PROJECT 10073 RECORD CA -?0 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon rohably Balloon Possi ~ly Balloon DATETIME CPOUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :'i:t<Ground-Vi Ground-Radar 'Has Aircraft a Probably Aircraft A1it;;ocp Ltrs 0 Air-lotercept Radar 0 Possibly Ai rcroft Astronomi col 0 Probably Astronomical E No Civilin.n 0 Po ss bl y Astronomi col LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBeR OF OBJECTS 0 In su ffi ci <tnt Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEr SUMMARY OF SIGHTING UJsc-sh:1ped Prohabl \' ale s~ze a ome. an 'l"?talllc iiad f:-1st S.opo"'d, dl'll:ned dis:1ppearad. ~Vl[J~i'JQ~ On the 16th of Jan uary, 1958, Mr . Al miro Barauna, civilian and gue5t of t h e Br:IZlll:ln Navy on Boarrl t he nrazili:m Training Sh ip, Almirantc Saldanha, s ight- ed and photographed an object which frt~m the ocean, circled above Trindade Is land :md lhrn flew out to sea. He obtained 4 photos. Barauna was not the only observer , and various Brazil- ian new:.papers at the time stated un- equivocally. that "elements" (members) of t he crew of the Almirantt! Saldanha i had al so seen the Saturn-shaped object. 1 AFRO's Brazilian Representative, Dr. Olavo T. Fon tes, through con nections in ' the military, did a thoroug hinvestigat ion I of the incident, and even produced 6ight- ings which preceded the event of the 16th. He mentioned in the text of his report (See AFRO Bulletins of January, March a nd l\Iay 1960) the existence of a secret Navy Report which dealt with the In October, 196,., a heavy manila en- velope arrived in the mail at APRO Headquarters. It contained a complete set (4) of photographs of the Trindade object, as wdl as correspondence be-l tween various Brazilian Kavy officers I concerning the incident and the photo- g raphs. Accom;>aning the pho~ographs and letters and the Navy report itself, wac; a letter to :.Irs. Lorenzen from an ex-Brazilian Navy Officer now living out-I side of Brazil. In the letter he asked Mrs. Lor enzen to use the report, photo- graphs and other material in any way possible in order to clear up the confu- sion and misrepresentatio ns concerning the IGY photographs. He said h e h ad ! r ead her book and complimented her on il as well as her handling or the IGY 1 case. H e also asked her to do everything ! possible to protect his identity, and this I has been accomplished. Another r equest was that a copy be made by APRO of the contents and that the copy be sent ~ICAP, for a set of the photos were being sent to that organi~tion. A lways wary of such things, Mrs. Lor- enzen checked AFRO's files for authen- tication of the report's contents, and found them to be authentic. She a lso ntacted Dick Hall of NICAP and a.sked (See lGY Evidanu, page 4} Photo 1, top left, shows the ooject :1p proaching T rindade Islancl a t low sp~cd frnm the d;r,lli)n o f the sea. l'hoto 2, rniddl~ p..t:!C, left, !>hows th~ ohjlct al 1hc time It \":to; !.chind L:alo Phow :~. miclulc pa.,:e, right, sh,w:s th" ohjrct shortly ,1ff c r it marl~ :1 ur 11 lli.'.J Destjado Peak . The las t photo, Photo <l. bottom rl'~ht, shcms the object flymg a t hi ~h !>peed at is lea\es the vicmitv of the island . This series is without doubt the mostl dctatl<'d, in(ormalive group of U AO pic: lures ever taken . We arc mdcbtcd tol Dr. Fontes and Joas l\larl ins f o r their efforts o n our behalf, a s well as to the editor of the magnine 0 CruLeiro, for his cooperation in bringing these pictures to the fi eld of U AO resear ch . T;-;:: FAN\OUS I~Y UAO PICTURES Pr~!~I<:crl o n this p:u:e are the four ~.:xr dPnt pkturc~ of at; 1\0 photograph~d :; pi-toto ~rapher .