investigations of the amazing phenomenon. Needless to say, we are still waiting... The revelation never came and when pressured to speak up, Moreira Lima merely minimized the importance of the event, trying to explain away, though not convincingly, the phenomenon which left the Brazilian militaries at a loss before the apparent “ultimate arrival of the aliens to our planet”. The same thing had happened a decade before, in 1977, when FAB was involved in a n unprecedented and intense way in one of the most amazing and tragic UFO flaps we’ve ever heard of, all over the world. It was the so-called “Chupa-chupa” phenomenon (“chupa” meaning “suck”), in Amazonia, which culminated in the so-called Operation Saucer (Plate), organized the 1st Regional Air Command (Comar), in Belém, Pará. The leader of the Operation was the brave captain Uyrangê Bolívar Soares Nogueira de Hollanda Lima, himself a witness of UFO manifestations, who had the courage to thoroughly register the events as they occurred. “We were constantly surprised by the sights of those objects, which were certainly being intelligently controlled and knew that we were there, studying them”, Hollanda declared to this author, when he was interviewed in 1997.

      These two incidents – definitely the most notorious cases in Brazilian Ufology – are but a few examples of how complex the UFO manifestation is in our country and of the gravity it represents. In both occasions, UFO researchers raised their voices, went public about it and pressured the government, accusing it either of omitting the facts or covering up the reality. And they showed their revolt at the silence – including this author. With the present campaign, UFO, Freedom of Information Now, we are after no fights or arguments; we are seriously and respectfully seeking open recognition and acknowledgment of the UFO issue, as well as the alien presence in our world.

Translation: Marcos Malvezzi Leal

 

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