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06-18-1974
Alleged Kidnappings,
And Other Matters
By Gordon Creighton
(extract)
Underwater
Bases?
According to a report published in O
Dia of Rio de Janeiro on July 12, 1974, a flying saucer was seen to
drop into the sea off the coast of southern Brazil on June 18, 1974.
The report, from the Florianópolis representative of the paper, is as
follows:
"A strange metallic object flew
around over the sea off the State of Santa
Catarina. It was at a distance of some thousand
metres or so from the shore at Navegantes, a place 100 km. distant from
Florianópolis. After hovering
for some six minutes above the sea, it veered at a 90o angle
towards the beach and then dropped into the water.
“The fisherman Avelino Severiano
Generosa, aged 46, at once put
out in his motor-launch to the area, but found only foam on the sea where the object had
disappeared. In addition to him, there were twenty other people on the
beach who also saw the object, but all the others took fright and he was the
only one who bad the courage to go and see what was happening.
“The occurrence took place on the
afternoon of June 18, and is still the subject of much discussion in the
small municipality
of Navegantes. Celso Lemkuni,
a diver, tried to make a dive last week with a view to locating the object,
but had no success owing to the strong winds lashing the coast.
"Giving details, the fisherman
Avelino said that it was at 3.30 p.m. on a sunny afternoon. He and his
parents, his wife, and his nine children were all on the beach when they
suddenly saw the silent, brightly shining object flying very low along the
shore. Then, after remaining stationary for six minutes, it dropped into
the sea.
This
reference: Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 March/April 1975, pp. 21-22 “Alleged
Kidnappings, And Other Matters” by Gordon Creighton
Original reference:
Newspaper “O Dia” of Rio de Janeiro on July 12, 1974
With
Thanks to Larry Hatch’s *U* UFO DATABASE, see http://www.larryhatch.net
UFOCAT PRN – 86806
UFOCAT URN – NONE “O
Dia” of Rio de Janeiro on July 12, 1974
UFOCAT URN – NONE Flying
Saucer Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 March/April 1975, pp. 21-22
UFOCAT URN – 086806 Flying
Saucer Review, August 1975, p. 21
UFOCAT URN – 171163 *U* UFO
Computer Database by Larry Hatch, # 10840 © 2002
South America – Brazil, Santa Catari
Rio de Janeiro Latitude
22-54 S, Longitude 43-14 W (D-M)
Florianópolis Latitude
27-35 S, Longitude 48-34 W
Santa Catarina Latitude
27-00 S, Longitude 50-00 W
[State/ADMD]
Navegantes Latitude 26-54 S, Longitude 48-39
W
Reference: Brazil Gazetteer, Prepared in the
Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., January
1963
UFO Location
(UFOCAT) Latitude 26.85 S, Longitude 48.40 W (D.%)
Latitude 27.08 S, Longitude 48.40 W [URN 171163]
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