Compilation of UAP Sighting Reports — Brazil, 1998

This document is a collection of standardized UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) sighting reports filed with the Brazilian Air Force (Ministério da Aeronáutica) throughout 1998. The reports detail various sightings across Brazil, including locations such as Curitiba, Brasília, and Recife. Witnesses provided information on the shape, color, behavior, and trajectory of the objects, often describing them as lights or metallic-looking craft. Many reports note the absence of physical evidence or radar confirmation. Following the sighting reports, the document includes a formal military dispatch dated June 17, 1998, from the Commander of COMDABRA to the Chief of CECOMSAER. This dispatch addresses a proposal by Edison Boaventura Júnior, President of the Ufological Group of Guarujá, to establish a formal civil-military project for the investigation of UAP. The military command provides a detailed critique of this proposal, arguing that the Air Force lacks the resources and the specific scientific mandate to conduct such investigations. The command suggests that if such a project were to exist, it should be housed elsewhere in the Federal Government, with the Air Force acting only as a supporting entity. The dispatch also references the 'Carta de Brasília,' a document produced by ufologists in 1997, and notes that the military command does not share the ufological community's conclusion that UAP are extraterrestrial in origin. The document reflects the tension between civilian interest in UAP and the military's reluctance to formalize an investigative structure for the phenomenon.