| On January 19-20, 1997 Brazil's I Centro Integrado de | | | | buzzing noise similar to what a horde of insects might |
| Defesa Aerea e Controle de Trafego Aereo or | | | | make. Eyewitnesses allege the creature was handled |
| Integrated Center on Air Defense and Air Traffic | | | | with gloves since the authorities feared some sort of |
| Control received a warning from the U.S. North | | | | infection. It was shoved into a wooden box, covered |
| American Air Defense Command (NORAD) of an | | | | with a tarp, and taken away by the military. |
| incoming bogy. NORAD estimated it would crash in the | | | | Civilian and government informants have told Ufologists |
| Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. | | | | investigating this case that the capture of the alien |
| Early Morning | | | | was recorded on videotape. Some witnesses have |
| The livestock of farmers Augusta and Eurico | | | | claimed to have seen the video. The allegation of a |
| Rodrigues startled awake the couple alerting them to | | | | tape being made of the event is based on |
| some sort of disturbance. When they gazed out the | | | | eyewitnesses seeing one of the military men at the |
| window they could see the various animals running | | | | scene taping the capture. |
| around in a stark panic. They would see also the | | | | As the first capture event was taking place more |
| reason that sent their farm animals into a terrified fit of | | | | unnatural events were unfolding elsewhere. In an area |
| fear. A large submarine-shaped craft was descending | | | | of woods not too far from the first capture, an |
| and could be seen at about five meters from the | | | | ex-military man who is now a lawyer noticed a small |
| ground. It was described as emitting smoke or fog as it | | | | squadron of Brazilian military jets swarming the skies in |
| was coming down. The couple's farm is located in a | | | | what called an attack formation. He also noticed |
| coffee farming area about six miles north of the | | | | military trucks and soldiers on foot approaching the |
| Brazilian town of Varginha. Subsequent investigations | | | | woods. Others witnessed this unfolding new scenario. |
| estimate that the craft was unable to maintain flight | | | | Three shots were heard coming from the woods. An |
| and crashed landed sometime between the hours of | | | | informant revealed to investigators that one of these |
| 1:30 A.M. and 5:00 A.M. the same night. | | | | creatures was shot and killed by soldiers. |
| 8:00 A.M. | | | | Confidential informants have revealed to UFO |
| Hours after the first sighting, a twenty-year old college | | | | investigators that the live captured entity as well as the |
| reports an extraterrestrial sighting on the ground. In a | | | | dead were taken to the Escola de Sargento das |
| small neighborhood within the city of Varginha, college | | | | Armas (ESA) - a military school in the town of Tres |
| student Hildo Lucio Galdino caught sight of this being | | | | Coracoes, 25 kilometers from Varginha. At about 1:30 |
| outside a bathroom window that opened out onto an | | | | P.M. more military activity was seen with the arrival of |
| alley. The student describes the creature as about 4 | | | | additional soldiers. |
| foot tall, dark and oily skin, with very small hands | | | | 3:30 P.M. |
| support long pointy fingers. It was without visible hair | | | | Two mid to late teenaged sisters with an adult female |
| and clothing. The Brazilian student alleges the thing ran | | | | friend were walking home from housekeeping jobs |
| off when he screamed. | | | | when they stumbled across another creature fitting the |
| 7:00 - 10:00 A.M. | | | | exact description of the first two creatures the |
| Reports had already been flooding the phone of local | | | | authorities had in custody. They described it as having |
| authorities. As early as seven that morning reports | | | | long arms, large, red eyes, appearing hurt. When the |
| were coming in of sightings of some unusual animals | | | | creature made a slight movement the girls ran for help. |
| being seen by the early-rising locals. A confidential | | | | There was no sight of the creature when help was |
| informant from the local fire department revealed that | | | | summoned. However, a peculiarly strong smell was |
| by 9:00 A.M. that morning, one of these creatures had | | | | detected in the exact spot where the creature was |
| been captured. When the firemen arrived on the | | | | alleged to have been seen. A psychiatric examination |
| scene they found the military was there and had | | | | revealed the girls to be truthful. |
| apparently cornered the entity. Upon arrival, the | | | | 11:00 P.M. |
| firemen realized that this was not an animal but | | | | An additional creature was found. It appeared to be |
| something much more. They summoned the | | | | wounded. This capture did not draw attention, as did |
| commanding officer via radio telling him this was a | | | | the first. |
| situation a bit more complicated than a wild animal | | | | April 1997 |
| capture. | | | | A 67-year-old housewife in the same town made one |
| Major Maciel arrived at 10:30 A.M. to find that the | | | | additional creature sighting as the other sightings. |
| creature had been secured. The creature had been | | | | The Brazilian government pulled one of the tricks |
| captured with a net used for small to medium sized | | | | governments often do in trying to cover up the entire |
| animals and since it was cornered close to someone's | | | | event. Official denials, threatening witnesses (and there |
| residence, there were many public witnesses. Some | | | | were scores and scores of first-hand witnesses) to |
| described the creature as totally non-resisting capture | | | | keep quite, you name it they've done it. |
| with the only sound coming from the creature was a | | | | Sounds like our Roswell, doesn't it? |