Mysterious objects were seen in the skies over Brazil, 300 feet high and traveling at 11,500 mph. They were chased by fighter jets, which became known as the “Night of the UFOs.”
Five pilots testified to seeing these 21 UFOs appear and disappear, and even more on the ground. Air Force Chiefs confirmed that there was “no explanation” for such an incident.
This incident will be part of a Brazilian Senate hearing on UFOs.
THE NIGHT OF THE UFOS
The event lasted several hours and was witnessed by hundreds of people, including military personnel, who saw unexplained objects moving at high speed.
The fighter pilots saw objects that did not appear on their radars and the objects appeared to be playing “cat and mouse” with them.
The first unusual reports were seen by the Brazilian Air Force air traffic controller, Sergeant Sergio Mota da Silva, on the night of May 19, 1986.
He saw a light shining in the sky at the airport control tower near Sao Paulo. He reported that it neither went up nor down, but just stayed in the air.
Sergio asked controllers at São Paulo’s international airport if they had seen any planes heading towards his airfield, but received a negative response.
He then dimmed the runway lights, forcing the objects to move toward the control tower. As soon as he increased the brightness, the UFOs moved away.
Sergio wasn’t sure if they were trying to interact with him, but all he knew was that they were intelligent beings.
At around 8 p.m., 2,000 cadets at the Air Force training school saw the same lights.
It was an hour later that an Embraer pilot saw and reported objects in the sky as soon as he landed at the same airport. The same lights were also observed on two passenger flights, which included one traveling through the interior of the country.
The Air Force took action and scrambled its jets to intercept these objects, but it wasn’t that simple, as they themselves were disoriented by what was happening.
Pilots reported that they sometimes had visual contact with the said targets, but their radars did not register anything. The radars sometimes picked up the objects, but the pilots could not see them.
FIGHTER JETS WERE DEPLOYED TO INTERCEPT THESE UFOs
Three planes were initially sent, including a Mirage F-103. It took off at around 11:00 p.m., piloted by Captain Armindo Sousa Viriato.
His high-performance jet reached 1,000 mph, but he was unable to catch up as the UFO accelerated to speeds of around 11,000 mph or more.
He reported that he had never heard of any aircraft of that type that could reach such speeds.
An F-5E was deployed earlier, piloted by Lieutenant Kleber Caldas Marinho. He reported that the object stopped moving toward him and began climbing higher. He continued following his target until about 30,000 feet, after which he lost radar contact and was left with only images.
Brazilian UFO researcher Ademar José Gevaerd reported that he believes the alien technology was far superior to theirs and was on display that night.
These UFOs did not try to attack them, but played “cat and mouse” with them.
The incident was also observed from the ground when photographer Adenir Britto saw the objects and began taking pictures.
He was amazed and reported that it was a unique experience in his career. He had never seen anything like it. He had not cared about UFOs until that fateful night and now has a different opinion. He believes that he was privileged to photograph the incident and be an eyewitness.
Two Air Force officers, along with James J. Hurtak, an American UFO researcher, appeared at the newspaper a month later and demanded that the editor show them the negatives of the photos. They wanted them to be able to be analyzed by NASA, but they never returned.
THE NIGHT OF THE UFOS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE
This incident was leaked to the media and received widespread coverage.
Brigadier Octávio Júlio Moreira Lima was forced to hold an unprecedented press conference where the pilots described what really happened.
One of them said he was warned by ground control that there were several contacts ahead of him, about 30 km away. He was also warned that the contacts were also approaching him from behind and as he dove, the contacts began to rise.
Ground controllers told another pilot that 13 flying objects were chasing him, 6 on one side and 7 on the other.
Despite so many things having happened, Octávio Moreira Lima had no explanation for it.
A 2009 aerial report on the “Night of the UFOs” reported that they were of the opinion that this incident was solid and reflected intelligence in a certain way. They deduced this from the UFO’s ability to follow them and maintain a safe distance from their observers, as well as to fly in a certain formation.
Gary Heseltine, vice-president of the International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Research, did not testify at the hearing, but said the investigation would cover the “Night of the UFOs”.
He found it astonishing that the entire incident had taken place over several hours since the first sightings and that fighter jets had been scrambled from multiple airports. He added that such a sighting should be taken seriously as it was supported by images and audio reports.
Fighter pilots have been trained to the highest levels and you have to trust them with their lives to fight a war, so why shouldn’t we trust them when they say they’ve encountered these unidentified flying objects?
