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Volta Redonda abduction report — 1950-04-14

CE4Brazil1950-04-14

Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Volta Redonda abduction report — 1950-04-14
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Volta Redonda abduction report — 1950-04-14

Case description

This Volta Redonda entry assigns an abduction report to April 14, 1950, involving a twenty-three-year-old man named Restier. Its compressed description mentions a large object and an ambiguous duration, but does not preserve a complete independent sequence for that April date. The fuller Mário Restier narrative places his departure on December 4, 1949, and gives April 14, 1950, as the date he returned. It describes a roadside landing near Volta Redonda, an invitation from humanlike occupants, and a claimed journey during which he experienced far less time than had elapsed at home. Those similarities make the two Atlas entries possible versions of one account. The records remain separate while their source relationship is unresolved. April 14 should not be presented as a second abduction solely because it became a catalogue event date. Nor should the shorthand duration be converted into minutes without consulting its original source. The illustration identifies the Restier account rather than asserting a newly documented April encounter.

Recorded details

Named witnesses
Restier (surname in source)
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
POSSIBLE_RETURN_DATE

Case videos and witness interviews

Seven Incredible Onboard UFO Encounters

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The film presents one departureDecember4,1949 and returnApril14,1950, not a second April abduction. Atlas entries are possible source aliases whose relationship remains unresolved. Imported5am differs from film/fullSBEDV5pm; claimed destination and time dilation remain unverified testimony.

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