OATETIME CROUP 7. lENCTH 01' O&SERVATIOH 10. Btflcf' SUM~ARY 01' SIGHTINO PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLlJSIOI'fS TYPE OF OBSERVATION Vlos Balloon Prohably Oolloon Possibly Balloon cr Ground Vi svol CJ Air- Vi 'u ol :r. s~>URCe Was Aitcraft P rababl y Ai rc:roft Pouibly Aircraft 0 Ground-Rodor 0 Air-Intercept Radar Woa A1trono,.,icol P robobl y A :~trol,>mi col Possibly A,tronomlcol I a. NUMi3fR OF OBJeCT S 9. COURSE ln~ufllclnt Doto for Evaluation an.tlysic;, and n olll' p11hltslwcl IIi.; twnph!( clnta. Tilt' Ohi(1 <:lwnd-;t, bus~ ' ' ith cndiu.tl"}' d11til's, h.t<.l ti111t' to mnh.e wd~ n prvlitalillary anal~ si. o f tltt' JD5C1 fr:1g11wnt. Jle did JJOI dl't1 mdttP thl' a11aount of titt pr~sc11t ttll(l did nnt d<'lennint '' lttt C'htrwttls otlttr tlt:tn lin "C'H' jn tlh. s;lntplP. T ltt dl'tbit~ of tlw 195 ~ s-nnpl~. is 110t ),nmnt ancl the rt'~ul ts of thv <:Cllnpldc quulitali\t'. qt tantilatiH', aiiCl spC't'- t rop;raphic lc~b. if perfornwcl. an' 110t nvtibl,k \ VItcn n husims"tnnn stnds a sp{'<:intC'Il to n <:CHIIJ1Hrcial ch cmist for nn a )y;,is, he C'xprt'ls to r\ccin a w.:ifiC' li'>t of ('X:lctl) what cll'tnC'nts it ('OUtaillS and itt \\ !l JlC'rCC'Ili.H~t'S. 1 f he l't'CI.'i\~cl, in~ ~tend, res ul ts su(lt a~ those of thC' siktr-rain analysi..;, plus the chC'mist's opinion tha t I he ~pc:C'ittlC'n ll'>(d to consist of SOilltth in g clc.c in different proportiott', the bnsinesstttnn "nuld ,.l'r~ properly r efuse to Nu comp(tcnt dHmi.;t \\'Ould usc the JIIC'nger data a,,dl.tblt-> to ac;scr t tha t tl1c l951 nncl l~J5(j frngmC:'IltS had nn idcnticnl Cll i~rin, or th,1t they" ere originall) composttl cHtly of pnre tin. A qn:llltitn- tin an;tl~ sis t!Jcor<'ticall) could ).lJO\\ tl~.d a 1~hC'Il s:uuplP ic; <:om- posed cntircl) of n tcrlain <lvm ... ' tlt Sllth ;\s till. lntl if tlJc stmpll' COllla inS onJy ~0 11l'l' C'l'lll titt. lO pn CL'tlt obviollsly C'OliSists of otJwr clcnwnts, ancl the sptcinll'l1 is 11ot ton JH'r cc:nt pure tin. \~'itlt so few btts a\;\ilahlC', lh<' adnal ickntil\' of th<' si lver rain can 011l)' hC' guc:s~t'd nt, L11t O \ l 'r w lH'hning <.'\ itkr.ce inclic::-tl<:~ tha t i t wnc; m;ld(' rigl tt h cTC on l:nt1l. The J! nndbook of Chemistry and Jihy.\irs lis ts a lnr~c m11nber of p os-,ihilitie . At lcmt 5 nllo~ s of ti n ami lead , without antimony, l1av<' d('nsitiec; b Pt\vt'en 9-l3 ancl 10.33. li~e tltc"" l~J;)O fr.tgmc-nls. rdinary "pl~tmb<r's solder" ic; G7 per ccnt lC'ad, 3.) pc:r C'cnt tilt, ~md h.ts a density of 9+ ''Tinmans snlclcr' is 07 pC'r <.:C'lll t in and .3:3 p er c~nt lc:acl. ~Jany altttni.Hlln solcltrs lta\'c 1witiH' r anlitnOlt)' nor k ad, but contain ti n itt JWr('(ntagrs nln~ing from 50 to 97 per ccnt, combittecl wilh \'mying proportion~ of :;-inc. a luminu111, coppf-'r, cad- mium. or phosphurus. O n0 jucl'iciall~-minclecl im(sli~ntur of 0~ ing sancers gcntly pointe d cmt to tht> editor of thP UFO Critir(l/ l3ttl!Ptirt that tht:' use o f thL \\'Ord " prO\ ~J for t!tt:' C'\traterrC'-.trial origin of the siher r:tin wnc; premature, and sug~t<;tcd th<-' nc~cl for uhtuining .mel publhl1ing a mplete <:maly~is before d ra\\'ing an~ culldllsionc;. T lte editor, not y e t a complNt-> master oft hc: Eng li::.h la11gnngt ... , n spotH1ed willt the pC'cnliar logic of the M.ncK IH mist: .. \Vhat mor\.' is tWC<'S'>.lr\' t n cmtvinc:c .so sc' en all(l tltickheaclNl r>crson a s Dr.