey ure tin etegrites, but

*. this is not..significant that» they do not exist..."

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That night reporter Danton Goes. wrote the uuazing storys:During the week
after "O-Correio Popular” printed it, Danton. received areund thirty odd
bits of solder-like material found in. odd places such as:dackyards and
roofs. Apparently the "ssucer” Kad showered the mysterious all over Cam-
pinas. Non-commitally Danton stowed the material in a drawer and now and

then would give a bit to souvenir collectors, When he wrote the story, for

lack of a better name he called the incident "the silvery rain". The name
stuck, ‘

Soon the Brazilian Air Force got wind of what had happened in Campinas
and wired its Base there to have the material collected from "0 Correio
Popular” and mail it urgently to the Headquarters of: Fourth Aerial ‘Zone

.in Sa0 Paulo, from where it would be mailed to the Air Ministry in Rio.
.{OPDV is: im possession of photographic copies of the cable and the photo

showing the chunk sent’ to the Air Ministry. Professor Charles Maney also

keeps. the two photos in his files).

Just before the’ sample had been delivered to ‘the Air Forae, the reporter

''- of "0 Globo" went to the offices of "0 Correio Popular" in order to see

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the material with his own eyes. Danton Gomes took from his pocket a kit-
chen box of matches inside which were two bits of.the material and said
surprised::"Why! It seems that the 'thing" is disappearing! Since last’
Monday it-has shrunk to half its size! It's incredible! Or am I being the
victim of a hallucination?" vrofessor Nascimento took a look and said:
"There's no doubting the fact. The ‘thing’ is disappearing!" (I have in-'
terviewed Danton Gomes and he advised me not to believe too much in. the

. contracting -story. He said he could have been mistaken).

Soon after CPDV was founded, in the spring of 1956, Escobar Faria, Luzzi
Junior and I went to Campinas and heard straight from Danton Comes lips
the whole story again, witnout the corrections I had to introduce about
one year later, (See "The Flying Saucer” No. 7. At that time Danton gave
me two bits of the waste material he was keeping in his desk.drawer, ma-
king clear that they were not from the same chunk analyzed by Maffei. Then
on second thought he took pack one of the bits and witn a pocket- 3t-knize,
cut it in two halves. He explained his attitude saying that he was sow
running out of "saucer-bits". Thus I left Campinas with 1 1/2 bit of
saucer material. I kept the two bits for a long time in my bill-folder,
Once during a TV show about saucers, someone asked me for a bit of sau-
cer and I "generously" gave the fellow the bist Danton had cut in two, I
can't remember to wnom I gave it. Later I sent the "whole™” round bit I

-kept to Pfofessor Charles A. Maney at The Defiance College, in:Vefiance,

Ohio telling him the whole story,

Professor Maney soon after wrote me a letter and made a preliminary re-
port about his findings. He said that Professor Nathan Meltz had submited
the sample to four different tests and had not found the slightest trace
of antimony. This was very strange because usually tin always keeps some
traces of antimony. Furthermore, trofessor Maney found the density of his
sample to be 10.3 whsreas “normal” tin has a density of 7.5. Cautiously
Professor Maney asked for further details and later made a statement

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about his and Professor lteltz' findings, CPDV got rrofessor Maney's per-
mission to disclose the news and gave priority for publication to Dr. Mea-

de Layne, Director of BR Sed Dr. Jieade Layne. published, the story in
= -, "Clips, Quotes de snenents" G~9 of July 1,957 s (These interested should
\e .; ~Write to BSRA, 3524 Adans Aves». San Diego, 16). California)...

et me

“15 ,When frofessor ‘Maney ‘sent me his prelimary report I’ wro'te’ a nate to five
t-:°_/ .people and ‘told them everything, requesting. them to keep quiet’ for a while,
we Among these: people. was Lex Mebarie’ of CSI.of New York. When he learned

fs that I. soon would.meet him in New York he wrote’ asking whether it would be
/ ..possible for me ‘to.:find another bit -of-the material sent to Professor Ma-

— | ''s mey.: After consulting with Danton- Gomes’ I answered that it would be quite

- J. \ possible and in fact I’ mede' it publis that on’ October 15th this year I

3] -+ would-give to CSI of New ‘York for dnalysis’ the’ ovher half of the sample

-i.°*-. analysed by. Professor Maney"; here's where’ iI’ went wrong and spread more
\ +,eonfusion on an already’ confused subject: hus baror my départure fora
o>, trip in Europe and New York f went: to Campirias end received from Danton
/ the bit of matetial he had cu'ty-in two halves the previous year with ano-
ther bit he had found among his papers.,At. the,.time I.was pretty sure
et that the" falf bit was the same I. had sent, to.. Professor Maney, ,Later 1
aaa would realize, that to Professor. Maney: I had sent. a..!'whole" round bit and
3 ‘not a "erescent- shaped half bit";., the. crescent-shaped bit 1,had.given to
someone during a JV. progran, renember? Then on the last:week.of Qctober
id arrived in New York. and happily, delivered to. Lex his portion of the
‘saucer, Just looking at the two.bits, Lex said: "Gee! don't they-look like
‘ " gdlder?" ‘On the following night I went to see Lex and learned:.that I had
brought him neg ed two as 4 BoLose Can anysody  Amagsne my di sconfi-~
ture? Dice : ees NAG A a ee .

fy 16.At once ye called ‘Professor. Maney over ‘the. phone ‘and told: hin. what was
"happening. When he told us that the bit I hed ,sent him:was a,round bit
' ’, Wwithott any. indication of having. been cut, we: “ell sighed,. then straining
- my memory I was. able to. ascertain. that,to Lex Mebane..and: someone during a
television program i ‘had given. the two halves .of. some soldering material.

1%.Therefore | the material analysed by ioe bel Meltz .and Maney :was not the
. game analysed by. Lex Mebane.. Also there’ no way.to ba sure Ghat-.the bit
, analysed by Dr. ‘Maffei was fron the. sane. chunk, analysed by: Rnohs ‘Maney.

Tha last viord. ‘about thé "silvery rain". hes not wet been seid, When rt ‘gaw Dan-
ton by, , the. end’ of September, realizing how serious I was. about the whole: subject
he answered soberly all my questions. and made a point. of telling me-the ‘trath
even ‘though , the glanous of the story formerly told would disappear. Danton assu-
red me ‘that. the lady who remains incognito neve r-..saw.a saucer and.yet, th
"UFO Critical: Bulletin" got Mr.~“Nascimento to interview the-lady, -Mrs.,G.0, Ay
published the questions and answers on Yol I Nos, 11-12. dere"s what Mr. Nasci-
mento .asked her and what. she answered: | 7 | es Saae 8H

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_ Q. Did you really see “the UFOs? é ye
As Yéas “°° yee o © = hae, i. Wage tlt cleo Were
Q. How many?, ... are are =e ne code hall Bi a te

he fhree.. sy nus eo qo 3
Q. Were; they ‘spinning? a. ae a eee, et,
A. Yes, like a record, . : “y laen, = be eens

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Qe rlease,, state hour,. day, wonth and year. oe use! by ees cet
A. I‘don't remember, At’ the time I attached ne importance to. the, event, but
" "I recollect that. the Sent, ton, BlAge in. the morning,, when, I. wasein my
] poultry-yard. eA ca ne | et Gaus: 5

, Qe at ahas altitude were the Ui'0s?, .-. Pre ae See
‘a, I don't know, I don't understand about such | shings,. but | 7 ceneuber I saw
si those objects perfectly. tan EE A ata
Q. Did the UFOs drop anything when you were ‘Icolking nt them?
» A. Not when. I -was’.looking at them." But -just meer theif passage some’ bits
i. * °. . Like metal fell’ near my feet ‘and £ am sure: that they came rrom tha Spac4
{italics mine): because my house i's high and surrounded by high walls. (I
suppose the lady meant that it was impossibdle for someone bo ‘throw the
mnolien material into her vackyard,: hditor). | a

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Qe Please, describe. the material.
A. It was like liquefied tin when it, fell near me, but soon after it solidi-

fied. It was quite hot and I only touched: it: some tine Later,
Q. Please, describe the Us0s' shape, 3 :

A. the upper part looked like a hat, but the lower part was disc-Shapeéed and

flat like a record.and spinning like @ record on a phonograph, the thrs¢
objects crossed noiselessly over my house. and did not leave any smoke or
trail. (I have taken some liverty with: the wording of this tutery4 ew but

the meaning has not been altered).

