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12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Sclioon

Possivnly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircroft

Was Astronomical
Probobly Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION
16 Jan 58 _ Trinidade. Island
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSE VATION
Local - 1200 38 Ground- Vi sucl O Ground-Rodor
GMT O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ol ;
6G Yes
CO No Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OSJECTS 9. COUPSE

unknown one

&X Other__ Hoax

0D Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown

unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Two leading newspapers in Rio De
eiro prin
snucers" photographed fm a Brazilian
naval shin,

Jan-
ted photos of alleged "flying

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11. COMMENTS

Upon investigation the Brazilian
Navy refused to make an official
statement, and this Center has
been unable to obtain copies of the
photos. Analysis at ONI is that »
photos are hoax.

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Although a detailed investigation was not undertaken by the
Navy, the photogravhs furnished by the Brazilian navy were reviewed
and found to be unconvincing. Land details are extremely sharp, but
the disc is hazy, has little contrast, and shows no shadow effect.
It also appears ‘he object is inverted in one photograph when compared
with the other two photos. Also, the photographer mentioned extremely
high velocities, and there appears to be no lateral blurring as would
occur with any reasonable shutter speed.

The man wao made these pictures had no connection with the
Brazilian navy; ne was a professio a photographer, noted particularly
as an exvert in 4 ick photography. No member of the Brazilian navy
reported sesing the UFO; in addition to the photograpner, only two
persons, both of them friends of the photographer, reported seeing
the UFO.

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This sighting is still carried as a TRICK in Air Force files.

~ 'pige THE ALP. 8.0 BULLETIN Macchi, 19d

+ aeee vere permitteri—the cethans fror parle (a / pestrietion, which TI cas

= : wubimarze huang gro only—lu t she sitas yr the reason that L Rave
gale ot the ship there and to take a bus for en may word

aL. fying tO st ‘He oPject rest of the trip. Loter, twa day» 4 ‘ 4: thw of our sinnhung was

myhetee, Grutowraoned the the arrival of the Almirazate Suulaoo: ie Me veg the Island of Trindade?

1 pe (ihamd only—eot Ure coject at Rie, Com. Baceilur (ex-commandes » - was wiloemet! of four caer aght

i< Asa UPWATe oe tea, Ia oot the Navy Post a “rindade) appearet = oveca ster ae island during ‘hose shirts

“won ian anieh 2 tad come, at my residence jpfe wanted Ca see is “ oor" . the ineident of Januar?

Wowie stop nm nan for a evtersements inade (ura ike nesanvis +a formed of gather thing

at momen: shot MY =o and asked permiysiwa to take then to ‘ ne <@ <aghnnws ihe obtect

we (ast on he fim Aner ine Navy's antheritie Two divs “9 Vis pmoergoued DY | NAVY sergeant

reapds. Me obiect continued they were returned with congra'ulalics His cholo (oN Gusly ‘Wag ADL cHeased aud

crvoee ils distance from the ship. 1 was also requested ‘o appear at ce  urobably cever wil be-the reasons are

ji4oy ainunisuag in size anc fnaily Navy Ministry ay suon as possidie, Mey evident Gesiies those Jour sighangs,

vuoeariag into We nerizon. wWanled to ask me certain gueslions, ind there #45 aisu the radar case. A “arget’

Ot you hear saying unusual to see the negatives asain. Qying at sipersonie speed was tracked

rig (9% sighting? Was the object emit- “Q. And what happend there’ A. i Wireugh the radar of the ‘Aimirante Sal-

Suny sound? A, Tam not stire, 10 Be wos interviewed bs several hiub-staié Sanka’, on January 15
nest, Jecause of the nuise made by the crticors who asked ine all kinds of sue: “Q. Did you receive any money from
+4 waves against the island's rocks, a8 tion, i went there twice. At tne first ‘he Navy for your work at the island
‘| as for the yelling aboard the Ship cioeting, they requested the negatives of Trindade? A. No. I was there as a
the lime, However, 1 think that To (.. exarination. They were sent to a guest,

