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UFO case file · UFO-BR-ARX-0912

Near Mossoró — rapidly moving red and blue light

CE1Brazil2024-08-09

Near Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

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Case description

The Air Force form records a five-minute observation near Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, on 9 August 2024 beginning at 23:29Z. One red and blue light or object was reported to move very rapidly, rise and descend, and disappear. The observer could not estimate its distance. Shape, size and compass direction are unspecified. The position is written as 04442S 0370028W; the latitude has one fewer digit than a conventional padded degrees-minutes-seconds string, so its map interpretation is qualified below. The sky is described as clear. The form explicitly marks no observing equipment, no physical record, no sound and no trail. The later colour field nevertheless repeats blue and red, without establishing a coloured trail. The observer count and identifying details are redacted, while knowledge of aviation and meteorology is marked yes. There is no supplementary narrative. Communication to an Air Force organization is entered at 23:30Z, one minute after the stated start; this does not shorten the separately stated five-minute duration. No identification or follow-up result is included. Source review: Both original PDF pages visually reviewed. The source coordinate 04442S is ambiguous without padding: a map reading as 04°44′02″S is plausible but not certain. To avoid turning this parsing assumption into a location fact, coordinates are withheld from the public map. Longitude is written 0370028W. Redacted observer count remains unknown; NIL means unspecified. Blue/red in the trail-colour field does not override the explicit no-trail response.

Recorded details

Named witnesses
Identities redacted or not supplied in the public record
Local time
23:29Z
Coordinate precision
Not geocoded
Date precision
Reported calendar date

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