By now readers will be prone to believe that there's something fishy. about the
“silvery rain" affair. It seems that the best step to be taken is to have tur. Nas-
cimento, Danton Gomes and the incognito lady together and question them. I have no
doubt that UCB as weil.as CYDV are doing their best to give their readers a very
“accurate account ot the "silvery rain" case, but it. is now obvious ~- tremendously
“obvious © that doth CRDV and UCB can't be said to have at last gotten the truth. I

have

‘promised to vrofessor Maney and Lex Mebane that I would try and get a written

statement from Dr. Visvaldo Maffei as soon-as I arrived in Sao Paulo. I have attem

pted

to contact him, but he seems to be the most elusive man. Even the Young Labo-

ratories:in .Campinas were not located at the given address or any other address
for that. matter. It seems that Maffei moved to Sao Paulo and the Laboratory was

-disintesrated.,. My brother who lives in Campinas is helping Danton in the search.
for Maffei. I, hope. thet before this bulletin- is’ written we will have another. iten

about the same sudject.

I.

think it is now the right time to transcribe the post-scriptum of a letter

dated: September 22nd written by Dr. Olavo Fontes. I only read the letter recently
because on.September 23rd I boarded a plane to Hurope and returned only do deys

later. I quoes the P.S.:

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"I was closing this letter when a received an ee ee that leads ne ‘to
write what follows. In 'AYRO Bulletin" of.July there was an article written:

“by'myself about the Campinas case. ‘vo weeks later I received a lettér from

an American astronomer (a friend of mine) asking me to find a bit of the ma-
terial dropped over Campinas and have it sent to him. With the sample he
would have it..analyzed by one-of his friends now with the USAY, This USaAP

man would. analyze the sample spectroscopically, which.is- the ‘nethod: preferred

‘by the Air Force. the whole thing, of course, would be kept’ secret, This

' USAF man is. ‘much. interested in UPOs.end it was his. suggestion that drove -my
friend astronomer to write to me. Then we. would have the result‘ already ob-
“tained confirmed. by an. ‘analysis made inside the USAN. This, as you’see, would

“he. ‘of inestimable value to us.

“Bearitg atl-this in mind I ‘sent a messagér'to Campinas. The messager met

. the:newspaperman Joel. Gomes (probably Danton Gomes’ boss, whoever Joel may

. be) who I knew still had a-small sample of the material. But then the massa~
ger learned that:the sample had beén delivered to you on the previous Satur.

day. My envoyee was there on September 19th.
"Since you are ‘now‘in possession of the’ mentioned material, could you

“please give me ea small portion of it so I could have it for the aforemen-

tioned analysis? Of course I assume that you and CrDV are interested in coo-

‘perating with me. It is clear that we will give you priority in announcing
the rvesults.. (No, dear Dr. Fontes. CPDV. does not care for scoopsy.it is only

after truth and you may be sure that from now on we will do. our best “to ch

you a sample. Editor), Personally I don't want- eny publicity and ‘would ‘ac
only as a CPDV member, or. if you wish as an in-between, (Thank you Dr. nha
tesa, you are a very noble man and I wish all researchers were like you. Ed.).

"rlease, let me know what is your desision. If it is impossible to gat the
Sample, . never mind,.I'll try to get a bit from the. sample kept by. the Brazi-

lian Air Force. This will be difficult but by no means impossible. I am so

much concerned to achieve what I aim that I will only be discouraged after
finding: all doors closed to me. The astronomer [I have mentioned lives in New

-Mexico and is abolutely reliable. I taka all responsibility for that,

"Good bye now. I still hope thxt. you be able to.help me, If by any chance
you don't trust me, I can put you in direct contact with the astronomer, Yours
Olavo Fontes,"

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/ Lex Mebane thought that Dr. Visvaldo Maffei never existed and that there was a
~~ possibility that the Campinas casé were just another well cooked hoax. for-that
reason- when I went to see him I was well stocked with photos of Dr. Maffei, Dan-
ton Gomes and Mrs Nascimento.: It has been so far ‘impossible: to find Dr. Maffei,
but eventually he will be found. Danton told me Dr. Maffei ‘still has a good-sized
bit ofthe waste material and if that'is the case, Dr. Maffei will be talked in-
to giving to’ Dr. Fontes the all’ important material. If this fails all-we have

to do is-to make an offensive against the Air Force and try to find the "mispla-
ced" big chunk they got from Danton Gomes. It may teke some time, but the cage is

by no means hopeless. ,

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/ SAUCERS OVER PHE "HOU" AXEA

/ Those who have read our last issue are acquainted with we call the "hot" sea
in §razil, Saucers just "love" to fly over that strip where most of Brazilién raq -
dioaXtive minerals are located. rerhaps the fact that the area is "hot" is point-
less, ince saucers are seen everywhere and this includes hot areas not#only in’
Brazil \but in the whole world, but the fact remains that in Brazil the noveri ng or

‘saucerss ad fire-balls over that region is a funny "coincidence", £

or

“From ur correspondent in Vitoria, iistate. of Uspirito Santo, ngftheast of Kio
de JaneiroR® we have received two clippings from "A ‘'ribuna" a logal newspaper and
a letter sahing that his daughter had witnessed the flight of ge of. the UFOs. Mr,
Bento Mangue= @ Filho, our correspondent can be reached through P.O. Box 257, Vi-
toria, Brazil A, Here! s what the "A Tribuna" printed on Augug 31:

“Interviewed Sy our reporters Mr. Delmar kamos de Almejda said that the day
before, listeningyto Radio Nacional in Rro he had heard thet a flying saucer had
been seen flying. oker the skies of the Espirito Santo, his - he said - was true,
because I also witn&ssed it. I and other friends were playing. ball at Saldanha da
Gama Club around 18:39 6 clock, when we saw a strangs object flying overhead. Wa
thought it was an aircraft in fire, tecause it disgppeared behind the. venha, where
the: airport is located. ke Called the aszpory and they’ said there was no aircraft

mais troutie that they knew, ors me Fd
' On the following day the," Yribuna" printed this.

"Once again a strange objégt was seen ove our skies, this time circling. very
low in-the’outskirsts of town. Messers Jos$'G. Miranda, Hailson Bassini’ and Isma-
lio Gouveia witnessed the happe&ing and tiey are sure that they have seen a sau-
cer. The thing was about 6 me terdin disgneter, round, like a plate, ‘they obser-
ved a reddi’sh’ light flowing throug, what looked like’ small windows in the center

‘of the flying object, They said the *hgdy circled: sevéreal times and once tilted
its superior part (upper part) towazd®their direction and: then the thing climbed
swiftly and was lost.to sight. We sere wear the Saldanha da Gama Club and we tried

to.stop passing.cars in order ta,zet mi BiMowbted but only one car stopped. We

told. the occupant what. it was avout and hAdoudted until he saw it by. Aimself, We
don't..asked his name,.- but he- Lives near the Saldanha, . The thing happened pS. 22:00

6 clock (08:01 GMT)". Fi ae} yes oy, MA tan &, s te
After reading these ty 70 tems in, "A ‘'ribuns4 . our. correspondent (just appoin-
ted). wrote: . . £ |

"My daughter, 11 yeags old, ‘very clever and cots otis 4th grade, told me
that while she was playing with her friends about 13,00 (22:00 GM?) on the eve-
ning of August 30th, they all sighted’ in’ the sky a Luinous red body, like a ball,
doing strange evolusions, now hovering then moving, veBgre disappearing at high
Bpeed toward the sga. My daughter told’ me her tale soon ‘After but I did not pay
much attention ungil LI read the two items in "A Tribuna" , ‘which I enclose,"

y
NO'tn FROM Cy? LDLVOR: You will notice that most of the myer. geen over the
hot areas are post of the time described as a ball of fire. range indced is the
fact that usually the fire-balls over that area are red, where&s in other parts

of Brazil they are common green fire-balls,

Of. the Agntings mentioned above at least one WES travelling oO” & northeast
direction/and to the benefit of Dr. Leon bavidson L can say that tere are se-
veral AF /fields around the area, but it is simply obvious that on tito se fields
no secret American or Brazilian devices are being SE POT ARSRE STs OS

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paying almost ete visits to Campinas and it was suakestes that the nanny

Sagi t fell from a saucer.