‘raed nothing besides those sounds. civuian organization, the ‘Cruzetra do “Q. Dia you receive apy money from
~. What was the color of the object? Sul Aerophotegrammmetric Service’ re the avy for your photographie work, or
't showed a dark grey color, appear- maining there fer four days. I was tulad for the enlargements you made for them?
19 Oe surrounded— mostly in the area by the Navy officers that the analyses A. No. 1 only received the photoyrapiic

_ ad of it--by a kind of cundensation of — proved they were genuine — excluding Paper 'o be used for enlargements.
croemush, phosphorescent vapor (or defintely the possibilily of a trick or “Q. How many enlargements have you

ast). falsification. On the second visit, they sivem thers? A. Thirty-eight.
2 Lid the object xppear to be me- performed several Time-iests’, While | “@. One last question: What kind of
ec’ A Yes. It was eevierds ¥ a selid worked with my Rolleiflex, taking shots impression did you get from observing
jee. at the same lime intervals I had used the “ying saucer’? AT am absolutely

). How was i flying? Any special {to pholograph the cbiect, three Navy ‘S8FC (t vas a coutrolied objeci—eaither
rartertstie? A. Yes. Tt showed an officers with chronometers registers! the ‘directly or by remote controi—but very
iatersy movement as ii flew across times. They came to the cunclysion— Well operated, in any case. The gencra!
sy, like the flight m a bat. And — based on these testa as well as on studies «WH PTession of peuple abeard the ship was
1: wame back, tt changed speed concerning the ships position end exami. ‘he some: it Bad come to make a clos:
rurily, with no transition, tn a jump. nations of charts of the Island—ihat the Observation of the ship.” Unquote
© De vou know how many persons object was fying 2t a speed between AO The imterview transertbed above «as
soard the ‘Almirante Saldanha sighted and 1000 Km.,hoer (600 m.p.h.) The ‘echeeked and confirmed by the witness
‘« object? A. The object was sighted obiect’s size was also estimated, on the However, Mr. Barauna also talked to the
simost ail the people on the deck at basis of studies rciated with the Island's Press reperting additional details not
ot ‘une, including Lieutenant Homero, details also appearing on the poovos, ‘Mentioned previousiy The more interest
“aotain Viegas and Mr. Amilar Vieira. diagrams drawn on charts, graphs etc. ‘8 were the following ones:

Q. What happened after the sighting? The object was ahout 120 feet in diam- ‘i+ “L cannot estimate the number of
The smp's commander and several eter. and about 24 (ver high. persons on the ship's deck at the momen:
ors from the garrison wanted to see “QO. Do you knew anything abeuw the of the sighting. However, during the offi

a\ | had got in the photos. As I was official report on the case? A. To anw g Cul investigation ordered by Com. Sa!
curious too, Y decided to develop ‘dossier which was consuted many adhe la Gania, about one hundred mein

( sxposed film ai onee. aboard the times during the interrogation. However, Sets from the ship's crew confirmed that

= The processing was done under the 1 didn’t read what was written there [hey ‘iad sighted the UAQ

pervesion of several officers, including {| was also informed that “my poctos, “The radar was not in operavon at the

~ Carlos A. Bacellar. But ocly the mixed with other pictures, had been time The ebject was already gone when

laives were seen aboard. The reason: shown to witnesws of the sightiny 9 be = it Was put to work.

t ‘45 0 photographic puper for the  identifled. The result was positive “I shot the six pictures in about 14

‘cen ot the ship af that time. The “Q. Do you know anything about any  seeotmls.” (Rio de Janeiro ULTIMA HO

ves bewever, Were seen and exam- ohotos by other people aboard the sip? RA, Peoruary 21, 1988)

?

