VARGINHA, THE WHOLE STORY
VARGINHA ET CASE - THE WHOLE STORY UPDATED, BY THE UFOLOGISTS.
This article was originally published in the Brazilian ôRevista UFOö
(UFO Magazine), Special Issue #13, July 1996, edited by CBPDV (Centro
Brasileiro para Pesquisa de Discos Voadores - Brazilian Center for Flying
Saucer Research), Editor A.J.Gevaerd.
This is a short version, kindly summarized and translated from
Portuguese by P.H.Andrade, dri1105@ibm.net,
with the help of his brother, Carlos.
EXPLOSIVE REPORT !
Contents :
- THE RESEARCHERS' SECRET INVESTIGATIVE DIARY ON THE CASE -
PART 1 - by ufologist Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues
PART 2 - by ufologist Vit≤rio Pacaccini
- WHAT THE OTHER (BRAZILIAN) UFO RESEARCHERS THINK ABOUT THE CASE -
personal impressions from the ufologists A.J.Gevaerd, Irene Granchi, Reginaldo
Athayde, Claudeir Covo, Edson Boaventura Jr., RicardoVarella CorrΩa, Marco
Ant⌠nio Petit, RogΘrio Porto Breier, and Eduardo Mondini.
- FIREMEN DENY INVOLVEMENT IN THE VARGINHA E.T. CAPTURE - by (Brazilian)
UFO Magazine team.
- RISKING LIFE TO INVESTIGATE THE VARGINHA CASE - by Vitorio Pacaccini.
- MILITARY VEHICLES AND PLANES MOVEMENTS DESCRIBED BY WITNESS - by UFO
Magazine team.
- UFO AND ALIEN SIGHTINGS CONTINUE IN VARGINHA - by UFO Magazine team
- WITNESSES RECEIVE OFFER OF MONEY TO DENY THE STORY - by UFO Magazine team
- MEDIA HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE CASE - by UFO Magazine team
- LAST NEWS ON VARGINHA CASE - published in Brazilian UFO Magazine, Issue
#45, August 1996. (some passages)
- THE RESEARCHERS' SECRET INVESTIGATIVE DIARY ON THE CASE - by Vitorio
Pacaccini and Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues .
PART 1 - by Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues.
The Saturday that the ET capture took place, January 20th æ96, I wasnÆt in
Varginha. The day after, Jan 21st, I arrived at about 10: 30 a.m. and
received a call from a storekeeper who owns a shop in the center of the
town, Mr. Milton. He asked if I had knowledge of what happened the day
before and told me that ô... some girls had seen a weird animal, something
like a little monsterö. (...)
That same night, as I realized that the rumour was already spread
throughout the city, I called Milton again to get further details. (...) An
employee of his shop would have more information. (...) She knew the people
that had seen the strange being. (...) The girls live at Rua Tapaj≤s [
Tapaj≤s Street ] , Varginha, to where I went. (...) I asked a near
storekeeper if she knew the girls, she said so, adding that "she had also
observed the movement around that area regarding the case". This lady said
she was friend of Luisa (the girlsÆ mother) and that she was told the girls
arrived at home scared, that afternoon. They were screaming, crying and
shaking. They had seen something very ugly. (...)
Meanwhile, the rumours continue to spread through the city. Some people
said the creature had been captured and taken to the "Hospital Regional"
[Regional Hospital], that it had a big belly, seemed to be pregnant, and
made a noise, like if it was crying. (...)
FIRST WEEK OF INVESTIGATIONS - I began to investigate and was helped by
a friend (...) , SΘrgio, director of TV Princesa, a local TV station.
WeÆve got access to a boy that said he was present at the capture. But his
words didnÆt make any sense, he was too childish, and very confused. (...)
We also have got access to a woman, which ran away the moment we
approached her. Her husband tried to convince her to give us some info, but
she refused. (...)
Finally, we found the girls and took their testimony. They were two
sisters whose mother, Mrs.Luisa, received me a little suspiciously. I
identified myself as an UFO researcher and lawyer, and explained my interest
in the situation. (...) IÆve become extremely impressed with what they told
me, specially the older girl, Liliane, 16. When she was telling me what
happened, she burst into tears. (...) Then, I asked them to introduce me to
the third witness : her friend, Katia, 22, that also cried when we met.
I asked them to take me to the place where all had happened. (...) They
told that when they were in the middle of that pathway, they saw a strange
being squatted in the ground (...). To Valquφria, the younger, ôthat
appeared to be a giant ox heartö. (...) They realized that it was
something out-of-this-world, when they returned to the street and went away,
running.
(...) After hearing all the story from her daughters, Luφsa returned to
the place to see if she could find any evidence, but she didnÆt. (...)
Luφsa felt a strange smell, very strong and impossible to be compared to
anything else. The following days, I kept on talking to them, and asked
them to repeat several times what they had seen.
AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL AT THE HOSPITAL - This procedure is common in
researches, because it helps to find contradictions in the testimonies.
(...) Meanwhile, the rumours continued to spread, increase, and gained
consistency in Varginha. The whole city started to comment on the story.