' Who sugzested it? Well, chat is going to be rather difficult to explain, But

I am trying -to.do it now. Be it clear that I would simply "love" to be able
to proor that the waste material fell from a saucer, but we all are seeking
truth. Let us have it as it stands. now, |

Complying with Professor’ Maney’ s suggestion, I went to Campinas on Septeaber

14th. I had a hard time locating reporter Danton Gomes of "0 Correio Popular! It
was @ Saturday night and when I found him, he was in a hurry to check the news

he Would Vicadcaat by station P. R.C.9, Hadio Educadora de Campinas. (inciden-

tally Campinas ‘has not yet reached 160.000 inhabitants). when we made an. appoint
ment for the following day at 15:30 at his home where he kad a , file eataining
data about the’ saucer that had dropped waste material. :

On: the appointed time I was there and impressed upon hin the necessity of

having: the whole incident revised for truth’s sake, Danton said everytning was

sort of hazy in his memory, but he answered satisfactorily almost’ all my gquas-
tions, We talked for about two hours and to his chugrin Danton wes unadlsa to
watch a. televised (or televiosioned) foot-ball game. Bolow an sbridzensnt o?

questions: and answers:

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- she saw nothing.

Rembmember the Uso incidente on December 20th 1954?

Yes, Here are clippings of papers to help my memory, but Indon't think I
need them to recollect everything,

Does Dr. Visvaldo Maffei exist?

Sure. é

I have bean unable to locate him, His name is not inscribed in the telephone
Directory | either here or Sado Yaulo, Where doss he li ve?

In Sdo Paulo and I. have seen him a few weeks azo, He works ‘Tee 2 at the.
Young Laboratories and his home hs in Sao Paulo. Here is his’ picture taken
oF our photographic ‘reporter during the analysis of the material,

: Can I get. in touch with hin?
Call “him long: distance next nonday. (I have found no time; no tine really),

Who. is ‘the ‘lady - who saw the material falling from the UPO?

Sorry. I have kept her name unknown at her express request, Her. husband 43

an “impossible man and she-would have a hard time if he snew that she.was the
one who was getting so much publicity. But since it seems necessary, I can
take you to see her, provided you keep your mouth shut about her nane, Yon
have lived in Campinas and I think you know her... I can fix thia even today

if her husband is not’ around. (I had no time that day, but I mean to see her),

r

So-she is.unable to eign an affidavit?

Quite. Besides she has not seen the maverial falling froin the 'V Wz0, Yhile
she was feeding her chickens, “the thing Fell; at the same tine, 1: + 8eeng,:
she had the impression that something had flown overhead, Bui positively

‘ 4

Could someone have. thrown the nalten neverial from, let us say, a hich win-

. dow? .

Yes that would be quite possible, but we checked every window around her
backyeard, No dice. When the molten material feee-- fell, she extended ker
arm to get it but it was.so hot that before touching it she retrieved her.

" Rand ‘and called her neighbors to sse the amazing thing.

.

Many neighbors around? <I thought it was an almost desert place,

. By “no means, In fact she lives so near the offices (Correio Popular’s) that

it was very easy to get in contact with her; her home is less than 100 me-
ter from the. offices.

Where does Mr, Senedito Gongalves coms in? -

He.is an.old friend of the lady. He arrived Saqnesty and said it had almost
certainly fallen from a UFO; after Dr. Matfei'ts analysis it becama a certein
ty at least for him. Since we could not interview the lady at her home on

“account of ‘her husband morbid jealousy; ‘so Mr. Benedito Gorgelves undarteke to
take the lady to his own home at rua Major Solon, where Wwe could interview her
_without any danger of her husband arviving suddenly. (Inst.this lovely? Ed.) To
make things safer, Mr..:\Gongalves spoke as though he had seen it and that the

"lady" would be. some of his neighbors. ~~ - , .

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it’ seems that he descrived the tall of the uaterial as a “silvery rain". How
was that? Who. saw any silvery rain? : ;

(SMILING) I guess I am ‘guilty of that; When I saw the material it locked like
new silver’and since it fell-from the sky, or from sone place ‘overhead, I had
‘to give it & name et qt thought | nBiivery rein" sounded good, What do you

think? ‘ .
(I can't print what I said about my opinion). Was it-a hoax?

. Positively no. what gives it. substance is that the analysis showed something
‘unusual,. according to br. Maffei. when I gave him the sample, he started his

- analysis while I watched and he became suddenly so amazed that he said he

had , to. study it alittle more., On the following day he gave me. the results,

-., Stil] — amazed: ..chunk, containing 88.91 % tin and ll.o9 4 oxidations taking out

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the oxidation, by contact with the airs the tin was 100 % pure..
What about the material. contracting?
(ANOTHER oMILE). Well... I would not pay much attention to that detail.,,.-.

Why not? It is important. :

You see... When I was showing the material to someons, on the following day,
I thought the thing had diminished in size and I exclaimed: "What do you:
know? The thing seems to be disappearing:"; beside me was lr, Gongalyes, who

“a said: "Yes, indeed! It is disap, earing". Then we delivered. the material to

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the Air Force and saw no more of it.”

EXPLANATION: When last’ October, CRDV members heard the story, Danton and‘ his
‘boss informed your “editor, Escobar Faria and Luzzi Junior that the chunk held
by the‘ seronautical authorities was still contracting.. All of us believed

the tale and your editor was fool enough to pess the false news around. f[
humbly confess that I was a sucker to have believed it. Perhaps the thing is
‘really’ contracting,. but Who ¢an be sure about any thing now? Mea calpa.. :

PY
“Tha

Then it wes just an impression?

. Yes." We Feally’ thought” the thing was contacting, but I would not” sign an:
affidavit? for 5 a soe ap) Aisi Bae
Tho, then saw. the rotating gray. aieears ~% Git: see. pk wl COD ats:
‘ pratti¢e17” the whole town, li. ‘Gohgate's’ tholndeds? ‘a a eae
oe Usa pq pila MObsRRe R22. AWA aig As tantly | |

I know show you feel, about that.e. oaks d | oak ; ) i; is

are

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Q.aHeck!!) | Did Dri. Maffei. said that: the material came. fron. another planet or

Ae.

rsomething like,that? .. .. . i Rie Se eee led age
No. He said he wes amazed because even when tin is prodded” ih Laboratories

.:,for-some purpose:and is:considered abolutely- purs;: ‘there! S:an infiniiesimal

ce

trace of other "impurities" which were not present in the sample; the..only

impurity found was oxidetion by contact with our atmosphere »
pa ; fr -

QavDid he: isons. ‘that. it. Fell ae saucer? el 3 geet

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fle“ declared to the preSs boys that assuming that a meteo? or meteorite con-
tains tin, it would’ be possible to explain thé material as fallen from that
body and that-a spectrographic analysis would be necessary to ascertain

whether an infinitesimal particle of other ores were present in the sample.

“> TS presse gang tried hard'to make him commit himself, ‘but I‘rememder clearly

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*thet he never said that the thing fell from°another planet or originated in
another planet. I think he was broad-minded about the saucer, dit he was
very careful with his words... : Ka

Do-you know anything about the sample weiue sent to.the United States Ad. %
Force?

T don’t think’ So.