ue ‘’hole crew A. No, Besides myself, there were at (2) “l was worried for a few days aficr
‘on vou keep the nagtves in your least four other persons with cameras 49 9 cer told me that Iwas onder mi)
Yas at the time of the cighting But epoar- ‘%4Ty fetuiations, as any civilian sbear
¢ YOU under as» pressure ty ontly they were cot able to scot the 9 ‘¥¥¥y ship, om teat the fim was soir
hose negatives to the Navy's ebiect in time, or were paraivredd by » be conftecated gecording to order fra>
\. No, “oa Saldanha da their own emotions ihe Navy Headquarters, ai Kia, But nott
x ibs ship's C ina the other “OG Were vou warned agains: some ing happened. Now lam conVinced the
aboard were very kind. thing by the Navy's authorities? Was ¢ “4s Joking.”’ (Rio de Janeire ULTIM,
rad i) get the negatives there gome recommendation? A. Yes HORA, February 22, i85¢
They requested me i9 keep the matter BAR SUNA‘S INTERROGATION AT
\eai Buppencr ahen the ship seeret ior some t:rme. I was permitted THE MAVY MINISTR
ath) to Rie? A. The ship swooped tn publish the case only after authoari- On Svbruary 24 1052 the newsns
toma, in the State of Ssoirito fauen trom the Navy The permissior O GLOBO" printed an exclusive

——~t i Snekallos an the nih at view with Almira Baraune abou his tz.

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aun at the Navy Minsstry. As tha
six story fad at oeen regerted
4! deta, i ig interesting to «huw
« sasd in that interview whier ts
pisaribed below’
vent to the Nuyy Ministry fer a
uy ear Wlerregation gdout the photo-
“sores lav tegabves were projected on
» ‘yede sized screen After ao careful
caiminatea by all officers from the Navy
vonecul Staff gathered at the place, the
* of the Intelligence Service (who
re offteer of Fighest rank there)
‘old me the following. '! am going to ask
questions, Do not be offemded, for I do
aot doubt the authenticity of your pic-
tures, But we need your answers for
soure questions. Now, if you were going
io izske a photo, how should it be done
in order to escape defection?’

* Commander, as an expert in pho-
tograghy, 1 am well aware that no photo
ef such a kind could resist ap succurate
examinanton,’ was my answer.

‘In your opinion,” said the Comman.
ier. “what should be done to disiinguish
« ‘aked chotograph from a com! on’

\ laboratory examination of the neg
stives should be made on the following
pulets: granulation, emulsion, and large-
scale projection. The defim:s proof, how-
ever, Yoed enouvh to deteet any tricks
would be a microscome examination,’ |
sand to them, ‘it would demonstrate the
‘nerease in granulation connected with
iv doubie-expasure needed for the trick,’
i conetuded,

‘iter a few more questions, the 'n-
eluenee officer said: ‘We want jour
‘20yes for Unose examinations. Do you
cree?’ T agreed, of course, and be yot

‘ne lm. These things happened three
ays otter the arrivai af the “Almirante
vcoona, at the Navy's Intelligence
oaquacters, Afew days later, the nega.
vere returned in an offictal cave-

io) win a ecard informing me about the

vil of the analyses.

« days later 1 was cae} again.
ome they also asked for my Roller.
se’ wanted to make tests in order

<1) mate, af posvible, the speed o/ the

“ ‘queer at the moment cf the sight-

‘. tests were performed. They
trad LE bad taken my six pictures
~conds, and that the saucer wes
i) to 10) Km. hoor. One of
oeraphs, taken when the saucer
“ane over the ‘Desejado’ Freak,
svace, did not show (as they
uvhulence m the surrounding
tthe others with the ubdject
here was yo kind of vapor or
‘an in iront of the flying obiect
vos moving—sinilar to Liat pro-

~ oS the eagines of a jet plane.

ed of the mecting, tha ln’: /h-

‘#45

THE A. PR. O. BULLETIN
showed me another chews which had been
tacen oy a Navy teiegrapinst-serceant—

4 box Ccumera fad Seen

vy.
. Was

ised urprioed. That oijata sie ver
ie same Geet seen in My pictures
was evidently the final proof, They tad
me it had been laxeu some time betore
Inv arrivai at (he Is!and."’ Unquote
ACDITICNAL ZEPORTS AXDCUT
“HE INCIDENT