\lmiro I3ar:lu:la on 16 :,,nuary JJ5n. Th~ 1nst>l plrlil)llc; arc enlargements oi the nbjtct \\ h1ch is a small image o n the ori,~in:~l p1cturc. The photographs were t."'':1 off the lsland of Trindade, near n3Y Evidence ( Cuutir.uerl from paqe 4) i\, you know. there have hcPn many rut>Orls of ~uch sightings ;md the United Sl1tc~ h:1s ~ct up :1 special committee to '~sl ibn tc :-:1 me, '~ ilhout rcnch i ng any .! .. fmlle conclusion. llo\\ever, it seems :o me lhJt If thio; occurred ns s lated in lnll:Jy's paper. there must have been nough good relinble and intelligent wit- ncs~es to make a good proof iu this case. J\s:;uri n g you of my highest considera- tion and !'s teem, I am Very respectfully, M. Sunderland, Captain, U. S. Navy, U. S. Navnl Altnche. THE NAVY MINISTRY THE NAVY HlGH COMI'vtAND INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT Rio de Janeiro DF 25 February 1958 Se::H\nd-War Captain :.1. Sunderland DD U. S . Naval Attache Attending t o the solicitation in the letter from Your Excellency, I am send- ing the four (4) photographs annexed, the only element in the hands of this }llgh Command on the subject. Using the opportunity to assure you of my highest consideration and esteem. Luiz Felippe Pinto Da Luz Rear-Admiral, Subchief of Intelligent Dep. CONFIDENTIAL From: The Chief of the Navy High To: The :'\avy Mtnister Subject: Jnform:~tion about the sighting of ~;nidentiflt!d aerial o bJects over the Trindade Island \nnexed: A report abo u t : he occu rrcnces 1 am 5c?nding to Your Excellency the Rl!port annl'X<'d, wtth the conclusions r a~h~d by thts High Command a bout the 11ct:urrence'i observed i n the Trindad e Antonio ~!aria de Carvalho F leet-Admiral, Chief o f the Navy H ig h Command. Tm~ 'JA VY MINISTRY THE NAVY mGH C0:'-1:\lAND INTELUGE~CE DEPARTMENT i H. ';')Mt .11J011l the observation Of un i.l nt1(1,.d .lCrtal Qbjects, occurrin g in tne ..,.. :ndaue lsl:~nd, in the period between OCCURRE:'-ICES 1. The Corvt'tte C:1ptain Carlos J\lher to FcrrPira Bacdlar, Commander of the Tnndadl! Island Oc.:an()graphic Post, was cnlh:d to tills lli~h C'mnm<~ntl. on Janu ary 27, 19flB. \\here hi-. itPpnrt w:-ts p re s<'nled lie informed the folhnvins. B:acellar ; CC Bacdlar states thnt he !oaw till' ( 1:\0 rl'fcrr~'cl t o in thl' 111 ~ativ"' mcntioned sinc-e that f1rs t r :<amin:othlll with details whtch only thP cn!Jn.mPnh m aole aflcrwanls ... !towed m o r' d<'ady I On D.;-ccmher :n. 1957, an uni,Jcnti fied aerial object (UAO) was observed over the Island, si~hted IJy the ~lcdical Ofiicer. First-Lieutenant ~tlJ l~n::tcio Car los ,\!orcira l\Iurt:a, hy one snilor and five workers. The sighting occurred in the morning about 10 ' before 0800 hours. Due to the convic t ion of the observers and the co h erence and correlation of the eports , he had decide d to send the r :ld ic>g r::un that gave origin to the pres en t investigation ; wns informed at the same oc- casion that identical object had been sighted previo us ly, on Decembe r 5, 1957, by one worker, als o in the mornin~ and at the snme hour; III-On the following day, January 1. 1958, at the same hour and position, and moving to the North (the same direc- tion of the previous s ightings), some- thing appeared over the sea flying a t in- credible speed. Despite the opposite opinion o f other observers and despite the brightness pre~ented by the object in a certain p nrt o it s trajectory, he concluded and still believes that it was a sea.gull-was projected a g .. inst lhe sky, making chfficult any st eroscopic es- timation ; -Next day, Jnnuary 2, 1958. a new alarm was given-this time at night. about 2000 hours. This alarm was dis missed because he was on watch himself and saw nothing; V-F1:1ally, o n January 16, 1958, at 1215 hours, another UAO alarm was reg- istered aboard the NE "Aimirante Said anha," which was anchored close to the Island. The ship was preparing to c\epart and the crew was in the operation CJf takmg aboard the boat used in the trips to the bland. The UAO alarm was given by member s of the crew in the stt!rn and bow of the ship; VI-On that same occas ion , a profes sional photogr:~pher, civilian, who was on the deck, a t the ~hip's stern pho\o graphin~ the operation t o take aboard t!1<:! bont , was alerted and hnd the op portunity to lake the four photographs VII-t\fter the siJ:(hting. the photo- aph e r tool< out the film fro m the cam e r a in the prt'Sencc of CC B:acellar and other officers; later, to~cther with CC Bacell:-tr, he went to the .. hip's photo-lab dressed only in :a shirt and shorts; tht! :processing lasted about tO minutes and then the negative!! were examined by CC VlH-AftCn\arcl the ncg.ttivt-s r~.; irreu to were :. hnwn tn uwmbrr . u f :u~ =-hip's crew who h.11l w1tnc:.!