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Do you believe saucers exist?

ss Ae t- can't: Seip it, bute I don't know what. they are.’ I: am ‘open-minded, rT have no

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- Tight to doubt: Sevtain: people. During the saucer slap x got a svirt neck rom
sq much looking-up, but... . 5 : ;

‘About a year ago you told me that more than thirty paople’ ‘prought you semples
of. UFO material fallen over roofs and yards in different “places...

Yes. That was after we printed the. lady's. story - or ive, Gongaves ‘story.: if y you
prefer it this way. We went to ‘some places to photograph the ,"drops".as you ‘can
see in this photo. t would not believe. that. 2ll the material. brought. to the

| office were ‘Similar, « Co _ ey at en

fase

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The sample examined by Dey Mat. ei was’ the game sent to the Air Mind Bhar? 3

What about’ the. one you Bave me last year, ii ok I sont to, ’rofeasor Maney?’ ;

a hiss Phat: was. adit: ‘brought from someone, I don't remember who, together. with many

other bits,. I have kept with me-the half:of the portion’ you cut and: sent to’’
yrof. Maney: Here it is. You-may take it to your friend Mebane and if anything
remains after the analysis, bring it back, Take this other piace to, but.mind
you, it from another spot and broght by another person. The two samples you
have’ now, are’ not. from. the same fall. Take. eli these: photos end clipp pings and
ring: thea. ' back,, x Be possible, ‘ vi ; ; ee

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' EXSDANA'TION:” Las “October, when’ I first interviewed Danton, with a pocke thnife

I.cut a small bit:in two halves and kept one which I later’ sent to brof.’ Ma-.
ney;.the:.other-half: I am delivering to Lex. 'D, Mebane ' of Civilian’ Saucer “In-:
yestigation of New York; personally. next: October: 15th: or around thet’ day. Sin~
ge@.l.think the Post Office might misplace- the remaining ' hakf, ¢ ‘though it. |
vetter. to deliver.it personally. This: personal delivery is only a questi on ‘of
opportunity, since I.have..to-be in New York on October 15th. Therefore don't.
:Amaging that I: en going ‘to. New. York ‘ ony for that, meen Pees Foe

t,-

"Rime is running short. I; am starting ra trip to Burope - and - -Jmerica next monday,
“September 23 - “today is 21 - and I am still typing. this bulletin, straight .
' from "the head to the stencil"; there are simply many mgny:things I still have
“to do and that's’ why I was uneble to see Dr, Mafrei and the, "lady", I promise
you all ‘that I'1L. do. it when L: come, back at the end of Octobers oc satiny ft

3 would . like %o be: chest with you all. In order to be honest I have ‘to con-
fess the the three previous bulletins were made these last two weeks and, that
I am awfully tired of typing, thinking, mimeographing, stamping, mailing, etc,
So: ‘to make: this “bulletin ‘shorter, I inserted this Questions & Answers article,
whichcould be: fixed differently in six’ or -seven typed* lines. You ‘Know, I an.
txying.to get. it over with, I still Have -pege 10 to dow: -** 2 rely

. Tt. seems that Bulletin No, 8 will contain BOBSSAL NE about this ‘silvery rein"
atfair, One thing is certain: Professor Maney's and Dr. Mafrei's analysis ars
correct. , The material analyzed is unusual -and we have to, 'find out wnere it

‘came from. “SO far it was not possible to-explain whence the thing’ came, but

it fell from some place above the "Lady' s heed,

I an fully aware that’I*4dm offer ‘ng the readers some. sort of anti- ‘climax. I
am sorry that many people willk-be, disappointed and once again I apologize
for-having believed that. the eByeE: oe was seen falling from the UFO, I trust
that Mr. Bscobar Faria and Luzzi Junior who were with me at the time will
back me in what I have said or written about the subject,

Then, summing. UD» something fell from somewhere at a time when UE fOs were .
‘swarming over’ Campinas” (thé County counts. 300.000 inhabitant 3). dhora is a
possibility that the thing fell from the UFO, “Ghis sfly Becdise the ‘unusual
characterigtic of the BaRDLe anaiyeee that can't Be accdunted for. 2 45 0°28

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~ -?* . - . . “—- > “raw es
a tre ** . oe ey" ar Bea: <3 oy a ’

“ « IO -
‘longer be done. If the members and subscribers wish the organization and publice-
tien to continue, the treasury must have more income from new members end subscri-

bar: Donations would be most welcome. The situation is criticle,. If this condition

is no%, corrected within the next 30 days A.P.R.G. will de. discontinugd....."
cs

I re ret that. that.is happening Bob, but it is written in the tars: "NO seuce-
rian organization will be long-lived". However I think there's asway to keep alive
the "sacred,fire" of seaucerdom - or should I say ufology? Let is all of us unite
‘-gur heads (mine is beld) and talk things over, Perhaps we censrix away to centra-
lize good reposting and money to support just one serious ‘organization, I would
suggest NICAP, NICAP would then have some more money and material to go on invea~
tigating and pubdliéating its magazine. the megazine, pertaps could take ads to
help its printing costs etc, It could be printed in thxde different: languages and
have world wide circul'stion. All serious saucerers wold be representatives not
only for information butas well to get new subscrivers, etc. ‘This way, I think,
all of us would be really*help solving the Byavery ~-- would really be help ing
the deciphering of the riddhe. Of course, to ificense "our vanity" we can contri-
bute articles and so on. the dy articles, if 964, would be printed, if not good

would be sent flying to the romnd £: file. Br ud

_ But i am e@ dreanier, - Lae. ae <a Lf w

At any rate, it is regreteble that Bgbd, Gribble is facing a crisis. It is said
in Brazil: "Vendo as barbas do insets, ponha as suas de mélho", meaning:
wif you see fire burning your hei ghuge” ‘beard, soak yours in water just in casei"

That reninds me; “Starting January 1958 “ghe Flying Saucer" will be costing
50 cents. per issue, i. e., US$ 5,00 for subseribers outside Brazil. Correspondents
and saucer investigators, will réceive it gratks Or Om @ reciprocating basis, Make
“your remittances by checks payéble in the United*States, to Auriphebdo Berrance
Simdes, Any bank will do..Don't send Postal Ordergyor International Coupon-Reponse
because coupons are not enough to pay for the stamps: they serve only for-simple
cards, although nominally fthey are worth much:more, Mor instance Mr. S&S. F, Bigows
has sent me twice 78 cents in CRI; in Brazilian Currehoy it is worth CR$ 15,00
in stamps, but if Mr. Bigowa sent 78 cents in check it Would be worth CR$ 62,40,
See the difference? Someone - I don't know who ond wher&,from - has sent me some

‘money by Postal Order. It has been so difficult to squeeze “she order out of the
Post Office, because it came addressed to CHDV, that I have gkyen up receiving

the money. Twelvenonths from now the money will be sent baok whoever remitied
it, I hope, ord a aire Ley Oh ee eee Gee ln |
At LAST: = : Po As Set . ; coher ‘ 7

"5 WOLLs readers, we are catching up with the schedule, Bulletin No. O& will te
‘issued by middle November. Your editor is taking a long deserved beautiful veca-
tion. He will be ‘seeing some of you fellows both in-Lhurope and in the States,

Good by now.

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CENTRO DE PESQUISA DOS DISCOS VOADORES ~ CPDV - Caixa Postel 8449 - S.¥aulo,Brazil.

