Case description
One evening in June 1969, twenty-five-year-old farm worker Adelino Roque was travelling on horseback near Itauçu in Goiás, Brazil. The preserved account places the beginning at about 19:30, when an intense light appeared behind him and followed his route along approximately two kilometres of rural track.
Adelino reportedly tried to continue toward a river as the light gradually descended. It illuminated the water and the surrounding landscape but did not reveal a stable outline, hull, windows or occupants. The Atlas therefore records a luminous phenomenon rather than retrofitting the report with a conventional saucer design.
When the light moved directly above the rider, Adelino described two different sensations. A cold current or pale light affected his eyes, while a hot jet or glow struck his chest. He interpreted the combination as hypnotic and said he lost effective control of his actions.
The account says he was then lifted slowly from the horse and carried away as the light departed rapidly. No surviving sequence describes a visible doorway, cabin, beings, conversation or examination. Any attempt to supply those missing stages would turn a gap in the testimony into fiction.
At about 05:00 the next morning, Adelino reportedly regained awareness at Itumbiara, far from where the ride had begun. He returned by bus. His uncle José Marcório later described him as having glassy eyes, a purplish body and a profoundly disturbed expression. The available material does not include contemporaneous medical measurements or a verified travel reconstruction.
After telling relatives what had happened, Adelino reportedly stopped working and later disappeared in an unknown direction. That disappearance is part of the source narrative, but the record does not establish its cause, duration or eventual outcome. It should not be presented as proof that the luminous event produced a permanent physical or psychological condition.
The preserved archive synopsis says Brazilian Air Force channels, including the Fourth Air Zone, became associated with inquiry into the report. The source represented by this Atlas record is a later government-held dossier and synopsis, not a complete first-person transcript from Adelino. Much of the surviving story is attributed to his uncle.
Government custody supports the provenance of the document, not the factual accuracy of every statement inside it. The lack of a described object, visible occupants, continuous transport sequence and examined medical record leaves a wide range of possible interpretations.
CE4 reflects the allegation of involuntary removal and later awakening elsewhere. The classification does not establish extraterrestrial abduction, and the absence of occupants means the case is visually represented by the pursuing light itself.
The portrait reconstructs the last continuous outdoor moment: Adelino beginning to rise from the saddle while a shapeless light illuminates his eyes, chest, horse, river and Goiás track. It deliberately shows no craft or beings. It is an illustrative reconstruction of the archival secondary account, not documentary evidence.