"During the months of October, November and December
1977 and the first half of 1978, the Brazilian state of
Para had been invaded by UFOs," the newspaper O Liberal
reported, "And it wasn't simply sightings. Nothing to do
with mysterious lights wandering at high altitudes. It
was about bright objects in several shapes and sizes
flying over the Baia de Marajo region at low
altitudes, a few meters above the trees and firing strange
light beams at people."
"The people harmed by the phenomenon--one of the most
important in world ufology--gave several names to the
bright and silent objects--vampire lights, bugs, the
thing, and simply chupa-chupa (Portuguese for the sucker--
J.T.)"
Witnesses "said the object's pilots were no more than
1.2 to 1.3 meters (3 feet, eight inches to four feet)
high."
"The people called it chupa-chupa because of the neck
scars that some of the witnesses bore on their bodies.
The light beams used to leave strange marks on their skin.
Among many, the scars were on their heads. They seemed to
lose blood during the attacks."
"Men and women complained of giddiness and fatigue
after the attacks. The inhabitants of the cities of
Colares, Santo Antonio de Tauca, Mosqueiro and Baia do Sul
pondered on those days of bitter remembrance. The panic
even reached the state's capital, Belem, with a sequence
of strange lights reports and chupa-chupa attacks in
several quarters of the city."
"The military report, called Operation Saucer, holds
2,000 pages, 500 photographs and 16 hours of (movie) film.
It was sent to the leading officers of the Brazilian Air
Force. At that time, however, the country was under a
dictatorship and, because of this, the documents were
classified Top Secret for 23 years. The Servicio Nacional
da Informacoes (SNI) and the FAB Special Services Unit
lobbied hard to keep the report classified."
FAB Capt. Uyrange Hollanda gave an interview to
Adelmar J. Gevaerd, editor of the Brazilian monthly
magazine Revista UFO. describing many of the cases
investigated by Operation Saucer. Capt. Hollanda "was the
operations commander sent by the (Brazilian) government to
investigate the facts and interview the chupa-chupa
witnesses."
"One of the most interesting reports came from
Claudomira Paixao of Baia do Sul. 'On the night of
October 18, 1977,' Claudomira "woke up when a strange
light appeared through the house's window. The air got
warmer. At first the light was green. It touched my head
and covered my face. I woke up completely, and the light
became red. I could see a creature, like a man, wearing
something like a diver's clothes. It held a device like a
pistol. It aimed at me, and the (pistol-like) object
blinked three times, as if shooting at my breast, almost
landing at the same place. It was hot and hurt me. I
felt like some needles were piercing me. I think they
collected my blood. I was terrified. I couldn't even
move my lips. I was shocked.'"
"Also in Baia do Sul, witnesses 'were talking about
the appearance of a space couple that shot at a woman with
a light-beam pistol, leaving her fainted for several
minutes.'"
"Capt. Hollanda recalled, 'We always told them,
'Don't shoot! Don't shoot!' But once, a strange light
had been aimed at a carpenter. The man was 50 or 60 years
old. He took his rifle and shot at the flying saucer.
The light surrounded him, and he fell to the ground,
almost paralyzed. For 15 days, the carpenter could barely
move. On the first day, that man didn't move at all. He
could see, hear and speak. But it was very difficult for
him to move.'"
"A Colares fisherman also saw UFOs coming in and out
of the waters of Baia de Marajo (bay). Sometimes they
could see the bluish light moving under the water."
"'Once I was sleeping when the sergeants--members of
the (FAB) operation--told me they had just taken a
photograph of a flying saucer diving into the water close
to a fishing boat. I went to the dock and waited for the
fisherman. When he came back, he told me what had
happened. He was terrified,'" the captain said.
"'Several weeks later, I saw a light close to a
fishing boat. It was blue and circled the boat, covering
about 300 meters (1,000 feet). Then it dived into the
water. There wasn't any sound. It was like a blade
passing through the water,' Capt. Hollanda said."
"Operation Saucer never came to an end. The FAB
cancelled the research" in June 1978 "without any
explanation."
Following his interview with Revista UFO in 1997,
Capt. Hollanda "was found hanged with his own bathrobe
belt on the second floor of his house by his daughter."
source:
Brazilian newspaper O Liberal for February 7, 2005.
Thanks to T. Peter Park, Steve Wilson Sr. and Brunilda Barros for article.
originally posted on UFO Roundup
http://www.ufoinfo.com/roundup/v10/rnd1007.shtml
Brazil Releases Files of 1977 UFO Flap
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