Bulletin Ro. 7~-.
August 1957. Pr

P.S. - Help NICAP es you. Be ‘a ‘member, Its address is 1536 Connecticut Rsilamaate
Washington 6, D.C. - U. ee ;

P.P.S. =- When sacuwating your membership subscription, send $ 7,503 you will be
receiving "The UFO Investigator” exactly the megazine you need to keen un

: a | sn
CIGAR-SHAPSD LHING OV bHAZIL

% Very seldom e cigar-shaped something flies over Bragil. Most of the time we
h&yvye been visited by "scows" and "balls". Perhaps because cigar-shaped UFOs age

mare down here, when they appear people in the back lands get scared andynews-
ive them three-colunn attention. Pd

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A wi
that an

from Mimoso do Sul, published ty "Ultima Hora" on september 3 Sere
“atensely illuminatved object flying at very high spued was sag ins Sun-
day by rustents of Ponts de Itabapoana, “he fuct was confirucu DY og versal farns
in the n7ea. \t the same time ea group of persons fishing near Mi 9 do Sul at
the Iblab.poanuw”a iver saw @ similar object. According ito one witgess, La. Alcebdia-
des Mour:, he Mrs. ishing at night end Was petnaps sleeping “yeh he became wide
awake by the intets light coming from a call shaped Spouggr oo ject. The orait
"Ougzcd" the toy Sey Mr. Moura was fishing, sever: yagptes and disappeared

‘>

Aa eg Naky low over ‘the x mountains. ho sound was report tec, out the light was ine

tensely strong and greet, Lt the same tins imuck-drivdies near Cuchoeizo do itapee
Rein, on the road from ihe, to Vitoria, renoxrted seaihig the Same strange craft,
“Sey ya:
if.

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AIR MINIS’ER: "I DOW'Y BYLERY Ee se SAUUBES! Ps

Interviewed by the newspaper “WL time Hora ff Kio de Janeiro, about the recure
rencs of saucer apparitions over ae latgey , Air Brigadier Melo Corsela, Winis
ter of Aeronautics said he dces not ioygrin saucers, atvaching their allesed
appsarances lately to some publicity stmet. "Eestaes," ne said, "Brazilien Air
Force has many more serious things vege Lusy with." (Does this sound familiar?)

go,
F.B.I. AT WORK - 4 “he,

Thera's en Aeronautical Lschwetologicas Conv, in sac Jose dos Campos, near
Sao laulo, and very brein: higpybrasses, bz anilian Mpg he gol triendly foreigners put
their heads together there, ver blue-vprints, sorewip, pLeoxs of steel and aluni-
num, trying to do someshing’ difverent in flying. No. Trey are not trying to build
@ seucer... almost. Amos the brainy 1tellows is Coloasi™yldo Rosa, an ace glider
who is also intexestedgon unexplainsd things, the eusme as Wasrles Fort. For thi
good reason, everyti w» saucer fly around Sao Paulo, ucwspamrmen rush to Sao

, Ce

Dy

Jose and ask Colong# Aldo's opinion. Kecently when o prstessor rom Santos said
he had teken e& tg aboard # flying saucer, Colonel Aldo was plasaged by reporters
fron new spapersy radio, television ana movies. Wheneve: screone ha¥,a "oright"
idea about Physics, High-mathematics or saucer propuision, Colonel sige is again

plagued oy. esitors. Not long ago, our old friend Fidelis ‘rent to Sa ose and
told Coloagl Aldo ebout his experiences with the guy from senynedes. AT Ro heard
the fellgi patiently and burst laughing when Ficelis said that the F.B.I twas

> pump him to learn how the Saucers sre prepslled; the F.B.I. agend in
lo was named Auriphebo *szrrance Simoes:

trying,
5Sa0 Pg

Swere, then dear readers. This bulletin is bein; typen by a F.B.I. man! Can
7 ‘a OV ; eo '. 2+ a
ayes oody aavise should I do to receive my salary? isn's i.¢ romantic?

LEP US HAVES I? STRaAIGHe,

Your Sditor has been noticing that the aibek of weste: mnitevial dropped by a
UTO over Campinas, back in 1954 is becoming a little di i eieieat therefore, he

thinks thet he should publish, verbatin, the eee ne wrote to Dr. Meade Layne
in May 28, 1957. The letter is self explanatory.

Dear Dr. Meade Layne

Even if I chose carofully I would find no words tc thanx you for your kind-
ness and everything you have done on behalf o:° CPDY cince it began to try ii
-s»sv «' @ps on the path ot what is generally know as saucerdom. In fact I would
like you to knew that out of ten, at least eignt of tha new subscribers to "The
Flying Saucer" montion your orsanization.

I have been receiving steadly both your juvolicetions "Olips,
and "Rornd Podin” and I feel very havry that “the other sehk ohio
blew of the unidentified fiyins objects i9 in very competent hands.
that you. end your BSSOCi Stes ace teckling the vrobler by its more di
of appreach, without cotimittineg the sin of besomins nesetenic avout
thing. This is not my opinion: it is "vox popzli” in tis best sense
th:..t I ¢m about the mesning of many of vour rascarcaesa r can’t of co
their respectivs merit, wut whet i have been given to understand about you.
reassuring cnoush.

228 & Comments"
h to the pro-
I em sure
fficult way

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i doz't know whether or not you cere for “ecoous" evont-alying things, but all
the sami, in trying to meke up for the such you have been doing on owhalf of CPDV,
I otfcr you tae followirs piece o; naws whish was not yet releassa anons thi

ao OF se

saucer circles, upon my request. [t was kept uider wraps because the name of Pro-
fessor Charles Maney was involved. Now I have his pernission to disclose the news
and here is the storys °

A few weeks ago I sent to Professor Mansy for examination, a piece of non-
ferrous material fallen from a UFO-like thing on Decerber 20 1954, in Campinas.
At the time this material was examined by Dr. Visvaldo Meffei and the results
vogether with the pertinent story were published by Ulips, Quotes and Comments
moren than 12 months ego. I think the story you printed was sent by Escobar F,-
ria, former President of CPDV and actually on his own with his "UFO Critical Bull-
etin"”. If you can review the story as printed by CQC, you will see that Dr. Vis-
valdo Maffei had said that the material was tin of high pureness "hardly found
in the market"; Professor Maney, however, who has recently submitted the material
to several tests, sent 2 letter to me on April 27th, containing some astonishing
news. I am quoting from his letter:

"T can make a partial report tv you on the bit of nan-ferrous metal which
you so kindly sent to me for examination. Professor Nathal Meltz of the depart-
ment of Chemistry at Defiance College reported to me on some tests which he
made of this material. He broke a bit of the material down to test for tin and
antimony, His tests indicated very pure tin without the slightest trace of an-
timony. The significance of this finding is that the material gives the appea~
rance of being-non-terrestrial in origin. Both in natural state es found in
the ore, as well as in the processed state as used in plating iron, tin inva-
riably contains some antimony. The antimony is not removed from the tin since
there is no need to do this in commercial tin. Professor heltz was astonished
when he tested this tin and found no antimony in it. He applied four different
tests, the common test as well as thes not so well known tests. The common
test is to take a silver coin, place a fine strip of tin over the coin ina
hydrochloric acid solution. If any antimony is present in the sample tested,
the silver coin will get black from the presence of antimony. Professor Meltz
also used the Rhodamin test, the Pyridine test, and the Pyragallol test. None
ot these testes showed the slightest trace of antimony.

"J made a determination of the aensity of the material and found it to be
10.3 times as heavy as water. However, the density of terrestrial tin is given
as 7.3. ‘this differance in density is not explainable from the analysis so
far. Professor Meltz is to continue his study of this sample.

"T have a letter dated April 2 1956 from our mutual friend Jose Escobar Fae
ria in which ir, Feria reports on the analysis of anvther sample of the same
material by the chemist Dr. Visvaldo Mafrei, cf Sao Paulo I believe. I quote
from lir. Faria's letter: ‘Yhne chemical examination analytical by Dr. Maffei
resulted, as he said, in an alloy of tin together with other unknown metals;
its composition was as follows: high wey of tin in great pureness 88,91 per
cent, unusual in this planet, because the tin's UFO's has not the terrestrial
impurity by presence of lead, antimony, iron and other ores.'

"You will note that both Dr. Maffei and Professor Meltz found no trace of
antimony with the tin, very unusual for this planet.

"I am the opinion that this incident, because of the peculiar character of
the non ferrous material, seen to have fallen from UFO's might prove to be one
of the most significant sv far observed."

