Transcrição de Gravação N° 067, de 21/08/03 (ACC-CW x VLO9063)

This document is a transcript of an air traffic control recording from August 21, 2003, documenting an incident that occurred on August 7, 2003, between 2224 and 2316 UTC. The primary parties involved were the Curitiba Area Control Center (ACC-CW) and the crew of Varig Log flight VLO9063. During the flight, the crew of VLO9063 reported observing an unidentified object at their three o'clock position. The crew described the object as a light that changed colors—initially red, then flashing white and red, and eventually remaining white. They reported that the object was flying parallel to their aircraft and appeared to be slightly higher in altitude. The crew maintained that the object was visible to them, even as they requested the control center to identify it. The control center repeatedly checked their radar systems and reported that they could not detect any primary target or aircraft in the vicinity of the coordinates provided by the VLO9063 crew. Throughout the communication, the control center attempted to clarify the situation, at one point suggesting that a nearby TAM flight (TAM 3057) might have been the object, but the VLO9063 crew insisted that the object they were observing was distinct and remained in their view. The crew speculated that the object could be a planet, a star, or something else, but emphasized that the color changes were what drew their attention. By the end of the recording, the control center reiterated that they had exhausted all identification means and could not confirm the presence of any object. The transcript concludes with a formal statement by Ten. Esp. CTA Ari Flávio de Souza, noting that the document is a faithful representation of the communications, including any non-standard terminology used during the event.