When the curtain of secursty acoued the
sighting was broken, the Navy Genverat
Staié released special inswucuens form
ding the ship's crew and Navy officers
to have any contact with the pross on
the matter. The Navy authorities refused
at first to make any comment an the
incident. Al) military chiefs interviewed
by the press denied any knowlelge of
the matter, or said that only ‘Minister
Alves Camera was entitied to say any-
thing. Some Navy departments even tried
to show a compiete lack of interest.
explaining that the pictures had been
taken by a civilian eventually aboard a
warship, Or the other band, the NE
“Almirante Saldanha" remained cif Kio
de Janciro’s harbor and finally received
orders to leave Guanabara Bay “'s make
another trip related with IGY siunlies.”
This occurred on February 21, at a ime
when newspapermen were making des-
perate attempts to reach the crew kept
aboard the ship. Al the ic-t moment te
fore the shin’s departure, it wes divulged
thal reporters were free at least tu cnn.
tact the crew and get their reports on
the flying saueer, However, the permis-
sion was denied by a counter order. for
the Navy General Sta/f was agains: .t.
New instructions were issued to seilors
and officers aboard the ship emphasis.
ing that no cuntacts will the press were
permitted. That same day ‘feb. 21), a
Navy spokesman called the press to sa)
that the Navy had no responsibility re-
garding the incident, and that no official
statement was to be released about it.
But he agreed that the following nur.
mation—with nv official support —imight
be pubiished: .

“On the morning of January 16, '/3
over the Island of Trindade, the crew uf
the school ship ‘Almirante Saldanha’
sighted an unidenuficed aerial eoject fe:
a few seconds. A civilian who was aboard
the ship took same pictures of the objeet.
The Navy has no connection with the
Cass, ond its only connectlon with the
occurrence was the fact that ‘he oho
lographer was aboard the school <hip
and came hack with the ship in Kio
Unquote (ULTLWA HORA, Feb. 21,

Arcther spekesman, from the Navy
Hish Staff Command, released the fol-
towing statement to the newspaper ©
GLOY ) ihe same day:

“The news about a Oying saucer si git
ed over the {sland of Trindade were
tecetv*d here with oljnost reserve. Ther:

Pene
No officer or savor from tie NE ‘Ale.
rante Saldanha’ witnessed “fe event,’
Wan estdert thar the Savy author
fein't evalize the iavident was
* at ee Corcmeirg aT Ue
emot ‘oO give the iruoresssice
Navy had nothing to die wits the to
Was a foolish move. To Jeny any con

neetion with the incident
thing

vas a Childish
The “unoificial statement” shorhi
not bave been reieased. The presse ac
the pahiic already knew enough to see
where the truth lay. On the other hand
the strict orders which forbade miliary
people to oye out any tnformatiow on
the matter did nat apply to civilian of
servers aboard the ship. They talked to
the press. Captain’ J. T. Viejes, from the
AF iret.), was the first to confirm Ms.
rauna’s report in a press interview on
February 22. His report ts transerihed
below: =_

“f was on the deck. My friend Armilar
Vieira Filho suddeniy called my atter
tion to what he thought to be a ‘bie sce
duh” | looked toward it and was upabl:
to control my excitement, shouting: ‘Fly
ing saucer!’ Mrr Barzsuna wos 20 yard:
away with bis Rolleiflex, watching the
maneuvers. He heard my shouts an
came rutning—in time to tske four yt
tures of ibe object, Other ceovle wer
also alerted by my alarm: a sergeant
suitors, tbe ship’s dentist «Licutennnt
Captrin Momero Ribeiro), and other per
soms. They all sighted the object. Th
photographer Farlas de Azevedo, wh
was inmere distant, didn’t come te tinh
to get photos.

