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plunged into it. the water of the river, it rocked violently and maneuvered awkwardly for a while as if trying to regain stability. Then it suddenly dropped directly into the water of the river. The nine-year-old ran to her mother, who had come out at the sound of the tremendous roar. Had there no other effects besides the roar, the disc-shaped that the little girl described might have been written the construction of a child's imagination. But when Mrs. Souza reached the river, the water where her daughter said the object had fallen was boiling violently churning up mud and other debris from the bottom. Raul Alves Souza, Ruth's uncle, who was working about a hundred yards away from the spot, came running to the at the sound of the roar. As he looked out over the river, he, too, witnessed the strange boiling, churning water But even with these witnesses, Ruth's story might gone unbelieved had not verification come from across the river. Fishermen working the opposite bank of the river described exactly the same phenomena that Ruth had. They all heard the roar and saw the craft as it moved over the river, then It was 2:30 P.M., October 31, 1963 when the saucer fell. Senora de Souza's home is located in the Sao Paulo province of Brazil, and a report of the sighting and of the fall of the object immediately went to the city of Sao Paulo. Police from the nearest town, Iguape, went to the scene at once and questioned the witnesses while the incident was still fresh in their minds. The story they pieced together described a disc of small thickness, about one meter (39.37 inches), but about five meters in diameter (16 1/2 feet). By all accounts, it had resembled an "aluminum basin." It had been very bright, and in broad daylight it had looked almost luminous. When first sighted, the craft was moving very slowly, and at no time did it show any ability to accelerate at any great rate. The roar that announced its coming was almost deafening and seemed to indicate that the craft possessed great power. As it moved toward the de Souza house, it appeared to be having difficulty maintaining its altitude. After several erratic movements, the power had seemed to give out, and the disc had plunged toward the river. All the witnesses agreed that the river had erupted violently, and the water had begun to boil. The craft did not stay on top of the water for any time at all, but settled immediately beneath the surface, indicating that it was of a greater average density than water.