>erl the r' C uomenon; they rccogniLeu lh! llh;rocl appearing in thr photos ns idt!ttl ical with the one they had sighted in the air; lX-Thc p erson who called the atten- tion of the photographer t o the obji'Cl W<lS an AF Captain (ret.) who was on j the ship as a member of a g roup ~ne , cinlized in submarine hunting; the pho 1 tographer wns als o a member of the same group; I X -The photograph s w ere taken in no I more t han 30 seconds; I X I-A strong emotional upset was ob set-ved in all person!> who sighted the 1 object, includin g the photographer, c i \ vilians and members o the ship's crew. 2. CC Bact!llar also reported a phe-\ nomenon he had per sonally ob!;ened, over the Island, for two times in differ , ent occasions, with the help o f a hi6hl precision theodolite and at .daylight. His second observation was the following: I' I He wns trackin g a weather bal- loon when came the indication that its I instruments had b een dropped, the drop dearly recognized by the s ignals emitted I from its r nciio-sonde and by the hne traced o n the registerer: 1 li-The balloon should burs t niter the drop referred to, becaus e the medium lifetime of a balloon is (orly minutes, i ;,fter this time the balloon burs t due to the high altitude reached; Ill-The balloon bein g tracked wns covered, a t a n alti t ude of 14.000 meters , vhen the instruments were parachuted. A fe w moments later, he spotted a n ob ject. in the sky nbout 30 des;!rePs in the horizonta l of the point where the ba 1- Joon haJ disa;>peared when passing be hind a cloud: IV-Sighted through a theodolite. the object presented a strange shape. lt:.te a halimoon, with a bnght light ; the pht nomenon l:l,ted ior thr e e and a h::1l hours, and the object was apparenll v moving with the same nn~ular \'-locity ao; V-The object disappeared only when the sky became full o f cirrus clouds; VI-He finds no <!xplanation for the sighting, considering the lifetime o.' the balloon being tr1cked painted reel, he shape and brightne~s o f thl' object, the po~ition of the moon and planets. V1I-This si,.!hting was witne.s. d by the ;\ledical-Officer , severa\ Navy ser geants and :;ailors. and a civ1lian tech- (See !GY Evidence, page 6) JGY Evidence (Coninueri. from raae 1 ) 1 h.1t h.-let her !-.nnw if he rPcei\ed the jlhotos :~s pro:n ised. They w~re cvt:nt u:~l ly recl'l\'t!d i:1 Dcccmher. and mailed from another country other than the ont! from ,vhich her cornsponcltmce with the ;\;:\y officl.!r h:~d been ma ilccl. Ha:inl,! established the :wthent1city of the iniormation cont:~inPcl in the ~:~vy report :~nd having s:~tisfi~tl herself that the officer himself was authentic, ~trs. Lorenzen and other APRO advisers de cidcd thnt this further infonnation s h o uld be r eleased, not only to APRO a nd ::\fCA P member s. but to as many individ- ual.:; as possible. Subsequently, she w rote the entire story in article form and sub- mitt e d it to F.\TE m:~gazine, wherein it will be presented for the scrutiny of FATE'S 100,000 readers in the M:~rch 1965 issue. Because oi space limitations in that magaz.ine, the entire text was not used but we present here the text of the corre::,pondence and the report in chron ological order as they were written. E:~ch document is self-explanatory and a short di:.cussion will follow. THE NAVY MINISTRY TIIE NAVY HIGH COi\'fMA.1'W Rio de Janeiro, D .F. 6 February 1958 lo\TERNAL CO.\IMUNICATION- CONFIDENTIAL :-iII, QQ-f:l 7rom: ThP Subchief of Intelligence. T >: The Vice-chief of the Navy High Subject: Phenomena ob::,erved over the Trindade I sland Reference: Report No. 0005, o f 1/6/ 19:;8, irom the Chief of the Navy High Com- i:'lard t o the Commander of the Trio- dade Island Oceanogr:~phic Post. 1. I am reporting to Your Excellency he Information and conclusions obtained '' the CorvetteCapt:~in Jose Geraldo nnd.liJ, Intelligence :~gent, with respect ~henomen:~ observed several times in ht: are:~ of the Trindade !.;land. ::. It is my opinion that the facts make l''(:t'Ssa :-y a very careful investigation, so 'n;lt I \ ould li!