“The first view was that of a dis!
shining with a phosphorescent glow
which—ceven at daytight—appeared to %
brighter than the moon. The otject wa
about the apparent site (angular diam
eter) of the full mroen. As followed i.
path across the gky, chanving te a tiller
position. tts resl shape was clenriy ov!
lined against the sky: that of a Matlear
sphere encircled, at the cynater, by
iarge ring or platform. Its speed we
aroun? 700 trules an hour ai the momen
it disappeared into the horizon.

“The object was sighted at 12.29 p.m.
when the ship was preparing to jeay
the area it caused » tremendouy cer
tusion aboard. Mr, Barauna found i ver
diffieull to operate his camera, bein
pushed and pulled by excite? observer
around fim. Im faet, he wee almos
irown info the sea. He got so nervou
aller the sightmg that he needed mo
Agr oun hour te calm down and be ab
ta develop the film. However, in fis «
fitement he forgot to rewind the ff!
before opening Ube camera, cod it wou!
rumed if be bad net hee
warner by an offfeer at the last momer

‘The negatives were tm imediplels

Nove tyes

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‘eloued by Barnuna in the nvesence
Con Nacetiar The whole crew re

at. oaetet 4S.

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outimued tria page 7)

The negatives

yn ine ship.
en tse ship urrived at Rio, the
aipves weee tazen to the Navy Minis-
“ oretected on a screen, together
in a orcture of 2 Oyine eaucer sent
ae U.S., in a muitary report in-
. 2 the Navy about sighungs made
jot country. A comparauve study
‘py gonsizated that the object siazhied at

“otade was similar in shape to the
‘oe odotegraphed in the U.S.

“Ntying saucers bave been sighted sev-
rai times in the past months by mem-
vers of the Navy Post at the Island of
“ondade. Some of those people observed
UFOs on more than one occasion !ast
vear, and were even able to guess with
accuracy the time a saucer would be
ughted again over the island (the exact
seur) But it was believed that they were
mistaken. There are a lot of sea-guils in
that region. In any case, Com, Bacellar
was $0 worried about the presence of
“UFOs around weather balloons launched
‘rom the island that, ia November 1957,
‘se sent a radio message to the Navy
reporting the strange events.’ Unquote
Rio de Janeiro DIARIO DA NOITTE, O
JORNAL, ete,, February 22, 1958)

Captain Viegas’ Interview was a tre-
memious blow for the grouv who stil
ined lo Keep the secrecy about the uici-
aent, The preas reaction to the Navy's
atutune was going to be dangerous unless
the potiey to deny any connection with
Qe case was charged af once. it was
ebvieus that to forestall any more trou-
‘ie the Navy had to talk freely about
‘ne facts and not try to pide them. As
, result, statements of several Navy av-
‘horiies were released that same day—
ail of them coufirminy the sighting and
he existence of the photographs. Some
ot these statements wi!l be transeribed
in another part of this report, bat one
of (em wil be presented now—for it
‘ame from an officer who was abourd
he “EL Almirante Saldanha’ when the
+ AD was sighted.

‘hus officer was Com Paulo Moreira

» of the Navy's Hydrography and
‘waton Serviee. He was interviewed
-oruary 22 by reporters from the
‘sapers “U! JORNAL” and “DIARIO
ITE.” releasing he following

=
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“4 ue the results

eh OY every doay

myect sighim) in
Was vot a weather balloon,

i American 2urced oiissile. 1
tive yel my tonctusions, for the
omg analyzed in g secret
On af the Navy Ministrv, T cao
ever ihat (he object Was not a
wal bulloan--for the one which
junehed thal cay was released
um., twe hours before the ap-
we of the ohoect in the sky. This

ihe skies of

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THE A. PLR. O. BULLETIN

ee a ee

proper ailitude. Besides, while the coject
Was encircled by a greenish giow, our
batloon wns of reti color Also if was

net wu guided missiue from the U.S... be-
Cause the Islam of Trindade us af the

route of LAowe roexets: they are iatinched
from Flerwla in the direction of Ascen-
sion lziaad.'"” Unaucte

