Canelinha, Brazil abduction report — January 1971

During an evening in January 1971, a person near Canelinha, Santa Catarina, reported an unusual interruption at about 8 p.m. A dog became extremely agitated, and a lantern being used at the time went out. The account then describes the observer being lifted in a beam of light. The next recorded awareness was at about 8 a.m., roughly twelve hours later. The surviving entry does not explain where the observer was during the night or provide an account of events within that interval. No precise day, participant’s name, craft description or description of beings is preserved. The sequence ends with the reported awakening the following morning; details of a journey or examination are not supplied by this source.