Jets Chase Ufo Over Brazil 1986
AKA - "The Official UFO Night, Brazil"

"As many as twenty UFOs were seen and tracked by ground radar and at least six airplanes during the night of May 19, 1986 over several states in southeastern Brazil. Unidentified radar returns were tracked by airports in S~ao Paulo and the Integrated Air Defense & Air Traffic Control Center (CINDACTA) in Brasilia. Two F-5E and three Mirage jet fighters were scrambled from Santa Cruz AFB in Sao Paulo State, and An'apolis AFB in Goias State.

The case was discussed openly by high ranking government officials. It was first reported by Colonel (Ret.) Ozires Silva, president of the state-owned oil company Petrobr'as, who was flying on an executive Xingu jet, when he and the pilot saw and pursued unidentified objects for about 25 minutes. The incident was covered widely in the Brazilian media, leading to a press conference at the Ministry of Aeronautics in Brasilia on May 23, with air traffic controllers and air force pilots involved in the scramble mission.

The Minister of Aeronautics, Brigadier General Ot'avio Moreira Lima, was very outspoken:

"Between 20:00 hrs. (5/19) and 01:00 hrs. (5/20) at least 20 objects were detected by Brazilian radars. They saturated the radars and interrupted traffic in the area. Each time that radar detected unidentified objects, fighters took off for intercept. Radar detects only solid metallic bodies and heavy (mass) clouds. There were no clouds nor conventional aircraft in the region. The sky was clear. Radar doesn't have optical illusions."

Don Berliner, UFO Briefing Document (Page 75)

Link - http://www.openminds.tv/Rockefeller-Briefing-Document.pdf

Other Sources:


Link - http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noite Oficial dos OVNIs

Link - http://www.infa.com.br/a noite oficial dos ovnis01.html

Link - http://www.ceticismoaberto.com//media/19-20 Maio 1986.pdf

Link - http://www.narcap.org/Projsphere/narcap ProjSph 3.1.1 Brazil.pdf

Jets chase UFO's over Brazil 1986