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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7202246

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONBrasilia Brazil

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
9 November 1958 Brasilia, Brazil 0 Probably Balloon
. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local 1600 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircraft
GMT-09/1900Z RdirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
x No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
XNo
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUME 8. OBJECTS JECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other_
IIX ITX Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
not reported ono not reported
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 71. COMMENTS
Unidentified Unidentified object objec thought to be a Object observed by many people. Object observed by many people.
flying flying saucer saucer obse obser ed by 500 people. AF plane went up & saw object. AF plane went up & saw object.
AF plane went up to 3,ooo meters and AF plane went up to 3,000 meters and Came back & could add no addi-
object was estimated to be at 12,000 tional data other than that the
meters. No other information. meters. No other information. object was well above at esti- object was well above at esti-
mated altitude near 35,000 ft. mated altitude 35,000 ft.
Probably a balloon Probably a but data is
not sufficien not sufficiont uppor this his
conclusion. Duration not reported
but object mu e been in
area for some e. Also no
motion rptd. Insufficient data
for analysis.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Country: Brazil FBIS LATIN AMERICA #: 22O FBIS LATIN AMERICA #: 220
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FLYNIG SAUCER REFORT-A strange, unidentiCied object thought to be a flying FLYNIC SAUCER REFORT--A strange, unidentiCied ob ject thought to be a flying
saucer aitracted the attention of some 500 persons in Brasilia, the attracted the attention of some 500 persons in Brasilia, the
saucer f Brazil, at about 4 p.m. on Nov. 9. A Brazilian air
future capital of capital up about 3,ooo meters to investigate, but came back to its o investigate, but ca ame back to its
force plane wen up about 3,Oo0 meters tc plane cenrander said that the said that the object was le object was
base withcot results. The FAB plane cemrander base withcot results. The FAB (Rio de Janeiro, Home,
flying at an altitude of about 12,000 meters. (
NoV. 10, 1958, 0400 MT--W) January 2, 1959
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