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3D model Narrated

“Almiro”

Stories2

Funil Dam guard blinded after shooting at a UFO (Almiro Martins de Freitas)

August 30, 1970 · Funil hydroelectric plant (Barragem do Funil), Paraíba do Sul river, between Resende and Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro state

Brazil

UAP · Rectangle · 19 sources

28Thinly documented

The Trindade Island Photographs

January 16, 1958 · Ilha da Trindade (Trindade Island), Trindade and Martim Vaz, Espírito Santo, South Atlantic

Brazil

UAP · Disc / saucer · 46 sources · 9 photos

47Partially documented

Names2

Granchi Person · 3 stories
Irene Granchi worked out of Rio de Janeiro as APRO's field investigator and representative in Brazil.
SIOANI Programme · 3 stories
Brazil's military kept its own UFO files.

Documents5

Brazilian Navy General Staff report (12 pages) Report

Estado-Maior da Armada via NICAP· 12 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 5 …The one who took the photographs, professional photographer Almiro Barauna, residing on Praia de Icarai 251, Apartment 1004, in Nitorói…
Project Blue Book file: Trinidade Island, 16 Jan 1958 Document

USAF via The Black Vault· 54 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 18 …Let's begin with Almiro Barauna's report. He was interviewed by reporter Joao Martins and hi s statements were…
- p. 26 …publication of pictures of snid Object, taken by Mr . Almiro Barauna- who was at the Island of Trindade as a…
Symposium on unidentified flying objects: hearings before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, second session, July 29, 1968. Hearing transcript

U.S. House of Representatives· 1968-07-29· 256 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 248 …The third (and best) photograph of a UFO taken by Almiro Barauna on January 16, 1958, near the island of…
Flying Saucers UFO Reports FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 68 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 20 …Also aboard, by invitation of the Navy, to photograph some of the exercises, was Almiro Barauna, professional photographer. "Get Barauna…
The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 186 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 95 …They alerted Almiro Barauna, an expert submarine photographer, who managed to take four successful pictures. Many other officers and men…
- p. 124 …Marine photographer Almiro Barauna, officers and men on deck, sighted the UFO and Barauna obtained four good exposures of the…

Videos2

Video1958

Almiro Baraúna conta detalhes de truque

From The Trindade Island Photographs

Video1970

CASO ALMIRO MARTINS - BARRAGEM DO FUNIL RJ

From Funil Dam guard blinded after shooting at a UFO (Almiro Martins de Freitas)