-\e to sugge:.t to Your Ex- ncy th~ following p r ocedures: :1) T) order :1n exploration all ove r the i;,,and (it would be better if m~1d~> by helicopters), to verify the cxist.nce o f sign s, of londing sites CJi any UAO; b J Tu "rrter the install:~tion of vi~i l:~ncc pu,ts on the deserted part o f t h i,:Jnd. to permit the observa- lim 1n all dtrections o f nnv abnorm- .:! rh.:-nomen on; -o r~commend the garrison to rt:- 1a m J le rted in order t o observe ond register anythin:;t bein g s ighted in connect io n with the subject, making evrry Pfiort to obtain pho- tograph s (with cameras (l[ any kind and in an) situation, even at ci) To d~>tl!rmJnc that, when U/\0:; arc sighted, the following instruments must be under cnrcful observation: r:~dar, maznetic needles, electric I ights. interna I combustion engines, the effects observed must be report cd togethe r wilh the informatio n alre:.~dy included in the question aire released by this High Com- mand; and this High Command must be informed immedi:.~tely about all the occurrences; e) To give communication to the Navy's Hydrography and Naviga- tio n Dept. of the results obtained and measures taken by this High Luiz Felippe Pinto da Luz R ear-Admiral, Subchief of Intelligence Dept. CONFIDENTIAL From: The Chief of the Navy High To: The General-Director for Hydro- graph~ and Xavigation Subject: Phenomena observed over t h e Trindade Island {Recommendations References a) Radio 00012/312335 b) Document No. 005, of l/6!1958, from the Chief of the Navy High Command to the Commander of the T:-indade Island Oceanograph- Annexed: Four ( 4) photogr:~phs and iour enlargements. 1. Through the document listed in r e f- erence " b" this Iri~h Command a sked ior :nformation o n the phenomena ob- ser,ted :1nd reported through the Radio listed in reference "a" . 2. The infermation referred to was given personally at this High Command by the Corvette-Captain Carlos Alberto Ferreira Baceliar, who w::1s the Com- mander o f the Trindade !.;land Oceano g rnphic Post at th~> t tmt ,, ~en the phe- nomena wr .:; Qbst:rlf~d 3. A n inveslt,!'ltJOn ...... r.tan"d at this Hi~h Commanr1 on '), :-;,,,,J,.tt, vith t h e following cnncl u.;ion., :t) That there ::.rc d .mi.Jt'r of wit nesses who state they have sighted u n- identified aerial object.> (UAOs) over the Trin dade Island; l:>) That m<>sl reports pre:.tnled are in sufficient, mostly due to the lack of tech ni<'al skill o f many oh"t!rvers anti to the brief Juration 0 f !h ~ phenom~na observ- ed, J;O that no <'!Htdu:.ton can be l'cachPcl ronrcrning posittvc dnta ahout the c) That the most Important nntl valu- nblt cvid<'nc:c pn ~l!lltl'd. the phutuf(r:t[)h ic, somehow lo,;cc; itc; C(Jnvinting qunltty due to the impossibility to prove a pre vious phntomontagt!; d) Th..tt the crnotion a I reaction of the persons who h ave reported the s ig hting o f UAOs is v ery strong and easily c) That. finally, the existence of per- sonal reports and of photographic evi- dence o f very great value consider ing the circumstances involved, permit the admission that there are indications of the existence of unidentified aeri:~l ob 4. Taking these conclusions admitted by this High Command into considera- ti o n, ! would like to recommend to Your Excellency: 1-T o determine to the Commander of the Trindade Island Oceanographic Post to keep the garrison alerted in or- d e r to observe and register :~nyth ing be- ing sighted in connection with the sub- ject, making every effort to obtain pho- togr:~phs (with c:~meras of any kind and in any situ:~tion, C\'en at night) and posi- tive data; li-To determine th a t observations will be marie, when UAOs are sighted , on the radar, magnetic needles, electric li.ghts, internal combustion engines, be s1des those included already in the ques- tionnaire released by this High Com- mand and :~nnexed to the document list- ed in reference "b''. IH-To det ermine that occurrences of any kind related to UAOs will be im