In 1977, on the small island of Colares, Brazil, a series of UFO sightings escalated to full blown attacks. After being hit by lasers, witnesses reported symptoms like paralysis and burns that landed a handful of them in the hospital. The Air Force was sent in to study the phenomenon but to this day no one knows if the crafts were manmade, or extraterrestrial in nature.
Image drawn by one of the military personnel of what they saw in Colares. Courtesy of Yahoo News and Operation Saucer
Wounds left on a victim in Colares. Courtesy of Medium.com
Image of Dr. Wellaide Cecim Carvalho courtesy of Medium.com
Captain Hollanda with UFOlogist A.J. Gevaerd courtesy of Medium.com
Newspaper clipping mentioning the Chupa Chupa courtesy of Medium.com
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WEB/SOCIAL MEDIA/MESSAGE BOARDS
- The Colares UFO attacks: Brazil’s most documented UFO incident. (blog post).
- Operacao Prato. (online PDF document).
- UFOs in Brazil, the official story. (online article).
- Official UFO night in Brazil. (online article).
- How long is 200 feet? (website).
- In U.S., most UFO documentation is classified. Not so in other countries. (online article.)
- Operation Saucer: the official search for UFOs that attacked civilians with ‘light beams’ in 1977. (online article.)
- Ademar Jose Gevaerd’s interview of Colonel Uyrange Bolivar Soares Noguiera de Hollanda Lima in 1997. (transcript of interview).
- Risk factors, protective factors, and warning signs. (website).
- UFO expert claims aliens are murdering innocent people. (online article).
- Chupacabra. (online encyclopedia article).
- Colares (website).