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UFO. Brazil

ID #1597167245
Added Tue, 11/08/2020
Author July N.
Sources
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Status
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
05.07.1968 01:00
Location: 
Brazil

At 1 a.m. on July 5, 1968, professional photographer Ibrahim Rodriguez Fonseca suffered from bronchitis, so he did not sleep and read until the attack subsided. Sitting at the open window, Fonseca saw a great light coming down from the sky.

The upper part of the object seemed to rotate at high speed and emitted a bright yellowish light. Fonseca rushed away from the window, returned and took a picture shortly before the object disappeared from view.

According to his estimation, about 2 minutes passed from the moment he saw the object coming down to take-off.

The shape of the disk at the top of the photo is an object, and the illuminated area under a photo of a UFO from Brazil by Professor Flavio Pereira.

Original news

Date: July 5 1968
Location: Brazil
Time: 1 a.m.
Summary: At 1 a.m., on the morning of 5 July 1968, Ibrahim Rodrigues Fonseca, a professional photographer, was suffering from bronchitis, so he stayed awake reading until the attack subsided. While sitting beside an open window Fonseca saw a large light descending from the sky. The upper part of the object seemed to be spinning at a high rate of speed and gave off a brilliant yellowish light. Fonseca rushed away from the window, came back and took the photograph just before the object ascended out of sight, He estimated that a period of about 2 minutes elapsed from the time he sighted the object descending until it took off. The disc-shape in the upper part of the photo is the object, while the lighted area below Photo Of UFO From Brazil Professor Flavio Pereira

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