Linha Bela Vista entity encounter — 1954 [HIST-1954-0084]

At about five in the afternoon on December 11, 1954, Pedro Morais was preparing to collect supplies when the cries of a frightened hen drew him outside at Linha Bela Vista, near Venâncio Aires in southern Brazil. Looking for a possible predator, he instead saw an unusual object hovering nearby. Its lower portion reminded him of a large polished brass kettle, while its upper section resembled the hood of a jeep. It oscillated in the air and made a sewing-machine-like noise. Two human-shaped figures, which he estimated were about four feet tall, were moving through his tobacco field. Morais described them as completely covered in yellow, sack-like garments. Although he tried to examine their faces, he could distinguish no eyes, nose, mouth or ears beneath the coverings. More concerned about intruders in his crops than their appearance, he approached to challenge them. One figure raised an arm as if ordering him to stop. Morais continued forward, and the figure ran toward the craft. The other bent down and gathered a tobacco plant, which Morais later found had been uprooted. Both entered the object, which then departed into the sky. Afterward, Morais searched the ground where the figures had walked. He found no footprints, but there was an empty hole where the tobacco plant had stood. He reported no unusual smell from the craft. His hen and her chicks remained missing. This was a separate encounter from Olmiro da Costa e Rosa's nearby report on December 9: Morais described two covered figures rather than three long-haired occupants.