---? \\'cHild be IH'<.:l'S'iary a !>l<tl('JI1t'ltt ill <.:onjtlltCtion "ith some hi ghly worldly cmtsidcrc-d sc:ic11tbt:J ... \ Vould he: nC'<.:- <'ssary a slntenwtlt i11 cunjtlllC:tion fruttt Ei'lenlt<JWtr . .Kl11 uslt<.hev anil the: Pojw?-This lte'll nt,cr g<'l of cou rse. \ Voukl h e IICC'CS'>,uy a UFO hncli ng on I tis pri\.1 te gardct 1 ?" [ 17] S1\UCER TIU'' We have no intention of eiving the rrhole ::;to~J of the molte n that fell i n Campinas, Brazil, on December 20, 1954, snpposedl y from o s auc er, since most of our reader s are probably familiar with the main facts alroel.d"'f. (If not, see Simoes' s Flyin_g s. .!: ' 116 and 7; APRO Bullet. in, July 1957. ) But we should mentio n that two samples k:~ l1<~ ly brought to re.v York by Simcies disappointe d everyone, because they proved, c :-L 0esting, to be composed of t i n nnd lead. They appeared, i n fact, t o b e identi.fi a".)le r1 S S'Jlder -':Jhich ha::-dly suggeats a ny extraterrestria l origin . Hmrever , this prove s no ~hj.i.1g, since these drops of metal could not b e p,uarant~ed to be pa: ... c of the origina l rr.acerial: it is possible that they were b r ought in later by a pr.::t:lk- 3ter. (T!le s ample in the poss ession of Dr., Cha rles r.1aney is o:::' similarly h~zy c: .. i.- gin.) Th e exact, nature of the ori~inal material -supposed to be phenomenc.lly p .ce t i n -is still not reall y certain, and i t will r emain uncertain until someone sw~ ceed s in getting mor e infonnA.tion from Dr . Vis v aldo Maff e i of Campinas, the chemi .. st who ori ginally examined it. The case is a very important one if n.uthentic, but .rori- f i cation i s still needed before v1e are justified in saying that chemical a nalysis d isclosed evidence that this saucer metal wa s of non-earthly origin . t o o o I October 1957 CbN'.L'itO D~ J:BSQUISA DOS .IJitlGOS V OJUIO .t<..t,:;S Sao ~aulo, Brazil. lTA'.L'IVE . Auriphebo Be~rance Simo , ~ditor . ~rour Editor has jus-c r eturned co his native country uft 'an absenc e o.f four- ty da . It was his in t.~J:+tion to con tact .several so.'..lc~r t,l'v'e s liigators ?oth i n Europe~. d in r~ca., b u t be \vas su~c~ssful .on~y i .!l m irig sa~cere.c3 in dew York. ,anQ: ~;is., ~nc~.d~nta y,. was def~nl. tely tha bes . .f'.Vclnt of h1. s whole t-rip. YoLlr 4. r was i'or-cw1a~e e nou.gh to b 'e rl;cei Yed.,%y the Ci vi li an Saucer In- tellig~J'nce o ~ew York at the home of that vvon<l'e~l researche r Isebel Davis, where also L~x '!~'ban~ and '1 ed Bloech.or togethq.~(~i th Isabel, burn tbeir brains -crying to see, light through .the immense dark.n!lss of saucerdom - .or. ufolo;,or if I~ would ' be u-cterl~po~sible to de. : ib.e how ni.c e L-ex, Isabel and '.l.'ed ware to ';your 8di tor & vlife. B~ the C'l'DV F"' rcsenta-ci v e s wero in troduc~d to U\::Vsral nice pi;;) . J.~le, among "Chern t.rre., famous i,~::Oologist lJr, Ivan Sanderson, l!lr . Hans S r.