The resorts from other civilian obser.
vers aboard the NE “Aimirante Saldan-
ha’ were also printed ia the press. One
of them came trom Mr. Maury Andrade,
employee of the London Bank of South
America, and member of Barauna’s
group, In an interview published in the
newspaper 'O GLOBO" (Feb, 22, 1958),
he said:

“T didn’t witness the sighting because
I was inside the ship, not on the deck,
when the object was seen. But | can
give a list of respousible people who saw
it and saw the photographer Barauna
take the pictures as well as develoo the
negatives. ‘

“J don’t know how I was tracked by
the press. I was startled by the pubii-
cation of news and photos related with
the incident because we had promised—
all of us—to keep the whole thing secret.

“I was somewhere inside the ship, was
alerted hy the sheuts, and ran outside to
see whul was happening. Yet I dicn’t see
the object. But all peeple | found on dack
told me that they had really sighted a
flying saucer. | believed hem, aml my
belief was confirmed by the film devel.
oped aboard, In fact, i saw a thing on
the negatives which looked iike a flying
saucer, alibough I cannot be sure if it
was really one of them, The film was
developed before the eyes uf witnesses,
and was shown later to every one
aboard."" Unquote

The other report came from Mr. Amilar
Viewta Filho, president of the Icarai Club
for Submarine HunUng, and member of

the CACEX Research Division (a Federal |

Department). He avoided any contact
with the press for several days, bul was
(inaily interviewed by a reporter irom
the newspaper “O GLOBO” on february
27. He explained that big attitude was
based on two reasons: first, the compro-
mise assumed ‘y the whole delegation
of his Club to tei) nothing about the
strange sighting of January 16, at Trin-
dade; and second, his natural aversion
te any kind of publicity. However after
the Navy officiai releuse on the malter,
and after the interview given hy other
members of ins group, he felt chat the
silence be had imposed on himsel wae
not justified enymore He made the fc}.
lowing statement:

“First, i want to make it very clear
that Edon't know ti what L saw wes really
the so-called ‘flying saucer.’ What t saw,
in fact, Was un object of grey color and
oval in shape when first siubted, which
gassed over the island and then--emit
ting a fluorescent light it didn’t possess

eo on ee ee erereee ls

JAarch, 1°60

— —seeeemme = Se om ee

-_-—-

an] was Jone, Vanisnog Just on thie
horizon line. Everything happened in just
a few seconds, jn no more than 2) e<

ones, and for this reason | canner
eu more details about Ge curious orn:
it ‘cokwi fixe 132 WtiD Be
surface and uniform euler. l am su
Was nol 2 rpiane, or = ’
pull,’

He was not going to teil enytluay more
but the reporter decided to ask a Inst
question.

“Flying saucer or not, can you tell me
if the stranse object you sighted was the
same tesistered on Barsuna’s photos?”
After » brief hesitation came the answer

“As 1 seid before, the thing was too
capid, I: was almost impossible for the
human vision to fix any detail of. ‘'e
object. Mr. Barauna, bowcver, was op
eraling with a camera of modern typo
which was able to register those detzilr.
Generally speaking, the shape of tlic
cbject sighted was the same scen on te
negaures developed aboard the. NE ‘Al.
mirante Saldanha.’ ”

The reports of Captain Viegas, Mauro
Andrade, and Amilar Vieira Fitho repre.
sent additional evidence confirming the
story told by Alrmiro Beratina. They were
rechecked with the witnesses and cus
flirined. They were not denied by tte
Rrazihan Navy. However, two things are
etill jacking to meet the challenge of the
UAO agnesies—the nun believers. One of
ihem is an official release from the Navy
confirming the whole thing. The other 1s
a written stalement signed by Com. Ra
cellar, former chief ¢f the Navy Post at
Trindade.

These important documents will be pre-
sented in the conclusion of this report.
together with other additional facts cun-
nected with the case.

obieet

Sailoun, an 4

UAO PHOTOGRAPHED
iN VIENNA

The Vienna newspaper Wiener Montas
devoted its whole front page to a picture
of a glowing white ebdject azainst 2 dark
background on. March 1, and labeled it
‘he “most sensational photoxraph of our
century.”