Professor Maney's letter goes on requesting further information about this par-
ticular case and two others, because he thought he had detected some discrepen-
cies between dates. On May 6th I sent him the information requested, but I an
still investigating the case. I have been trying to locate Dr. Visvaldo Maffei
and get from him a written statement. Also I have to get = statement from Vaniton
Gomes, the reporter who gave me the sample I sent to Professor Maney. This may
teke some weeks, but I think the whole affair will be sufficiently investigated to
constitute a fact based on very solid ground.

Soon efter receiving Professor Maney's letter I typed it together with other
information I had, and mailed a coyy to ths following persons, requesting them to
keep the whole thing secret until I had formal permission from Prof. Maney to dis-
close everything. ‘these persons are the ones I trust most concerning the saucer
problem, on account of their cold and good judgement:

L. Dr. José Escobar Faris, editor of UCB, rua 13 de Meio, 1240, Sao Paulo;
? ; ’ a ’ ’
2, Dr. Yhomas Bunn, President of Socicdade Interplanetdria Brasileira, P.0O.B.
6450, Sao Peulo;
3, Mr.Alexander D. Mebune, Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New York, Vice-Pree
sident, 245 West 104th Surevet, New York 25, N.Y.;
4A. Me. David Wightman, Editor of “Uranus”, Viamana, Sancy Lane, Hindley, Lancs,

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5. Dr. Visvaldo Mafrei. (So far I have net lecated nim, thererore I suppose
he -knows nothing of what rvrofessor Maney thinks).

On May 15th I received another letter from .’rofessor Maney. He granted me per-
mission to quote from everything contained in any of his letters, He told me
‘that on Miay 21st he would give a public lecture (audience expected 2,000) in ‘fo-
lede, sponsored by the Sab daby of srofessional Engineers, when he woud present
the Campinas cease. He also sent me a copy of a statement le would make, which I
transcribe below. ‘his statement as you see is much more suber or lesy sensatio-
nal than the subject of his letter of Avril 27th and oy the seme token it presents
the case in a much better way.

kROWS: IT om sure that all readers are Sensible cnough to

understand that rrofessor Maney in his statement
presenved the case more soberly, because when writ-
ing to a saucerien fellow one feels more at ease to
teli exactly what one thinks. However, when 2 sta-
tement his made, “all passion” is taken out of the
“act to make it as cold as facts are, without the
Opinion that although intrinsecally existing, might
lease people vo & preconcsived way of thinking. lor
this reason, then, I wrote to Dr. Layne that the
statement was less sensational. vrofessor lianey is
to be praised for his sobriety and I am surer than
ever that I have sent the sauple of wasve material
to the right person. bhiitor.

Here is rrofessor Maney's statements

During the months o# Novenber and December of 1954 a sories cf remarkable clo-
se range sightings of UYOs were observed in southern Brazil, One of these inte-
resting events took place on December 20, 1944 in the skice over ees: pa: @ city
of 500,900 population in the state of Sao laulo. three flying dises vlew over
that city dropping waste material. The dises were cirtylar in sl nal of gray co-
lor, and exhibited two secvions, ons or which revolvei incessantly.

The larger portion of the weste material fell in « garden where a lady was
‘feeding her chickens. She and her neighbor, mr. Senodito Gongalves do Nascimento
were aware that an object flew very low overhceed as mateviel fell fron it, the
fell appearing like "siiver rain" according vo ix. Nascinento's description.
Actually the material was incandescent molten metal, whica solidified upon reach-
ing the ground. Siaaller pertions of the moltcn metal lenased on near-by roots of
. residences. More than thirty separate pieces of this metul were collected from
some thirty different persons living in the viciniuy by ithe reyorter Danton Go-
mes of the newspaper "O Correio Popular".

‘Me netal that fell on the ground wa- «--“red tor the 2 lian Air korce by’
Chief of Staff EM Zonser, of the fov..a air 277°. two Gays er the fall. It was
sent to the Air Ministry in Kio where it is now t»*~ ye Mex Au. vrato B, Si-
moes, Operations anager for the Sao tranle brance of "78-777 =L Go’ Sul Airlines",
formerly an airline cavt2ain in this organization, and also at the present time
editor of the bi-nonthly perlcs* cal on UFOs lnown by the initials’ COPDV, acvises
that according to witnesses the chunk of metal held by the bragilian Air 4sutho-

rities "contracted tre menadousiy evan otter it was two uays old", Mr. Simoes adds
that "this naterial is stiil contrecting efter wors than two years",

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r. Vievalco batted ; made an analysis of this motel,

His revort indicated that the retal was largely tin togetncr with unknown meta...
Xe Wartei indicated that -91 per cent was tin of great purity without the pre-

sence of metals like lead, ansimony and iron, Dr. keflei said that tus single

laupurity was high oxidation.

A chunist of Sao Paalo, »

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We Srey Danes on Saria, peet ank government ettorney, also cditor ond pudli-
2 UL & bULIatin on UFO phercrena, celled vhe Ulo Uri ti cel Sulletin advises
that some of the material collected by Jrags i jen Sir Porc: wag sartermards sent

to the United States sir worcs. No inferiection sorcerning this, however, nas yet

been released by either government,

A fow weeks ago the writer resoived from Ir. Simoes, +. sample of she ot
metal waich fell in Vansinas on December 20 1954. 46 she .riser’s cequest
Nathen melts of the Lbevience Collewe Vevertacnt of Caeniulry egreet to a
a portion ov thas sample. Professor tielty wivh a tuekground of consivere
pericnes in enalyzing nstalis wes intrigued wren I tolu bh) % the analysi

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by Dr. Miatfei which showed tin free from the usual impurities found in that ele-
ment in both the natural and processed siate, frotessor ileltz was particularly in-
terested in making careful tests to see if any trace or antimony was present in

the sample.

It seems that wherever tin is found in the natural state or used in processed
form, as in the plating of cans, the antimony reneins there as an impurity. Of
course the research chemist cen separave the entimony from the tin, but it is al-

most never done, end when done, “or only research purposes,

errofessor weltz broke the semple down to test for tin und antimony only. He
applied four dificrent tests: (1) the conventionsl test, using a silver coin and
a strip of tin in a hydrochloric ecid solution; (2) the Khodamin test; (3) the
potessium iodide anc Pyradine test; (4) and the ?yragallol test. None of these
tests showed the slightest trace of antimony, a result that seemed to amaze Frof.
Melts.

rhe density of this small sample was fcund to be 10.3 whereas the density of
tin as given in published tables is 7.3.

his whole matter is being investiyveated further,
(signed) Charles A. hieney.

Prior to the letter of srofessor Mansy I did not attecsh too much importence to
the sample i had sent him, because, as you know there aze too many practical jo-
kers everywhere in the world and cealing with flying saucers you can be never surs
of who's who and what's what. But after srofessor tieney's letter £ heave consulted
some peoole and here's something interesting:

"..evwhat seems much more exiraoruinary to me is the density of 10,3 Saunt
by Professor iieaney, If Lf am correctly interpreting :sscovar's account of liatted
anelysis, the sample consisted of tin to the extent of 68,9 % (plus llel % of
unspecified non-tin material). Now, tin has e density of 7.3 (the value of 6.6
you quote is for an allotropic form, svable at high temperatures only; ordinary
tin is 7.3. ‘there arc several other allotropes, but this is the only one that
Will de encountered at normal temperatures). No doubt you anticipate the point,
which has also been alluded to by trofessor sianey: vhe 11.1 % of alloying ma-
terial must possess a density of 34. And there is literally nothing that dense
on earth. Osmium, the heaviest torm of known metter, aus a density of 22.5;
lead is only 11.35. srobably some of the tvendureci um isotopes ere denser than

Osmiun, but only by a little; ordinary uraniun is 13.7.

