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“Olavo Fontes”

Stories4

Fort Itaipu incident: the burned sentries

November 4, 1957 · Fortaleza de Itaipu, Ponta de Itaipu, Praia Grande, São Paulo

Brazil

UAP · Disc / saucer · 25 sources

18Thinly documented

The Antônio Villas Boas Abduction

October 15, 1957 · Villas Boas family farm near São Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais

Brazil

UAP · Egg · 64 sources

25Thinly documented

The Barra da Tijuca Flying Disc Photographs

May 7, 1952 · Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

UAP · Disc / saucer · 29 sources · 18 photos

41Partially documented

The José Higgins Encounter at Goio-Bang, Paraná

July 23, 1947 · Colônia Goio-Bang, northwest of Pitanga (today Luiziana), Paraná

Brazil

UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources

16Thinly documented

Names8

Olavo Fontes Person · 4 stories
A Rio physician, Olavo Fontes served as the Brazilian representative of APRO.
Olavo T. Fontes Person · 3 stories
A physician in Rio de Janeiro.
APRO Organisation · 78 stories
A civilian research group with investigators in the field.
Antônio Villas Boas Person · 7 stories
A 23 year old farmer near São Francisco de Sales, Brazil.
Canoas Air Force Base Place · 3 stories
About 21 km north of Porto Alegre sits a Brazilian Air Force base with two names.
Fontes Person · 3 stories
Dr.
João Martins Person · 3 stories
João Martins was a reporter for O Cruzeiro, the Diários Associados weekly in Rio de Janeiro, and he turns up in three Brazilian cases.
O Cruzeiro Organisation · 3 stories
O Cruzeiro was the Diários Associados weekly in Rio de Janeiro.

Documents5

Project Blue Book file: Trinidade Island, 16 Jan 1958 Document

USAF via The Black Vault· 54 pages· 4 pages mention it
- p. 14 …d never written about the UAOs beforc. Dr. Olavo T. Fontes, APRO' s Brazilian representative, read the letter in the…
- p. 16 …Olavo Fontes. The sample recei ved included two frag - ments of meta llic appearance, grey color, low den s ity…
Flying Saucers UFO Reports FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 68 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 20 …Olavo Fontes, of Rio de
- p. 62 …Olavo Fontes pronounces these photos "The most sensational photographic sequence of a flying disc ever seen," and backs his pronouncement…
UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969) Document

Government Attic· 419 pages· 10 pages mention it
- p. 119 …while in orbit around the earth Feb, 20, 1962, Fontes, Olavo T. Dying girl saved by humanoid surgeons. Flying saucer…
- p. 217 …Fontes, Olavo T. Brazil under UFO survey. Flying saucer review, v. 7, Mar. - Apr. 1960: 10-14. Dr. Fontes documents…
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· 2 pages mention it
- p. 126 …the Great Flying Saucer Hoax, written by Dr. Olavo T. Fontes. Briefly, several small metallic fragments were recovered by some…
- p. 130 …Frederick Press, New York, 1962) written by Dr. Olavo T. Fontes. Briefly, several small metallic fragments were recovered by some…
The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 186 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 96 …Olavo Fontes, M.D., in Rio de Janeiro (APRO Special Representative), or other Brazilian correspondents in a position to ascertain…
- p. 123 …Olavo Fontes, (M.D.), adviser to the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO), Tucson, Arizona; Prof. Flavio Pereira, President (also President…

Videos1

Video1957

UFO Archive: 1966 - Antonio Villas-Boas Case Investigated by Dr. Olavo Fontes (Extended Version)

From The Antônio Villas Boas Abduction