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UFO case file · UFO-29869

Albuquerque radar-visual unidentified-object report — January 18, 1958

CE1United States1958-01-18

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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Case description

Stopped, climbed & disappeared. Admiral Barana, civilian and guest of the Brazilian Navy, on board the Brazilian Training Ship, Almirante Saldanha, photographed an object which flew in from the ocean, circled above the ship, and then flew out to sea. The text describes the content of each photograph: Photo 1, top left, shows the object approaching the island. Photo 2, middle page, left, shows the object at the time it was behind the island. Photo 4, bottom right, shows the object flying at high speed as it leaves the vicinity of the island. As an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system, I will now proceed to extract and output all the text found in the document: ISY Evidence ... (Continued from page ...) As you know, there have been many incidents reported to the United States Air Force and the United States Navy Departments regarding the sighting of unidentified aerial objects. I am sending to Your Excellency the report, accompanied with your considerations regarding the information about the occurrences observed in the Traisuade Island. I am reporting to Your Excellency the information and conclusions obtained by the Intelligence Service, with respect to the phenomena observed several times in the Trindade Island. It is my opinion that the facts make necessary a very careful investigation, so I suggest that Your Excellency follows the following procedures: a) To order an exhaustive investigation over the island (it would be better if this task were entrusted to one or more officials of any UAO); b) To order the installation of vigilance and registration staff on the island, to permit the observation in all directions of any abnormal phenomenon. c) To recommend to the garrison to receive all visitors (UAOS) and register anything being sighted in connection with the subject, making every effort to obtain photographs. d) To determine that, when UAOS are sighted, the following instruments will be used for observation and registration: cameras, binoculars, radar, magnetic needles, electric lights, internal combustion engines. e) To establish a system of communication to the Navy High Command for the results obtained, and measures taken by the High Command. The information referred to was taken personally at this time by the Corvette-Captain Carlos Alberto Ferreira Boscoli, who was the Commanding Officer of the Oceanographic Post at the time when the phenomena was observed. The report states that there is a number of witnesses, who they have sighted unknown objects, sometimes over and sometimes on the Trindade Island. The report also presents the lack of technical resources (as mentioned in your communication) which were presented as insufficient, mostly due to the lack of technical skill of many observers and to the brief duration of the phenomena observed to that no conclusion can be reached about the UAOs. Supporting case details: Reported craft or object: Reported object in Albuquerque radar-visual unidentified-object report — January 18, 1958; Light Formation; Disc / Saucer Reported special objects or artifacts: Radar system; Still camera; Binoculars or telescope Physical traces or material: Radar data or reported radar return associated with Albuquerque radar-visual unidentified-object report — January 18, 1958 Electromagnetic or instrument effects: Radar or sensor detection Institutional response / aftermath: Government or official action

Recorded details

Local time
5:45 p.m.
Craft description
Reported object in Albuquerque radar-visual unidentified-object report — January 18, 1958; Light Formation; Disc / Saucer
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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