“/his is proof positive of non-terrestrial orivin -- IF the two figures
quoted are both correct, and both refer to the sem2 substance. I sus ect that
it is much more likely that either the "10.3" or the "68, 9 4" is wrong, or
that Jr. Maffei and +rrofessor waney were not dealing with identical sample. In
fact I am very sceptical about the supposed mavter of density 34. It would
almoss« have to be an element far above uranium -- and this would unyuestionahly
be s0 radio-active thet the stuff would remsin versanenvly molten, or even
spontaneously boil and evaporete from the heat of 1ltvs cwn decay. Sensational,

but unlikely.”

there's a funny thing here, Ur. Layne: the person whom-I have quoted on the
lines above, knew nothing of the fact that the sanple sent to the Air Ministry,
while observed b.’ some people in Cempinas, was noticeably contracting and it is
said thac it still does, Would ace be seme sort of ducaying without bviling?
then, I think, the chunk would be radic-active, but 1 don't know of any measure-
ment with a Geiger-counter having been nade with the Air Ministry sample. I am
quoting further from the letter received from the above mentioned soucers

(and ¥Yrofessor tlaney is,after

(ee that the density of 10.3 is c t
Ss immediately to mind: a tin-lead

all, a teacher of shysics}), sorething cone

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apis commonly een a3 soldcr. tae Roni ty pena i SO Nigh tha. is implies

a solder composea cf 75 % lesd. 25 % tin, Lain is a very lead-rich solder (the
solder used by nual ees. which has the sivhcst lead content of common types,
contains 67 % lead, 35 % tin; its density is 10.0) Stiil it is not inconceive-
ble. Ons mey also think oc: fusible metals, euch «as +o0od"’s metal, which might
be used in a prank. However, these alleys (ihich oon tain lead, tin and bisauth)
ado nov as a rule contain more than 50 % lead, and uncng those I have seen ta-
balaves, none exceeds 9.4 in density; so shess cou'd not account’ sor the 10,3

oe

af, 2 do note that Dr, Warlei sesn3 co cay what leed was

density..>» Pci wOVS
Simple way oO: accounting for she high «ensity is inappli-

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cable, and something very strange must be present; if there is only 11.1 % of
it, something very strange indeed, I would like to check on the lead content
before accepting this conclusion."

NO’: I neglected requesting permission from the last
quoted missivist to disclose his name and posi-
tion. I assume that it is easily detectable that
he is an knglish speaking person. According to my
Opinion he is one of the soberest saucer-believer
and it is noticeable that although accepting the
possibilities herein tinferred, he still wishes
to check about lead contents and there's a doubt
in his mind ebout the samples analyzed both by
liafrei and Maney being the same. My incognito
missivist. is quite right. Dr. Maffei analyzed the
sample sent to the Air. Ministry, whereas vrofessor
Maney analyzed another bit from waste material said
to have fallen over she roofs of several houses
in the area where tho "silvery rain" vell. so let
us be clear about it: the materinl analyzed by Dr
iaffei and by wrofes30r Meaney, were no %
from the same chunk, although allegedly they fell
from the same UO,

Lditor.

Well, Dr. Meade Layne, this is the piece of news = had tor you. I can't be sure
but it is almost a certainty that Dr. iiaffei did nos find any lead in the sample
he analyzed.‘ You may check the result of his analysis in "Clips, “uotes « Comments”
of about a year ago. I am digging dee,er into the sudject but I am thoroughly una-
ble to well how long it will teke to have positive or definite results, I am doing
my best to locate Dr. Wafiei and get a written statuuent vrom him. Also I am going
to Campinas and see whether I can get another sample of the material, to have it
analyzed by yet another good chemist down here.

x ‘have appreciated very much your quoting of the "Gear dear dollar". It soun-
ded amusing. Of course you can meke any use of this levter and make all necessary
corrections whenever you fine "my Lnglish" to be too obscure or too Latin.

My best wishes to the progress or B.o.k.-A. and your personal happiness.
vordially yours ~

(signed)Auriphebo b. Simoes, Virector of Intelli-
gcnce.eand iniormation, C.r.D.V,

I assume that readers have noticed the title of this entry: "Let us have it
straight". There's a reason for the title and there's e reason for telling the
facts from the beginning. ‘whe Lditor of "Whe VYlying saucer" feels his responsi-
bility for the interpretation or misinterpretation ¢ the: whole case and because
transcriptions and abridgements are as rule subject "little improvements" someti-
mes resulting in deformation, he wishes everybocy to know how things started, All
persons herein mentioned and the organizations to which they belong are entitled
to be considered as bona fide sources of information for the present case. ‘the
thing is serious enough without any fantasy being introduced, Pretty soon readers
will have some more details. thank you,

INS? SHE «ki Try?

The trouble with us is that we are too Latin. CEDV is some sort, of bank gor
saucer literature; associates generally come to the offices acres Vacant
sleeping room at your editor home) to borrow books, magazines ang? to know what
i3 cooking. Of course "he A.f.R.O. Bulletin", May, 1957 was pagsed around with
other magazines for English reading saucer-ians. Almost without exceztion saicer-
fans became Coral ij, Lorenzen's fans, exclaiming asthough iiswere a pags word:
Isn't she pretty?" Yes. she is. vretty and clever tww virtues that very
seldom go together. Of course Mrs. Lorenzen would (and hugdand too, I think) like
people\to dwell a little less on such personal subjects,/but the trouble with us
A"Latinsare lousy lo!.." I have almost said thetx Seriously now. "Lhe
etin"has always been a good magazine, but now that it has freed itself
from thaw green. printing ink and that we have gosta to know how iirs. Lorenzen
look like,\it is still better. (Comment of the Edijzor' s wife: "what a nice dress!
Do you thi she always work dressed like that? &t looks like Guipure."

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LEN 23 5 #
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During the Neek of June 22 - 28, COxriIFO Director Len Stringfield and his char-
ming wife Dell e their first - and nuchstoo brief - visit to New York City.

Most of the officers of CSI had the opporpunity to meet the Stringfields at Mary
Coryn's home on Jv ne 25th; we wish it hed been possible for them to meet all the
local CSI members, heny of whom were syiscribers to the Tae Orbit and Newsletcer.
Len is curiently hardy at work on his go rthcoming booklet, which will be published
some time this Fall. “(ye have borrgwed this piece of news from CSI Newsletter -
Issue No. 8 of July 25,2957. By tpe way: Do you like ‘ruth as ugly as it is?

ead CSI News letter and Qther puillications, Write to Iseubel Davis, 67 Jane

Street, New York 14, N.Y. y bar igroxmation).

CHS LONG.JOHN 2rxOGkKAM “5

Do me a favor, fellow sa deem fan, tlease read CSI News Letter - Issue No. 8
and see what is now beginni nis to happen to contacteers and nilacre-making people,
It is heppening now to Vay assel aad is soon going to happen to minor aeys I bet
‘you Laugh head off readigtz it. ‘Sy,

WILLY LEY 7 A i

CsI News Letter tats recently published Obs vatenen’ vy "a veteran U0 skeptic",
Mr. willy Ley, who.#2id he has been in the séeoer investigation business for six
years, because of 3 "more or less forced intovit". He added that flying saucers

are either natur phenomena (a very good point “Tadeed) or visitors irom other
planets,.a noti he is inclined to disbelieve. He“enia that it was not true thet
the Government Yias not flying disc-shaped aircraft, Back in 1947 when all this
was new and tnat no secret lives for ten years. That n@ secret lives for ten
years is justan opinion or a judgement or ir, Ley; he may be wrong there. It may

be true thatsthe Government is not flying disc-shaped aircentt, iir. Ley has not

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committed himself on anything saying that. \Wwho forced him into the saucer. investi-
gation business? What is.the real Government knowledge about Saucers? why does the
Government-+keep the policy of confusion about the whole afi ‘air? Has mr. Ley pledgea
his word that he would do his best to conceal the truth? Perhaps ‘ihe Government
is not flying disc-shaped aircraft, but what he is doing under cover, about the
saucer problem? If.it is a natural phenomenon why nas not the Government made a
statement confessing that so far Scisnce has feiled to solve the probiem? If

---- whyn then the GCovernnent does not come cut into the oven and

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UFCB INDEX CARD

2. LOCATION

112. CONCLUSIONS

50

~ OG Was Balloon
44 3 DEC 1954 HOUSTON, TEXAS G Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O .Pessibly Bolloon
Vv; aa O Was Aircraft
Local & Ground- Vi sual © Ground-Reder Q Probably Aircroft
omT (nM) D Air Vi eel D Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircroft \
5S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical WE las
0 Yes ® Probably Astranomical
No ~ + O Possibly Astronomical
“ salle CIVTLTAN —
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other eel
DO Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
G Unknown
5 SECONDS ONES NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS os

ROUND LICHT FLASHED ACROSS THE SKY.

