Southeast / Santa Cruz, Brz abduction report — December 1978

At approximately 9 p.m. during December 1978, a witness southeast of Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, reported a cylindrical object overhead. A doorway was said to open, revealing a human-looking figure inside. The observer then reportedly felt a force drawing them upward toward the object. The witness grabbed a tree and held on, resisting the pull and escaping being taken into the opening. The source does not identify the participant, give a precise date or explain how the cylinder left. The reported sequence is an attempted lifting and escape; it contains no account of a completed boarding or an interior examination.