PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD O~TETI'-'t! GROUP 2. L OCA T I ON 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 . Ground V i su,:,l 0 G roundRodcJr S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 A lrlnh.rc.tpt Rooor 7. LENCTH Of' OSSERVA"i'ION I a. NUMa E R OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE CONC LU 5101-1 S 0 Wa:s Balloon 0 Probubly R olloon Po .. sibly Balloon 0 Was Aircrofr a Prooobly Aircroh a Pouibly Aircraft \'los Astronomical P rob obi y A strai"'ml c:ol 0 Possibly Attronomicol 0 lnsufflciant Data for Evaluation 0 U nknown 10. BRiel' SUMI.44RV OF SIGHTING A TIC 1'0Jtto4 329 (JUtV l& SEP 5:Z) 11. COMMEN7S Source, a FAD !r,1,jo-:-w:1.o hr, been c:lo.Je to 'F'AB':; lrre:.-:.i~d.i.a.t of /t.'vi.L. sql ::::r sit;htin~ std .. ~d tn~..tt he h':!..., for [>.. lon~ ~i~e lJeli.cved itt J'e cxl.-"...~. .. n.:= o'"' t~.e..Je ou ct:-;. (tfC::.! .Ls rcput~d to hn.'.e 7/.;00 flyi'1g hour: ... , J 1::; c.;) ,Lrtv:-ed LJ the rep..n tf?.d to C".: highly .i.'ll.elliE,~.:nt, l~cenly ol.H:::rV::l.nt, and qu.i..tc rt~'r.:l::... ) H~ per.:;or.3.lly !>u.r::;ued une in:. Glou:..;t~r ";!t-~or .t.J~.;t fall i.1 fJrl.u \lc,~::. (n..; u'Ld twt :--.i.rd 't a.ftcr he br::c,l!ne ..... .Lrborne ~:LL~ouzh h e htJ.tl seen jt l'r om -:~ . . ~ f7uHru1 p:-.i.or to to.!{eoff n.nd grounu ob:..;er\'er.,; c L1t.cd h~ JYJ.; -:;ed Tl'~r .it w":.-. <i.r: j ving fro m 45 ,Ol)O r t~uou,;;;h o. tlO'Le in a cloun for"Tiati:>n ) . ]-; ~l .... o v-:~s i_.-, ci:cc;e "..t Grav:J.tai Air Bc.:.;e (Porto Alce:,"1'e) sever~l U'l~-...; o.te.:-ilhei 150 'f/1.B :fler.;0!1nel rrtere l'Cpo:: ted to h'lve seen tvo of these :lbj~-.;ts. Du.rlng this ln ttcr zigllt inz, h,... placed a t,Toup of Jt'l\B :.d.::r..en o n O[;C: :Jlue o':: h'lr.g::t.::J another Gf'OUp on t'1e oppt"~::>itc si.ue , ou~ of' cch :Jt.h~.:rs s.i~:tt ~.nd L~.:-;..!'i"1e;. He thrm tl'O.':ellcd bc-t.;.;een the V..T0 groups, a:..t<ing L'1~1:: 'tt}ut thf~.Y S'\"i. t..ll l','p ort!..> ivere sl:nll:l.r. EG L.hc rt placed o":.>.,;-~> r v.~rs in I.J. 'L.!.'i. J ~JU.l't.e r.:..rr.'ln ''' :l~rl L et!'ounJ -'c.he field, abot t a mLle Oil l:'~:.t:h side ol' the trio.rglc. 'l,he::;e o'lJ::..;~r-rcrd 1-rc:utc dowr. ' -rhat they h::.td sc~:t, as it occurred, n.nd t bclr rcport.s jib~d. i.ll o1J~e.cvers n:ported an object hover'ir:d aL eztimat~c1 r~lt.itudes \''.l:jiillg fror~ 000 to 45000 feet. 1\ftcr rc;,aining f~irly ::>t<l.tior.ary i.n o:-1e f;pot ( a 1 though UJ1pe~ring to be unc.lulnting), i.t suddenly s:red o.c; ~ o~;::; o.ppr ox l :::tte Ly f~0 of '~rc a:1<1 resumed its hovering in t h-.1t location. 11hen ic. P:;o.l n f:l-~d c.cror s a sim.i.ln.s: rc, tne major clocked i i. b y cr ono~nph c.s covering the t.v9-i.1 ~: .:.e.c.::~.1ds..., -!