(...) In Varginha, there are three hospitals, however the rumours converged
only to the Regional Hospital. It wasnÆt possible to be sure of anything,
specially about which hospital would be involved with the fact. Everything
was obscure, UNTIL I MANAGED TO TALK TO A NURSE OF REGIONAL HOSPITAL (which
name cannot be revealed, in order to preserve her safety). She was very
reluctant to receive and talk to me until, finally, she accepted to be
interviewed. SHE REVEALED THAT, ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 21st , A STRANGE
MOVEMENT OCCURRED AT HOSPITAL REGIONAL. THE FACT INVOLVED PHYSICIANS COMING
FROM OUT OF VARGINHA, THE MILITARY POLICE AND ARMY VEHICLES. However, she
didnÆt speak a word about the Fire Department. (...) ONE OF THE HOSPITAL
SECTIONS, according to our source, WAS CLOSED FOR SOME HOURS, IN ORDER TO
AVOID THE ACCESS OF EMPLOYEES, PATIENTS AND VISITORS. She also said that,
on Monday, January 22nd, she was called, together with other employees, for
a MEETING AT THE DIRECTOR'S ROOM. According to her testimony, the director
said that all that movement should be ignored, because "it was just a
training for the doctors and military personnel". (...)
According to this witness, the meeting culminated with the following
statement from the director : ôHere in Varginha there is people who likes to
deal with ôcoolö things, I mean, supernatural, strange ... It is probable
that these people will look for you, specially that lawyer, Ubirajara. TO
THESE PEOPLE, YOU MUST DENY EVERYTHING. I mean, do denyö.
Later, I spoke to a former pupil of mine, who said she had been at
the hospital entrance hall that Sunday, by 10: 30 p.m., together with a
friend of her. She asked the receptionist if it was true what the rumours
said about the ôlittle monsterö received at the hospital. The employee
CONFIRMED , saying that the being wasnÆt there anymore, because it had been
removed to another city hospital, the ôHumanitasö. So, the women went
there, too. Now, they were attended by a nurse who told them the following
: ôYOU CANNOT GO INSIDE TO SEE 'THAT'AND, EVEN IF YOU COULD, I WOULDN'T
ADVISE YOU TO ... YOU WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE IT".
The same time, some parallel witnesses, which live in Humanitas region,
said they had seen troops movements at the lateral gate. This was
everything I knew then. It was necessary to have stronger evidences. So I
tried the military area, firstly Commander Mauricio, from the Military
Police. When I met him, I identified myself and explained the situation. I
asked him if he had knowledge of the rumours that the MP was involved in the
capture case. His answer was negative.
He, then, offered to check it out , and verified that there were no
records of such occurrence. Even thus, he asked me to contact him again,
because perhaps he would find something. The next day, as it was scheduled,
I called Commander Mauricio, but he didnÆt attend me. I MADE ABOUT 50 PHONE
CALLS TO THE QUARTER, BUT WASN'T ATTENDED. So I began to feel that something
was wrong. THEY WERE HIDING SOMETHING.
A friend of mine managed to talk to a policewoman that was on duty at
Saturday, January 20th, receiving the emergency calls, through the number 190
[Note from translator : similar to 911 in the U.S.] . She revealed there
were some calls : "IN FACT, SOME PEOPLE CALLED SAYING THAT THEY SAW SUCH A
LITTLE MONSTER, BUT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE KIDDING AND WE DIDN'T GIVE
ATTENTION TO THEM." (...)
SEEKING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT - Me and SΘrgio looked for the local Fire
Brigade and we were received by Captain Alvarenga. (...) The moment we
identify ourselves, he got the bulletin of ocurrences for Jan. 20th, in
order to æproofÆ there were no requests for the capture of a strange animal,
or something. HE SIMPLY HAD A DEFFENSIVE ATTITUDE REGARDING US.
During the interview, I excused myself and made a brief pause to drink
some water, at the end of the corridor. I saw there two firemen talking,
speaking loudly and fluently, as if they were making fun of me : ôYEAH, IT
SHOULD BE A GIANT FROG", one said. ôNO, IT SHOULD BE A DEMON, HA HA HA",
completed the other.
(...) We followed to the Forest Police, where we were received in a very
different manner. Their captain was friendly and said he likes Ufology.
(...) He stated that the Forest Police werenÆt called at that occasion, but
put himself on the line to share any further information.
We came back again to the nurse. (...) She spoke with her colleagues in
the hospital and, although they hadnÆt seen anything, they were all
unanimous in state that there were a strange movement that day. (...)
Meanwhile, the information that a strange being appeared in Varginha had
already taken the local media. All the local press, newspapers, radio and
TV stations had already covered the case, although I had my doubts about
spreading the case in the [brazilian] national media. (...) Nevertheless,
due to the difficulties of the investigation and the big cover-up, there was
no other choice than calling the national media. Only this way we could
pressure the authorities.