The newspaper photographer Edgar
Schedeibhauer, snapped the picture on the
énd of March, over 8 wooded arca in the
Styra Province Schedelhauur said tir
‘Hject moved slawly, then hovered |
sLeut 10 seconds, He took several sic
fires during Unis time. The newypoper
Sssued @ statement thet they subdlisihed
the picture only after caretl conside:
Hen sod atter experts had checked 1%
Nefauve ico determine whether i was 4

hoax

The photographer stated that when th
object, which disappeared after hover

ec, left, be heard a sour! aime: tc

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PS Cihelwex /Maj Friend/amce/69216/t yoed 27 July of 1 BUG 196y
INL Information Report (Flying Saucer Photographed from Almirante

Saldanha)

SAPOI-3d (L/Col .Tackexr)

Le attacnzed are copies of the ONI Information jag oie subject:
“Srazil - Wavy - Flying Saucer Photographed fron Alnirante Saldanha,"
dated 11 March 1953. This report was requested by 1/Col Tacker of
SAFOIe3d on 26 July 1960.

2. .This report is unclassified. The report is on a standard Navy
form with Confidential stamps; however, the word "unclassified" has
been typed across the classification box by the office of origin.

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1. Announcement. On 21 February 1958, two of the leading newspapers
in Rio de Janeiro printed photographs showing alleged fly ying saucer
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: 2. Photogravher. The pl rTaphns themselves were taken by a free lance
-2 photogranner, using his Rolleiflex camera set at speed
z= 125., lens opening 8, and were developed in a laboratory in ALMIRANTE
~»y SALDANHA. This entleman has a long history of photorrapnic tricxsnots
_5 and is well hows for such items as false pictures ur ‘treasure on the
+3 o¢ean floor. Another time he prepared a nurpdosely humorous article,

=3 published in a paeee ye entitled "A Flying Saucer Hunted Me at Home",
*= using trick vhotography. d@gpemmmm ofter the release of his latest

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"£3 ring saucer" “photographs, told the press that the Navy secret servic

5 had interrogated him for four hours concerning his pnotos. "The negati
52 were projected in.large size on a screen. If there was any trick, the
sisantic projection would have revealed it. fter -nestioning by offic

of the Estado-Maior, the Chief of the Secret Service
present said to me, ‘I am going to ask you 2.

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offended because I don't doubt the authenticity of your pnhotos but I need
to hear from you. If you were going to make a flying saucer appear on

a negative, how would you proceec?' Comandante, I am en able photo-
graphner specialized in trick photography but not one world withstanc
close and accurete examination."

3. Brazilian Nevy Stand. Immediately efter the photographs of the

a flying saucer were publicized, the Prazilian Nevy refused to make any
official statement confirming or denying the incident. However, procfs
. from the original negatives were sent to the other armed forces and to
: the President via an officer-messenger who related the complete story.
; According to the press, the narration so impressed ‘STE that
he became convinced of the veracity of the happening.

| On 2h: February, three days after the photos were first published

i in the press, the Navy Ministry finelly made en official statement:

mn "ith reference to the reports appearing in the press that the Nevy

is opposed to divulge the facts concerning the appearances of a strange

i object over Trindade Island, this Cabinet declares that such informetion

has no besis. This Ministry has no motive to impede the release of
photographs of the referred to object taken by (RIE who
wes at Trindade Island et the invitation of the Navy, and in the presence
of a lerge number of the crew of ALMIRANTE SALDANHA from whose deck the
photographs were taken. Clearly, this Ministry will not be able to
make any pronouncement concerning the object seen because the photo-
graphs do not constitute sufficient proof for such purpose." |

