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The Colares, Brazil, incident might be the most extraordinary of them all. In late 1977 hundreds of people along the Tocantins River were attacked and injured by these things that came out of the sky. Some reportedly died from their encounters. Images of the injured people went out all over the world. George Knapp, Investigation Alien I: Why Are They Here? Netflix 2024
One of the most dangerous UFO encounters of all time: the Colares Event where hundreds of people were reportedly attacked by UFOs in the late ’70s, and activity has recently ramped up. George Knapp, Investigation Alien II: The Brazil Connection
Half the people who live here have seen these things. ibid.
The Brazilian Air Force went to the scene. They were there for months. ibid.
In 1958 a geological expedition from the Brazilian Navy observed a strange flying object near the island of Trindade off the Brazilian coast ... More than fifty of the three hundred sailors on board saw the same object moving erratically at high speed without ever producing the slightest sound. PSTV.tv – UFOs & The Military Elite
The [Brazilian] Fire Department captured a creature, a very strange creature. They wrapped this creature in a net and put it inside this 1x1 square metre box and gave it straight to the military. Vittorio Paccacini, author Incidente em Varginha
I want to know what happened to these creatures. Vittorio Paccacini
Varginha: I mean I couldn’t believe my eyes. The guys had brought in a real alien creature on a stretcher. It was just unbelievable. Really. I was part of the team that was told to guard it while the doctors worked on it. I really wasn’t sure if it was alive or dead. It was really strange. Our commander was really afraid of us catching some disease from this thing. It smelt terribly. Really bad. The thing itself was maybe a metre tall, with very oily brown leathery skin. Brazilian soldier, recorded telephone interview
A lot of people believe that there is an extraterrestrial and they are saying this creature was captured by the authorities and hidden somewhere. Brazilian news broadcast
The girls who actually saw this creature ... they actually referred to the creature as the Devil. Nick Pope, Ministry of Defence
It was a submarine-shaped mini-bus that was trembling like a curtain and emitting smoke or fog as it descended to at least 5 meters above the ground. A military witness now admits that it crashed and he was part of the debris retrieval. Material was twisted and lightweight. John Carpenter
Fighter jets scramble as mystery contacts light up military radar: throughout the night more than twenty objects are tracked hurtling across south-east Brazil. UFO: Alien Invasion s1e2, National Geographic
In the late 1970s a small town on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon experiences a series of shocking events – dozens of locals are admitted to hospital claiming to have been burned by strange beams of light shining down from UFOs ... The UFO sightings continue. UFO: Alien Invasion s1e6
With 549 sightings Brazil was second only to the United States in reported UFO activity in 2001. UFO Files s1e1: UFO Hot Spots, History 2004
A series of frightening UFO encounters, some allegedly fatal, which took place in the Amazon jungle … on the island of Colares at the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. UFO Files s2e14: Brazil’s Roswell, History 17 December 2005
An extraordinary and disturbing series of events that transformed life on Colares for ever. It began on a warm night in October 1977. ibid.
Dozens of people claim that over the past few weeks they’d been chased as if they were being hunted down and attacked by the lights. ibid.
Over the next two months the sightings increased and panic swept the island. Over 80 people reported being targeted by the intense beams of light. The locals became so alarmed that many of the women and children left the town. ibid.
The patients displayed what appeared to be radiation burns as well as unusual puncture marks. ibid.
The Air Force did not release their findings to the public. ibid.
South America: Mysterious lights bring panic. And then the army moves in … 2020, Brazil: ‘Thousands of people saw strange brightly lit objects in the night sky over the mountains.’ Evidence of the Unexplained s1e3
‘One of the UFOs apparently crashes and the whole horizon is lit up by this explosive green light.’ ibid.
‘When people wake up in Mage, they find the area has been cordoned off by the Brazilian military.’ ibid.
Brazil, Amazon jungle, July 30th 2014: ‘A large disc-shaped object in the sky above; it descends and hovers over the village.’ Evidence of the Unexplained s1e7
August 12th 1977, Colares Islands, northern Brazil: Off the coast of Brazil friends gather after a day’s work … Strange menacing lights have been reported all over the island … ‘He sees a fiery ball of light coming his way’ … ‘It was as if they were being struck by light beams; these people were being zapped’ … ‘The balls just turned and went away’ … Strange marks were left on people’s bodies. This is a community under seige. Close Encounters s2e4: Fire in the Sky
‘A ball of light is inside the house; suddenly, this thing is in there with him.’ ibid. Nick Pope
‘Hundreds of people were victims of the Chupa Chupa.’ ibid. comment
‘She [community doctor] has not only heard about this, she is a witness herself.’ ibid. Nick Pope
Over the course of 4 months in 1977, some 9,000 inhabitants of Colares, 90% of the population, fled the island in fear never to return. ibid.
October 1985, Barra Velha, Guaxupe, Brazil: The men are all too aware of the terrifying local legends surrounding these strange balls of light known as the Mother of God. Close Encounters s2e8
Colares Island, Brazil, 1977: One of the strangest and most terrifying UFO cases in Brazil’s history. Encounter: UFO s1e8, History 2014
‘In 1977 people would see UFOs, and one type of craft would attack them using a beam of light. Their blood was sucked out of their bodies.’ ibid. A J Gevaerd, UFO researcher
‘These beams of light did not only burn, they left puncture wounds.’ ibid. Zimmermann
Colares, Brazil, 1977: A violent wave of attacks blasts mysterious beams of light down on an unsuspecting small town. 35 people are treated for injuries that resemble radiation burns. 2 of them died within 24 hours. Panic spreads quickly throughout the region. Alien Files Unsealed s3e5: Alien Apocalypse
Do aliens exist? And have they visited planet Earth? These are perhaps the most important questions of our time. Sceptics say seeing is believing. But many experts say they have already seen enough. For decades eyewitnesses have come forward with unsettling stories of alien bodies recovered from crash UFOs. Alien Files Unsealed s3e16: Alien Bodies
Varginha, Brazil, January 20th 1996: 3 woman spot a small figure stumbling through the streets in the early morning hours … It isn’t even human. The women flee in fear but not before getting a good look at the creature. They later describe it as five feet tall with brown skin, a large head, and red eyes. 2 days later, a similar creature is discovered dead in the street, and is quickly recovered by Brazilian security forces. Over the next 3 weeks they reportedly capture 7 more creatures in the area. The incidents received international coverage. ibid.