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The repercussions of the episode have alien seen by the three girls. was directly involved in the operation. He reached beyond the specialists in UFOs. In an operation involving military per- describes in detail everything that hap- The most popular Brazilian TV program sonnel from the Escola de Sargentos, offi- pened during those days," added Mr covered the subject three times in less than cers from the military police and the fire Pacaccini. In the 42-minute recording, this two weeks, and the mayor of Varginha is brigade, the ET, according to Rodrigues _ person says that decomposition had already considering the possibility of organising an and Pacaccini, was taken before dawn on begun and, when the corpse left Hospital international congress. Monday 22nd January to the Hospital Humanitas, the smell was pretty bad. But before such an event, the ufologists Humanitas, the best hospital in the area, The Army, of course, has denied every- working there intend to finish their investi- 1.5 km from the city centre. thing. The mouthpiece for the East gation which has already lasted four At about 6.00 pm on the same day, the Military Area, Colone] Luiz Cesario da months and which points to the Army as_ ET, already dead, was taken back to the Silveira Leite, has said that no military per- the party responsible for capturing and hid- Escola de Sargentos in one truck which sonnel of any kind helped capture an alien. ing at least one of the two aliens who are _ was part of a convoy of three vehicles. “We worry a lot about national and interna- supposed to have been seen in tional beings, but only if they Varginha. are terrestrials," said the Colonel In a report signed by 10 differ- to the reporter. The Colonel has ent organisations, unveiled is "a also classified as "exaggerated" real, complex operation, involv- all the connections between the ing military personnel as well as ET and the Army. civilians, which resulted in the "What the ufologists say is capture of unidentified biologi- ridiculous,” said General Sérgio cal creatures. These creatures, Pedro Coelho Lima, the com- according to these organisations, manding officer of the Escola de “were kept under medical obser- Sargentos. According to him, vation for some time and later on the Air Force is the military removed from the city." organisation which looks after Apart from Ubirajara Franco extraterrestrial phenomena. Rodrigues, another ufologist, The Centro Integrado de Defesa Vitorio Pacaccini, 31 years old, Aérea e Controle de Trafego has travelled to the area over the Aéreo (CINDACTA), located in past few weeks. Both specialists Brasilia, has a dossier about swear to have listened to 14 wit- UFOs. nesses of the ET episode, among “It is true that there are lots of whom were four people from the cases which remain unsolved to Army. But they refuse to reveal this day," confirmed Brigadier any names or evidence apart Cherubim Rosa Filho, a. from a photograph of a supposed : Minister of the Military interview with one of the offi- Crintura s 7% Supreme Court. cers or soldiers who would have - pe ’ fustodin * One of the most famous cases participated in the operation. be e ‘ involving an ex-minister was The ufologists insist that an ~ HAA TERI ACIFA C yoxas,4sg4em confirmed by Brigadier Otavio alien was captured by four fire- ONDA UFOLOGICA 3 PRECEDENTES Moreira Lima (the Minister for men at 10.30 am on 20th * 3 AYINGE 0 BRA | bE NORTE A SUL the Air Force at that time) and is January near a wood which is now celebrating its tenth located a few metres from the | 'tist's impression of the ‘captured’ ET, seen on the cover of | anniversary without any conclu- place where Liliane, Valquiria Brazil's UFO magazine, published by CBPDV. sive facts. and Katia would have seen their ET. This But what makes the Varginha episode would have been about five hours before The same convoy left the school in Trés unique are some of the details which are the girls had the fright of their lives. Coragées at 4.00 am on Tuesday 23rd only now becoming known to the public According to the ufologists, the alien January. Its destination, Campinas (a much and which intensify the whole mystery. was immediately placed inside a wooden _ bigger city upstate from Sao Paulo), where Luiza Helena, mother of Liliane and box, covered with a white cloth, put inside the ‘cargo’ was delivered to another military Katia, the girls who insist having seen the an Army truck and taken to the Escola de unit, probably the Army Cadets' Prep. ET, has claimed that at the beginning of Sargentos das Armas in Trés Coragées, a School. this month [May], four men wearing suits bigger town about 25 km from Varginha. “All this operation was coordinated by came to her house and offered to pay a The day after, still according to the spe- Lieutenant-Colonel Olimpio Wanderley large sum if her daughters denied their con- cialists, another ET was seen at the Santos," said Mr Rodrigues. "We have the _ tact with the alien. Hospital Regional in the city centre, and testimony of an Army officer from the “They said they would pay cash," said this time, yes, it would have been the same Escola de Sargentos in Trés Coragdes who Luiza. "They also said they would come The same convoy left the school in Trés Coragées at 4.00 am on Tuesday 23rd January. Its destination, Campinas (a much bigger city upstate from Sado Paulo), where the ‘cargo’ was delivered to another military unit, probably the Army Cadets’ Prep. School. “All this operation was coordinated by Lieutenant-Colonel Olimpio Wanderley Santos," said Mr Rodrigues. "We have the testimony of an Army officer from the Escola de Sargentos in Trés Coragdes who NEXUS ¢ 57 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1996