-3f8Jl. Jc.ntesson, Editor of .;-'!i'J?.nte.,t'ic :Univ~rse", :Ur . Jules Sain t Germain -a d.dvil.'flith a lawye r d~gree, Dr>J..,)fon De~vidson, who .still maitains t hat ID.Os are Aoarican made con-r..rap tions. a..."la:::~;n~. o-ch~r ,V'Iffs who are deeply ,concorn.ad about When the CPDV re.L;rGs~nt .. ~ffives nrri'V~4, some good: Chil~an Hino was poured o.nd vth.an they went b ack 'to Br#(zil, a dE:!licio\\El. b'rt:ncn ch.?..mpagne was popped . J3o th Brazilians intrude upon.&f s-abel ' s homo as t!~J:tgh i't w~re t he::ir home too and all tha time , assisted b,(d:ie x and '.J:'ed.,. Isa b e l was .~e most a g reable of all hostesses. Ther e are not in.;-ihe E nglis h vocabulary (the '\:,"m9abUJl nry we a r o a.'cque.intE:!d wi tb.) n~ca. enoug .J]fords to th!3-nk pr~pcrly the'. o.fo:r~fi.rltioned friends, for this rt:'ason , : perhaps_:/'i-c will b e bette r to make it siL'Iple:J~'l..!;.~hank you all dea r , dear fri-ends. Vie h~ that we will b e abl e to be as nice to J oll here ~.n Brazil in a v ery near fur. 're, as you were to usc And o.ga.i n , thanks." ~:--:.~ \'va ~ 'Very sorry to notify our readers' that our President, M;. '(~W6rberto Lohn g.f~d last Monday Novemb&r 4th. Norberta Lohn his. wife' a nd a nie'<J:~, along wi -c!}/''five more friends were drowned vvhen their fishing _bqet cc.psized d~r.ing a se~re storm, near Cananea. in southern Sao Paulo . U:p to the moment (Nov , .;i.pnly t;fe body of hi a nie c e has been .found~ ~equie seat in ~.?.-ce' dear Norberta. .. I't. 3e-ems. that whene:ver someoY;le. com~.a up. with. somt:;thing very new and very a s - tounding. ~boui; .. sa.ucer s and the .eyidenc;e .that tqey ar.e oat erial objects origina- t e d in,. o:th e r worlds, an c!;l.n ti-cl,iin.ax ~s. not long in making i -~ s appearance c.nd the whol.e: business is squashe d ~'malgre tout",. Onc(:j .nore it has haJ>pendcl a nd. I am mt-,tch .t:rqubled t o confess that I a m the main culprit. in this .p.c1rticular cnaa. Some. coz:reotions. must be made in the former inf orma'ltiPtn. ~ssued ~n '' 'l'};le Flying Sa ucer-" No . 7 page 9. It is t o .be hoped "t;hat my blunder sha.ll.not gee. from our r eaders what is .so aptly. called a .ton.gue-in-;c.heek- attituds". Our readers may be aware as per Bulletin 7 tha-c -che " si'l very rain" of Cam- ninasp Brazil; on P mb~.Ju,~:. -when some sa.uqer s \:tere seen" to drop waste material .:. needed S 0ffi9 COrrec"t;iOnS. 1'!:~89 COrr'ections 'NI3t"9 actually rnade and .brought the "ail very rain" a.Ifai r to the i'olloN.i.r..g s ;;atu~: . . 1 . While a lady -whq p refers to remain llnOn.Jrnous -was feeding h~r chi:<:ena in her b:ackya.rd, on :Uecem1:i:er 20-ch 1954) so'!l'f.P.h_intS_ fell from ~bo,re; it was like mol-cen metal and splashed barely a yard .t'rom the plc.~ce flhe.rd she was stooping. : 2 . From naighb oring buildings someor..a could .na :e t h lo11n the ,Jol c.en .!le-e ~l into her yard, but the investi,~.s:tion .1.ailed to vrov~ that thi3 was the case. (Even it the metal fell by some o~ her neighoor' s acton tt ~ould be v ery interesting to learn how t h a t neighbor ~ot hold of such a pecu- iar sampl e whose. s-crange . composition c .an' t . be r,tccounted for) 3. Sinoe the compo'si tion- o f the rna'terial' dropp.ed from above can I t be r e a - ~onably :accounted for, it is pointless to assume that the solder -like . . s ubstance might hJlve dropped .from fusing elec~ric wires hanging over the . lady~ 9. backyard'~: 'his: I n'ev e'thele ss' ~laS. checke d arid ho e lect L'i c wi .::'93 ever crossed tbe .spac e of her backyard, e:itner har~ging or ovher.vise. It i s perhaps v1ise to state that neither v'lires nor any other sus vended o b - ct \vere ever found that could giv e an indication to the origin of. the mol ten rna r;erial. . . . . . .. 