Which agency produced CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued)?

CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued) is a primary-source record from Força Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacional. Its original classification was RESERVADO.

What programs and topics appear in CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued)?

CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued) references CINDACTA I, I Comando Aéreo Regional (I COMAR), 2ª Seção do Estado-Maior, Registros de Observações de OVNI (Nos. 001 a 130), Brazil and FAB.

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CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued)

Brazilian Air Force CINDACTA I reserved-classification summary of UFO cases the center participated in from May 1977 through November 1979, plus the 20 June 1978 GAMA incident at a remote outpost and the start of I COMAR's Registros de Observações de OVNI (Nos. 001 to 130).

Brief

Compiled at Brasília on 6 December 1978 by 1st Lt Adermir Dantas, the document opens by stating it is a summary of all known UFO cases CINDACTA I participated in, that no video recordings exist (every tape was wiped), and that some cases have only VHF and TF audio with no written record. It then walks through dated incidents involving Brazilian Air Force aircraft (QD-TYP, QD-TCB, QD-TYU, FAB 4570, PT-NJA, PT-KPB, PT-JKQ, PT-SBJ, QD-555, VP 377) over Brasília, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Vitória and Bauru, several of which include radar plots with computed velocities between 135 and 966 knots and one ground-and-air event in which an F-5-style interceptor (FAB 4570) closed to roughly 1 NM of a slow-moving object over Brasília airport without visual acquisition. The GAMA case of 20 June 1978 documents an outpost commander, sergeant of the day, four soldiers and the detachment commander witnessing a luminous object near the THF station, accompanied by stones thrown onto the roof and ground sentries firing HK rifles into the surrounding brush. The second half of the envelope is a I COMAR Estado-Maior 2ª Seção compilation of OVNI observation records numbered 001 through 130 with a regional map keyed for sightings, landings, and crashes.

Metadata

Agency: Força Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacional
Release: 1978-12-31
Type: PDF • .pdf
Length: 195 pages
Classification: RESERVADO
Programs: CINDACTA I, I Comando Aéreo Regional (I COMAR), 2ª Seção do Estado-Maior, Registros de Observações de OVNI (Nos. 001 a 130)
Tags: Brazil, CINDACTA I, I COMAR, FAB, radar-visual, VHF interference, luminous object, color-changing, high-speed, Brasília, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Vitória, Bauru, 1977, 1978, 1979, GAMA case, Colares-era, OANI, OVNI, chupa-chupa adjacent

Key points

CINDACTA I confirms no video survives, every tape was wiped, and some cases exist only as VHF/TF audio.p.1
On 27 May 1977 at 0227Z, ACC Brasília detected a target at 902 knots near QD-TYP outside SBSJ; the crew then reported VHF interference described as an intermittent BIP-BIP on Brasília's normal frequency.p.2
Same night, QD-TCB at FL300 reported two lights (white above, red below) approaching at 'violent' speed off Vitória, and QD-TYU at FL310 corroborated two objects at the 4 and 7 o'clock positions near SBBH while ACC Brasília painted matching 500-knot plots.p.3
On 29 May 1977 a slow-moving object was tracked by APP Brasília overflying the Palácio da Alvorada and the Esplanada dos Ministérios; FAB 4570 was vectored to within 1 NM but could not visually acquire until after the overflight.p.9
Computed velocity for the QD-TYS Manaus-sector intruder was approximately 125 knots with altitude oscillating between FL170 and FL180, per the CINDACTA I computer.p.10
GAMA case, 20 June 1978: vigilante Souza and Sgt Odilon heard noises and a whistle at the THF perimeter gate; the sergeant of the day and four soldiers then observed a luminous object below the antenna height for São Roque that maneuvered off when approached.p.14
During the GAMA incident, stones were thrown onto the station roof, Cabo Pereira fired on shadows in the brush, multiple HK discharges were fired at a low-passing illuminated object near LP-23, and detachment commander Ten Vieira and other officers saw the object near 2350P.p.14
On 23 August 1978, ACC Brasília painted a quality-6 plot with velocity varying between 135 and 806 knots near QD-460 inbound to Brasília; PT-KPB then visually corroborated 'uma massa disforme, uma nebulosa' holding station with the aircraft at FL280, and the 121.5 emergency frequency was blocked by an unidentified carrier from the start of the QD-460 report.

