1. LINOTH Ofl OlllllVATIOM not reported PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 1. NUMII,_ Ofl OIJICTI one or two 10. lltll, IUMMA.-V 0' IIOHTIMO 11, COMMIHTS 12. CONCLUSIONS Newspaper article forwarded with IR. Insufficient data for analysis. Reported that Brazilian military were observing object resembling star or planet and that it separated. Apparent y newsmen were called to witnass the obj ATIC PORM U9 (R&V 2a I&P 52) AF FORM t12~PART II UN CL.IiS!.ill'IEJ) (ClASSIFICATIO:-t) APPROVED l JUNE 19-48 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (.4grocy) HI;$ v,AF At:I'ORT ilfl 1 sa f: acn-4fl.. Strange Ob~ects in the Sky Above Salvador ( Folha da Tarde Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Dec 7, 1957) :' :~al~ador, {nee} 6. In this city, too, strange phenomena were observ~'t:in the sky and they are increasin~ s1 nee the launching of' the Sputniks:, .. Yesterd.81 a sighting was made by both officers and men at ;'l1he.regional headquarters. AtJ3 o'clock, lmile the men -were practicing, it was folmd that a planet~ perha 11ars or Venus wa:J qui to the earth ~e dtscussion attracted the attention o aj chief of the Communiscations Service 'Who decided to study he object through binoculars. He conclud~d that it was not one of the planets, not only bec,use of its shape, which reminded him of two su mposed bells~ ,., but also becau5e the distance from the earth was relative! 1~ ~ ~ : or nudde cried out and had other ficers, inclu~;g...z(J ' Co Majorn Captains and the look at t.ll e a ky. He exclaimed that the object was d i vi in to(l7'-4"'+-""1) two 'parts and 'that t.ha lower one first seemed to move towards the earth and then moved towarcls the south. For s orne time~ the remaining part of the object staye(\ .l n l.he same position, unchanged, and then followed the . , The newspap Annan the site, wa3 present during the laat ! ea.x:_d_ the explanation that the metal look~d like aluminum. Today, however~ the mill ta.zy men retuaed to make a:n:y statemnt to the press. . : OBJETOS> ESTRANHOS<; ... I SALVADOR. 8 (F.. T . l - Tam:. tou ttma. e:occla'm~Ao levan do on-. bem nest& ca.pi:al' fora m observ'l-tros oflcla !s. inclusive o coronel doa ~r;ra.nboa !-m~m-cmos no e,pu. Ovid:o e majores Luiz A:tUr e. A- i c;o, os quais recrildescem desde . o lon.ctO, 03 capltaes Joalbo e R~- lanc;amento dos "Sputniks". On-mos e tambem os sold:.dos a olh:t~ tern <:UlmiOOU com a. obse:Yaf;i\ rem OS ceus nclamando: ,.0 oh-u coletlva de of1cial3 e pl'3~as do jHo J:8rt1ra-se em duas partea r~ , , Quartel Regional. A's 13 hora~. a inferiOl" projetara-se . 1n1c1at-.. ~ _ quando a tropa se exncitava, ~-mente conto que contra a t!Tr3 a ~ rlflcou-se estar um planeta, t:\lld!po:s deslocara-s e ru1n0 ao Sui:- ~ vez Marte ou Venus, belJl. pr6xi~ Durante l lgum tempo, a parta "!'" ..... mo & teiTa. A dl.scussio attaiu o lestante do corpo estranho perma.-\.JI :najot Ftrmino. cbefe do Servico neceu inalterada em sua posi~o. de comunicac;oes, que re.soiV't!ll ol) .. -.lleguindo 1010 depol.'l o desttno ;!a . serva..lo,. empregando pa!a i.sso outra". . --:. ; - um btn6culo. Logo cooclulu nAo : 0 jornallsta Newton Calmon; , se tratar de planeta conheeldo, que chegara ao local, acompanhou -. nao s6 por cauaa do t~nnato, qua a faae final da.s observa~aes. auviu- - ... lembrava dol.a alnoa IUperpostns. do u expllca Ses. de qu~ o corpo . como tam~m porque a dl.st&ncia . metillco lembrava o alumlnlR.-Ho-.. da terra era relat1vamentt peque-.je.- po1em, oa mllitare.s nlo . ~e-.'