li, Stetements of SALDANHA Personnel. On the morning after the photos
of the flying saucer were published in the press ( February 22). the
ALMIRANTE SALDANHA departed Rio to continue its mission in connection
-with the IGY. Two days later, however, the ship docked at Santcs
(February 2/;) for voyege repairs and this was the first chance thet
hnewspapermen had an opportunity to interview cfficers and men aboard.
VF The Assistant Neval Attache was in Santos at this time in meek connection
n/ with the visit of USCGC WESTWIND (Alusna Rio IR 36-58 of 10 Merch) and
had an opportunity to visit eboard. The commencing officers Cepiteo-de~
Mer-e=Guerre (CAPT) Jose Santos Saldanha de Game. had not seen the |
object end was noncommitteli. The executive officer aise had not seen it
but, arriving shortly thereafter, had formed the opinion that those on
deck hac seen it. The captain had renorted that his secretarr. = LOD,
3 hed seen it but this officer when personally cuestioned evoided Ciscuss~
ing the matter Later, it was learned that the photographer was
4 accomp 11 eC, to. the dark room br an cfficer who waited outside tne coc
hile MOUEEEP << oce- the neratives elone.
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4 WESTWIND to ALMIRANTE SALDANHA, Capteaig Saldanha de Gama freely cis-
cussed the fiying saucer and showed the original proofs to the caliers
put again.did not commit himself.

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5. Publicity. The press reports after the publication of the photo-
graphs covered a great deal of newspaper spa or about a weel., tendine
to prove or cisprove the authenticity — photographs. DIARIO
CARIOCA reported that personnel of SALDANHA were under rigic orders of
silie GLOBO published a story with photographs by photographe: .
ois of fiying saucers (china) taken at Cabo Fric.

Federal Deputy Sergio Magalhaes sent a note to the Navy Ministry
on 27 February protesting the Navy’s failure to secure sworn staterenis
of witnesses. “For the first time in flying saucer history, the
phenomenon was attended by large numbers of persons belonging to «
military force which give these latest photographs an official starn-
Threats te national security require greater official attention ana
action," said the Deputy. Im the middie of all the publicity, other
"Plying saucer" sighting reports came out including a naval officer who
saw a fiying saucer a month before sighting from SALDANHA off the cozest
of Espirito Santo, CO and crew of ATA TRIDENTE saw flying seuce:
severai days before SRLDANHA sighting but kept information secrei.

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Preparing Officer's Comment ES:

1. Most Plying saucer stories are not worth wasting mech time or
effort, out this story apparently substantiated by official Navy
photographs taken in the presence of large number of Navy personnel
under closely controlled and almost ideal circumstances should have
absolutely proved the existence of an unidentified flying object.
Unfortunately, further investigation provided only frustration at every
turning. <A number of Brazilian Navy officers profess to believe the
story implicitly but whether eney; have more information than we is
unknown.

2. There appear to be only Sw explanations for this pecnliar incident:

{a} Some overwhleming power has told the Brazilian Navy not to
officially verify this incident (wirtch they should easily be able to do,
if it oceurred) nor to deny it (which they should easily be able to do,
if it is a fake). I personally do not believe that anyone has told the
Brazilian Navy to keep autet abont it because there has been no hint of
such suppression in either Brazilian or U.S. circles; and also because
I doubt their control of the individual officers and men is good enough
to hold the line.

(>} Phe whole thing is a fake publicity stunt put on by a crooked
photoerapher and the Brazilian Navy fell for it. This seems like the
most likely considering Brazilian's love for sensationalism and gossip,
their vell known propensity for never lettdmethe truth stand in the way
of a good story, and general bureaucratic inefficiency. °-

3. In addition, the photographs furnished by the Brazilian Navy are
unconvine ing o Details of the land are extremely sharp but the dise

ts hazy and has little contrast and shows no shadow effect. It also
appears that the object was inverted in photograon 2 comparad to 1 and
3. Also the papers have mentioned extremely hzgh velocities: and there
appears to be no lateral blurring as would occur with any reasonable

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it Tt is the reporting officer's private opinion that a-flying saucer
sighting would be unlikely at the very barren island of.Trindade, as
everyone knows Martians are extremely comfort loving creatures.

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