Police Report 001/69 — Serra dos Aimorés, Minas Gerais, 1969

This document is a formal police report (No. 001/69) issued by the Municipal Police of Serra dos Aimorés, Minas Gerais, on July 17, 1969. It is addressed to the Fourth Air Zone Headquarters in São Paulo as part of the SIOANI (System for the Investigation of Unidentified Aerial Objects) reporting protocol. The report details a sighting that occurred on the nights of May 7 and May 8, 1969, at approximately 21:30 hours. The primary witness, Bricio Acilio Severo, a local notary clerk, observed a luminous, round object hovering at an altitude of approximately 200 meters near the local municipal cemetery. According to the report, the object was seen by numerous other residents on both nights. The object was described as having a shape similar to a large basin, rotating to the left, and exhibiting red, blue, and dull colors. Its luminosity varied, appearing intense at times and weaker at others. The witness reported that the object appeared to hover and that no occupants were visible. The report notes that the incident was communicated to the local military police detachment and the 6th Infantry Battalion in Governador Valadares, and that it received significant coverage in the local press. The document includes a detailed questionnaire filled out by the witness, which provides biographical and psychological data, noting that the witness is a person of local standing. The report concludes that there were no physical traces, no radar contact, and no electromagnetic effects observed, and that the sighting lasted less than two minutes before the object disappeared suddenly.