4 . :Th e :Lady:.never. said~that she had seen the tta:terial falling from any fly- , ing object; : a.t.:tha time: s h e thought somer;hng had. f l own swiftly o v e r - a.d ., very low~ It was 8. f leeting.impression . Perhaps* she suggested, it h a d been a crow flying v e r;y low. (It is my contention that if a crow' o dropJ?ihgs (;ontain pu~ tin: hardly i t . would ~fell i n mol ten stat~; this, . I : assure .. you all,. is. impossible e v e n in South llmerica). 5. Th e lady . a ttempted to catch wit h her bar e hands the beautiful oilV.::!'CY" ma~erial, but sne hastily retrie v e d hE:r hand. on account of the int.:mse . : hea~ Th~r~upon~ ~9rt of sc~red, s h e s-car d. crying for help. Ne~g.1oors ' soon crowded'around the. r apidly' solidifying material and jus t ' g ape . 6~ .:Retire d Pr.ofess or J3e n e 4.i'to Gc~ Uascirnento, a n old friend.of tha family .. ':heard. a b ou 't . t h e .eve n t and. pa:i!d the lady a visit to see what VIas tha ru- . rnor.. abou t .After listening t o all given dQ)'tails he suggested that ~the waste material had fallen from a flying saucer and urged t h e lady to:: get i .n touch w:ith Mr . Danton GomeEt, reporGer of Campi.nas.' . 0 Correia J:lo - pular1". Th e lacly answered that 'her .husband 'would. not .permit her t o l::tav e h e r . name .publicly inVOlVed VIi th such Bn insoli to e_vent, .but she . agreed to be .. int'~rviewed - Mr .. .liasci'::-ento' s ~r~vided )J~nto.n k.ept)~er name ~.e,-. 7 . . ~urin~. t~e p:r:eviqus. d.ays strang~. spinning flying C?-bject.s :.had bee n Qee n . lying low ove:rq.~pinas, bL~t there'.s a compl ete lac~ of e vidence tha f .. f l y i n g . saucer!? ,:,ere seen in the ::.kiea pr~cisely on the day of t h e f a -, 6 . 11r . Nascimento caught the material and . o Let us quote him from his intervie w \Yi t h a repor1;er f r o m ito -Gl9bo.">Qf. Rio de: Jarle-i.r.a~:.:Th'is news.,;. .. paper printed t h e story o n pec ember . 24t}:l. 1954 . . Here' s what J,Ir. Na.sci- a v e r t h e .town; a l ady to 'o/h om I a~ acqua.il~t.eq. ,i .nvi t .ed me t 9 . . pay h e r a . -.. : vi s i .t ~ sh~ tol d me she h.ad something yery impo.rtant. to. s}1ow me .. .Pe told . \."me the!?-t'h?-t s h e ~as i n her backy.ard wheri s h e noticed thr~e f lY:;i.ng S ?-U- cers in the sky . One of the objects, round, g r a y , spinning incessantly dov e ov e r her backy a r d illuminating it intensely; at the same ;tim~,-the sauce r dropped something like a sil very ra in. After a f e w minutes:lnj friend went to the place where .. t h e 'train had; fallen and found some- thing shin ing. .She b e n t to catch i .t but retrieved h'er :<han d b ecatitle the.: heat w a s too. strong. Then she ask~d' me .to pa~lher a :vi:ai.t. After oatch- .ing. the materi a l .that. would ha.ve been d.topped f rom a flying Saucer, I wP..nt t :o the offices of " 0 Cor.reio Popular: , whence accompanied by a reporter I deliver e d the rna terial: tc, . a chemist for examination, I' hav e written for . " 0 Corre i o Popular' a. f ew article s deny:i.:ng t h e exis'cen ce of t h e so calle d flying discs; l ater on , however , I was l ucky enoi.l:ghto see one. of thes~ obj.e cts flying over. Car.1pinas; . . then I C9nfe~.sed. mr. erro.