Verbatim

Este trabalho é o resumo de todos os casos conhecidos de OVNIs que o CINDACTA I participou.
p.1
Não existe no CINDACTA I nenhuma gravação de vídeo, todas as fitas foram desgravadas.
p.1
Alguns casos não possuem documentos escritos, somente fitas gra vadas de VHF e TF.
p.1
O QD-TCB reportou que as luzes estavam se aproximando dele numa velocidade "violenta".
p.2
O PLOT agora sumiu, acompanhei o deslocamento deste objeto, ele veio na proa de Brasília, desde aprox. 15 NM, numa velo cidade pequena. Agora apareceu novamente, está sobre o Aero porto.
p.9

Most interesting

The cover memo states plainly that all CINDACTA I video was wiped, leaving only audio tapes and written summaries, a record-retention posture worth sitting with given the volume of incidents that follow.
In the 29 May 1977 case, the tracked object overflew the Palácio da Alvorada and the Esplanada dos Ministérios (the seat of Brazilian executive power and the federal ministries) before FAB 4570 could close on it.
The compiler is careful: 'Neste trabalho não se procurou explicações ou conclusões' (no explanations or conclusions are sought in this work), which reads less as evasion than as a documentation discipline.
The GAMA case is one of the few in the envelope with a physical-interaction component: stones thrown onto a roof and ground troops returning fire with HK rifles at moving shadows in the brush.
Several pages cross-reference planetary positions (Venus in Pisces, Mars in Pisces, Jupiter in Taurus, Saturn in Cancer for May 1977), the analyst is doing the astronomical due-diligence himself before logging the case as unidentified.
On 23 August 1978 the emergency frequency 121.5 was blocked by an unidentified carrier from the moment QD-460 first reported the traffic, and the LP-23 Gama ground radar painted a target coincident with the airborne visual.
The second half of the envelope opens a I COMAR Estado-Maior register that catalogues 130 separate OVNI observations with a legend distinguishing landings, observations, and crashes.

Cross-references

PDFCENDOC Envelope 09, 1978 FAB UFO RecordsForça Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacional
PDFCENDOC Envelope 08, 1986 FAB UFO Records (Noite dos OVNIs)Força Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacional
PDFListagem 4º Recolhimento ARX, FAB UFO Transfer IndexForça Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacional
PDFCaso Araras 1955, Envelope 03Força Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacional
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Common questions

What is CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued)?: Brazilian Air Force CINDACTA I reserved-classification summary of UFO cases the center participated in from May 1977 through November 1979, plus the 20 June 1978 GAMA incident at a remote outpost and the start of I COMAR's Registros de Observações de OVNI (Nos. 001 to 130).
What does CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued) reveal?: CINDACTA I confirms no video survives, every tape was wiped, and some cases exist only as VHF/TF audio. On 27 May 1977 at 0227Z, ACC Brasília detected a target at 902 knots near QD-TYP outside SBSJ; the crew then reported VHF interference described as an intermittent BIP-BIP on Brasília's normal frequency. Same night, QD-TCB at FL300 reported two lights…
Which agency produced CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued)?: CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued) is a primary-source record from Força Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacional. Its original classification was RESERVADO.
When is CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued) dated?: CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued) is dated 1978-12-06. It was disclosed 1978-12-31.
What programs and topics appear in CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued)?: CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued) references CINDACTA I, I Comando Aéreo Regional (I COMAR), 2ª Seção do Estado-Maior, Registros de Observações de OVNI (Nos. 001 a 130), Brazil and FAB.
What does CENDOC Envelope 10, 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued) say, in its own words?: "Este trabalho é o resumo de todos os casos conhecidos de OVNIs que o CINDACTA I participou." (source p. 1).

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