~e later estimated the object'::. sr--ed a.t roughly 8 ,000 nph (o.s~nmins nn al~.i.tude of 1~),000'). The object 1.ras then jo.i.nc:d by n. slnilur one, 1.'-,c..:y hovered<.~. fc .. ,., minutes, then dlsappe9..red s. t a ererd~. rate of' speed. Source r ported that tne object appe:tred to be ::;u=rour.ued b.t a whi tc elo-,., 11hlcb increased in ~Ji~e when it move<l ( i . e . tni:. hol.J-li!;:e rin~ vas ~nn;:.ll vhen hovering, laraer vhen tr::t\relinc) . Source stated that Fl\.B records show sishtin~s a.;; fo.r b<~ck ~:.; the C"...tly 18oO ' s . One, irritten by a f P.rmer in 1-lato G:ros3o in 1876, de:.;crib.:s a la:;ding by one of these objects . Ee cescr lbed it a s oeing about 90 .feet ln dianetc.:, of u:et:tl construction, n.:-~d contnlnincl a turret tnat rose out of the top of' the disk a.-:t'l. ,.,.hich W3.5 retro.cted for hit-;h speed t r avel. FAB r ecord..J are .3-lso repo ... teu to contain nu.-nerous .::>igi:tt.L.gs 11y Brazi li1.:1 u.Lr.J i.ne pilot.:;, r.,;or.1e of who:il cla.i:-:l to h ve been v~ry close tu thr obj~ct:: (i-r.it.', n se:nr:!l hu:.drcd feet in so:::e c::.ses). rrnese ::repo!'t'; co&flrm " .. he ~!"'..t') Cro..:;so fr.;.rrner '::; c.k.;crjl)tion 'j..J to si::.: Ul.d corct:.ructio:-~. T\T:J Fl.B lleute-:n:-.t:.; -were :r<.:: Jortecl tu n~1e s iGhted u;~e,on the GI'O'J..:.tl in L~te L1~prj.or of l"l"..ll. h.rc t:O'I ti..n::r:t tl-lei-:-'ppron.ch 'Lut th object o.,: d.!'! t-)uk off nd u i~.:tpp~a:-etl c.; :~ t tL~ u::;t -~J. hi;;h r\:l te of speea. (..;:J l't.:no~ tt.!d flYt."J !l ' : i' .. oi'r'lcial evaluation th~ y c cr:.e NOV. ~, 19 5 4 PARDO RIVER NEAR PONTAL BRAZIL <LO~ENZEN P 44) 1 W ITNESS 00 .. J OS!:: AL~ES OF.: !?ONTAL_ \JAS FIS~ING IN TH=: PAPDO RIVER NEt,R PONTAL THE AqE.A o: '1/AS DES!:.RTEDt THE NiGHT QUIET 'J/JTH Q , LY A [,LICHT 8REEZE t.lLC~JJNG I-ROM THE EAST. Or' ---'S-~Q_D_E.!i_LY AL_Y_E_LS .. E:_GTTE_D A S~RAN~C:_93JE:CT I N THE SKY , AP?AR~NTL~ HF: D! !'JG }Q_:JAQD_03 H II-1 .. HE toJATCHEDt TRANSFIXED AS IT CLOSt:O IN \liTH A \JOuBLJNG "10TION AND QC. 1 ~. DED. IT WAS SO NEAR H~ COUL D HAVE TOUCHED IT, HE SAI D . THE OBJECT - -0 ~ APPEARING A S TWO \~ASHBOWLS P LACED TOGETHER - -APPEARED ABOU,T TEN ro F IFTCEN 06 _EEE.I IN_ D l _AMETER. HC:_ WAS_ 1..00 rRIGHTCNE.O T O RUN. THREE_ L ITTLE f'.iEN. CLAD I N 07 WHITE C L OTHING WITH CLOSE- F I TTING SKULL CAPSt ~MERGED FROM A WINDOW-LI~:E O S --~0?t=;:~II'JG I N THE' SJDE OF THE s_M~L OBJECT. THEI_R s:<J E~RED TO BE OurrE O ? DARK ALVES S TOOD TERROR- STRICKEN WATCHING TI-lE S('.1ALL CREATURES COLL~CT 1 0 SAt~PLES O F G8_ASS_t HE_8!2 ~I.J.f)_!-EAVES OF T F<EES ONE OF T H Ei'll FILLED A SHINY r1ETAL l l TUBE WITH RIVER WATER TH~N A S SUDDENL Y AS THEY HAD COME, THEY JUMPED BACK 1 2 I_!::!I9 THEI~ MACHINF. WHTrH TQ_9K OFF VERTICALLY AS SWIFTLY AND AS SILENTLY As IT13