~-i n ~npther articlf3 i n ~he same newapap~:r. ;r h~ye no. do.u"P:c ~ ~h,a~. the s i l:.re~ r a i n s een by my friend wa.s really originp.ted by one o f . thes~ saucers." 9. Reporter Danton Gomes and .I:Jrofessor Nascim.~nto went to. the .. Young L abo- ' . . .:rator~es .. ~t~e:r:e they met Dr. Visva.ld9 btaf.t~i. to .. w~1om t.h.~y to+!i:. w~a~ 'they .l::new; nr. ~1af:f'ei a t O.!fCe starte d bis examination and.P.:r:<?.nout;.ced . t h e me - . 'ce ;r.ia:l tc;>. b'e 68. 91 '% pure: tip.' and'll~09 %.oxidation .. ' \'h.ere wera.not the slighte st t races of other 111e Gals s'...l.ch as le; 3.d , ~ r?~, . an.~imo.ny, . ~tc. 'l'he impuri t y -Dr. l.Iaffe i was allegGd t o say - 'dij.S due to c o ntact wi t h the ir. Her e ' s what Dr~ Maffei said to " 0 Globe": ''Ti n88.91 %. ~'l'he mate- rial p r e s e nted cb.aract~ristics o:f high oxi.dution, such as. tin i n combina- ion wi t h oxygen known iJ.S tin . o~c:lde. ITo irnpuri ty was. f o tt.nd in the analy - zed material. This resu~t ref~rs only to the analyz-:!d sam!Jl8. ning further ' t h e vtritten results of the analysis, Dr. !!a~i:ei. told the Glo bo".: "1'he material is exc~p"!liona.lly pure tin .vi thout any im .. uuri ty, excepting oxygen. I t is possibla t h a t the mc~teris.l contains infinit-dsi.:n!?.l runout1.t s o f och e r s"UbstancCJs (oic) but thi s vnly o. spc:Jctrogre.phical e xa.mi- . n ation \Vould b .e. abl e t o. reveal . 'l'he 'sample .a.naly:.ed revealed pur~ tin . \'li thout .tf1e p resence of. any o.ther elclffit;;n t ( !3i C ) ' common to tin, DUC~ a s .. .. .. iron, lead , o:nti mo ny, arsen ic, etc.. Bven the pure _s t. tin ~s~d i!t o.1r in- .. , . . . du s t :ry 99.9-9% :pure has infini tesime.l a nount::; 'o:f ~.tre ai'orement.iondl impu- . , : . . .. ri:ties in, it . I t. etals with' such a p urity e:.r e genero.ll.Y found. li:n 10::::! ori- ... ::. ... tes , be.c a u s.a. in th~ apac.e void the decantati'on is vroce~sed,, sepa.:-3.tine ~ different mineral s . I . know,. for instance rthat hap:pen s \/i th iron o.1hl :I nickel:me~eori;tes, however I have- never hear d of pure tin r.lete_qritc s , but .this is.not .. si g nificant that. they do not ex:!.st .. . 'l'hat n i ght rep orter Danton Go!;l~s, "''rote t~e u.rua.zi ng story.. During the week a.ft~r "O.Correio 1-'o pular" i)ri:tte d. j,t Da.nto~1receiveO,around thirty odd b i lis of s older-like rna1::eria l f ound i n . qdd plo.ces such as : backyard3 'lnd roofs. Apparentl y the "saucer" had showered t h e m;ilsterious a-ll over <.!am- pina~. Non-comrni1:ally Danton stowe d the mate:ria.l i n a d r a we r and noN and then wouLd give a bit t o souve n i .r coll e<?tors ~ \fuen .he wrot a the S""CO.L'J, for lo.ck o f a be i-ter' name he called ~1:he i-n c ~dent "the . silver y rain". 'rha name 11. Soon the Br a z ilia n Air Force got ITind of what had happened in CB inas and wired its Base there to have the material collected f rom "0 Corre i a .. Popu l a rtt and mail i t urgently to the He~dquarters of Fourth Aerial Zon e