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THE STRATCHT TRAJECTORY, SPEED LENCTH
OF OBSERVATION, TIME OF NIGHT. RESULT
PROBABLE METEOR.

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No Case — Information Only Yee Loe)

FROPAGANDA BALLCONS TAKEN. FCR 'SAUCERS'
Rome, ANGA, in Italian Morse to New York, Dece 9, 1954, 2330 GiT--E

(Excerpts)

Ferugia--The many "flying saucers” lately seen by people in Umbria have
turned out to be balloons filled with propaganda leaflets.

Pryor a”
on te

ITALY AND THE VATICAN
Dec. 10, 1954

Today Carabinieri seized many stich balloons around and in Lake Trasimeno,
Umbria. The balloons contained thousands of anti-Communist propaganda
leaflets written in Hungarian. It is believed that the adverse weather
conditions in the past few days caused these balloons to fali on Umbrian
soil--balloons which people mistakenly throught were "flying saucers."

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No Case = Informetion only

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THE WAUKEGAN? MEWS-SUN |
Tunsday, Decimber I 14, 1954 -

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Waukegan Trio Sights
Fast Moving Sky ‘Bail’

first sighted.

“ft looked up and saw it,” said)
Mrs, Dellamorte, “‘‘and the two
girls with me saw it too, I thought,
at first it was a shooting star, but

Homeward bound from a meet-

ing of American Red Cross volun-
teers, Mrs. Vincent Dellamorte of
102 S. Orchard Ave., and two wo-
men companions were puzzled last
se by a “reddish and whitish)

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hall” they saw in the sky above
Waukegan, moving from south to)
; north,
“The three of us saw it for
about a minute,” said Mrs. Della-
morte, “‘and none of us knew what
‘| it. was.”
“It seemed to travel faster than
an airplane but not as fast as a
shooting star. It had no tail! of fire
and threw out no sparks. We just
didn’t know what it was.”’
Mrs, Dellamorte said the two
other women were passengers in
her car, which she was driving
westward on Catalpa between
Martin and Orchard Aves., be-

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tween 9:15 and 9:30 p.m., when the
unidentified object in the sky was

Tt 2 et te

it was not moving fast enough for
that. It was moving too fast for
an airplane, and it was a ball,
reddish and whitish in color, It
didn't look like it was very high
up in the sky, though I am a poor
judge of such things."

Mrs. Dellamorte is employed in
a downtown Waukegan store.

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Silver Rain in Brazil

One of the most publicized substances to be identified in this
way was the “silver rain” that allegedly fell from an unidentified
Aying object in Brazil. The incident oceurred on December 13, 1954,
in the city of Campinas and the witness was a housewife but, as in
many UFO sightings, exactly what happened is not easy to find out
[17]. UFO publications in England, New Zealand, and the United
States reported that the sighting had occurred at night but, in spite
of the darkness, the witness had observed the objects in detail. She
described three gray-colored, circular flying saucers; cach was made
up of two sections or plates, one placed on top of the other; the
lop plate rotated continuously and sent out a strong light. Moving
soundlessly and in close formation, the three saucers had performed
fantastic acrobatics over the city, apparently unnoticed by the other
residents. Suddenly one of them had peeled off and dived low over
the roof of the woman's house, lighting up the whole neighborhood
with the brilliant glare of its rotating section; then, going into a
hich-speed climb, it dropped at her feet a liquid substance that
fell “like silver rain.”

According to the more generally accepted and more probable
version, the incident occurred in the morning in full davlight. The
housewife was feeding her poultry when she heard a noise on the
ground near her feet. Stooping down, she observed a pool of shiny
liquid, like silver rain, which solidified within a few seconds. Look-
ing up, she saw three large objects moving rapidly high in the sky
and they looked to her like flying saucers.

A reporter on the Campinas Correio Popular, hearing rumors
that a flying saucer had dropped strange material “something like
lead,” interviewed the woman, collected some fragments that a
neighbor had picked up, and took them to a local chemist for
analysis. The newspaper then reported that the stuff was absolutely
pure tin—that is, it was about go per cent pure tin and the rest
was either oxidation or metal alloys that were unknown on earth
(17, 18, 19].

Understandably interested in this report, members of the Brazilian
Air Force also interviewed the witness and collected some of the
fragments she showed them, as well as other fragments that had
fallen about the same time in other parts of the city. Laboratory
analysis showed the material to be merely solder. Several large
airports not far from Campinas might well have had large planes

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FINAL GALLEY PROOF

Galley 87—THE WORLD OF FLYING SAUCERS
in the air, which could have dropped the solder. The Air Force
obviously saw no need to invoke the presence of extraterrestrial
vehicles to account for the incident and considered the problem
solved, but Brazilian saucer enthusiasts refused to accept this ex.
planation. In their opinion the Air Force had either gotten hold of
the wrong material or was covering up the true facts.

Two years later, in the watumn of 1956, the reporter who had

ordered the original analysis received another collection of frag-
ments and turned them over to a group of civilian investigators
of UFO phenomena. Although he did not know the full history of
the new fragments (unfortunately he had forgotten the names of

the persons who gave them to him), he himself was convinced that
they were part of the original shower of silver rain. Accepting this
theory, the civilians sent the fragments to the United States for
analysis: one part to a sympathetic scientist at an Ohio college,
who asked a chemist colleague to test the material, and another to
a commercial chemist in New York. When the New York chemist,
like the Brazilian Air Force in 1954, reported that the material
was an ordinary tin soldier, the UFO group concluded that the

fragment sent him must have been spurious, and refused to accept
his findings. The Ohio chemist reported that his specimen con-
tained tin, did not contain antimony, and had a density of 10.3.
Since the density of tin is 7.3, the sample obviously contained other
elements in addition to tin.

With the reports in hand, the editor of the Brazilian UFO Critical
Bulletin published the xenochemical conclusion under the headline,
“Stuff Analyzed by American and Brazilian Scientists Proves the
Ul Us Are Non-Terrestrial Flying Machines.” [15]

The full facts on which this conclusion rests should presumably
be available for study, but they have never been published. The
origin of the 1956 fragments is unknown; they may or may not
have been part of the 1954 fall. But the 1954 incident at least
offered an apparently ideal chance to establish beyond doubt the
exact composition of a substance that fell from some object in the
sky, and to determine whether it carne from earth or from beyond.
The material did not deliquesce or disappear, as gossamer and
industrial waste may do, but remained available for analysis. In-
credibly, this ideal chance was lost. Of the several chemists involved,
none made a complete qualitative, quantitative, and spectroscopic
analysis, and none published his complete data. The Ohio chemist,
busy with ordinary duties, had time to make only a preliminary
analysis of the 1956 fragment. He did not determine the amount
of tin present and did not determine what elements other than tin
were in the sample. The density of the 1954 sample is not known
and the results of the complete qualitative, quantitative, and spec-
trographic tests, if performed, are not available.

When a businessman sends a specimen to a commercial chemist
for analysis, he expects to receive a specific list of exactly what
clements it contains and in what percentages. If he received, in-
stead, results such as those of the silver-rain analysis, plus the
chemist’s opinion that the specimen used to consist of something
else in different proportions, the businessman would very properly
refuse to pay.

No competent chemist would use the meager data available to
assert that the 1954 and 1956 fragments had an identical origin,
or that they were originally composed only of pure tin. A quantita-
tive analysis theorctically could show that a given sample is com-
posed entirely of a certain clement such as tin, but if the sample
contains only go per cent tin, 10 per cent obviously consists of other
Clements, and the specimen is not 100 per cent pure tin.

With so few facts available, the actual identity of the silver rain

can only be cuessed at, but overwhelming evidence indicates that