The same occasion, I was interviewed live at the request of Globo TV
Network (local branch) . Everything was going normal (...). In the middle of
the program, however, something we werenÆt expecting happened. The reporter
took two faxes from over the table and talked : ôWE JUST RECEIVED RIGHT NOW
A COMMUNICATION FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER ONE FROM THE REGIONAL
HOSPITAL, DENYING EVERYTHING. THESE TWO INSTITUTIONS SAY THEY WEREN'T
CALLED AND HAD NO INVOLVEMENT WITH IT". Part of the Fire Brigade fax did the
following statement : ôTHIS CORPORATION COMMUNICATES THE PEOPLE OF VARGINHA
THAT WAS NOT CALLED TO CAPTURE AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL." This was said in
the middle of the news.
I said, firstly, that I never affirmed the captured being was alien. I've
said only that it was an unknown and strange being. IÆm very careful
with the words. (...) I made use of that chance and said that the UFO
cover-up is such a thing that exists all over the world and started a long
time ago.
After this interview, I decided to call the national media. (...) I
called the ufologist Irene Granchi, in Rio de Janeiro, who contacted the
journalism production of Globo TV Network [Note from translator : Globo TV
is the major brazilian TV network]. Since then, the case blew wide open in
the [brazilian] media. (...)
At the end of the second week of investigations, I called ôRevista UFOö
[UFO Magazine] and let them know the facts. In the third week, a
researcher from Belo Horizonte (up to then member of CICOANI - Centro de
Investigaτπo Civil sobre Objetos AΘreos Nπo Identificados - Unidentified
Aerial Objects Civilian Investigation Center) made contact with me. It was
Vitorio Pacaccini. Since then we established a partnership in the
researches, that now lasts over four months. (...)
PART 2 - by Vitorio Pacaccini
Before the Varginha Case appears in the media, I didnÆt know Ubirajara
yet. (...) At first, I was investigating the case for CICOANI and had
already contacted some people I knew from TrΩs Coraτ⌡es, MG [State of Minas
Gerais] in order to gather information about the case, specially at ESA
(Escola de Sargentos das Armas - Army Sergeants School). This happened in
the beginning of February. On Wednesday, in the carnival week, I received a
call from a source who said that ôit was time to the jaguar to drink the
waterö. In our language, it means that some important witness was about to
talk.
The name of the witness, by now and for a while, cannot be revealed. I
donÆt want to put anybody in jail or harm peopleÆs lives. (...)
So, on this Wednesday, I went to a friendÆs home where he introduced me to
the first witness. (...) After some minutes of conversation, this military
began to speak about the subject.
FIRE FIGHTERS ARE REALLY INVOLVED - Everyone in Brazil knows that
when there is a problem with animals, like a wild beast escaping from the
Zoo, for instance, the Fire Department is called. (...) However, the first
phone number that comes to oneÆs mind in a danger situation is 190 (the
police number). So, weÆve concluded that firstly the police were called
and then, they forwarded it to the Fire Brigade.
According to our source, in the morning of January 20th, the Fire Dept.
phone was ringing over and over. It was people informing the appearance of
a weird animal in a certain region in Varginha, and requesting some
attitude, to catch it. It is important to emphasize that these phone calls
started very early that morning, between 7 and 8 a.m., consequently
before 3 p.m., when the girls sighted the creature.
In the occasion, the man in charge was Major Maciel, who would have sent
four men to check the situation. These firemen, at the moment they arrived
there, called the major through the radio and asked him to go there too, once
the case was much more complicated than it seemed before. "MAJOR, YOU'D
BETTER COME HERE, SIR . EVEN THE ARMY IS ALREADY HERE." So, the Major
followed to the place, approximately at 10,30 a.m. .
When they reached there, the capture had already been done. THERE WERE
SOME PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN WHO THREW SOME STONES TOWARDS THE
CREATURE. (...) The four firemen (...) caught the being with a net
(similar to that used to catch dogs). They were using common gloves, but
were afraid of radiation. The creature didnÆta show any reaction, staying
totally apathetic and letting himself to be caught. It made a noise similar
to the bees buzzing. It was put in a canvas-covered box and transported by
an Army truck.
THIS WITNESS IS EXTREMELY TRUSTWORTHY, KNOWS EVERYONE IN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND GOT ACCESS TO SEVERAL CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. However, he is
very afraid of revealing what he knows even to his closest people, due to
the dangerous situation.
According to the description, the creature had sticky skin (seeming to
have put an oil on the body), red eyes, big head with protuberances, long
and thin arms, short and thin legs, big feet and a big salience at the
abdomen. It had no kind of clothing, as well as no apparent genitals. In
the ESA truck that conducted the being, there were two seargents and one
major, ALL OF THEM WITH 'GA┌CHO' ACCENT [Note from T.: ga·cho = somebody
who was born or lives in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul] . All
these information were given in a 45-minute interview. The witness was
emphatic, saying that the Fire Department command had knowledge of the whole
operation, and that Captain Alvarenga simply lied when he said he didnÆt
receive any notification.
All of this reveals that somebody is lying in this case and it seems that
itÆs not the witnesses ... - because they wouldnÆt gain anything with it.(...)
I MADE CONTACT WITH OTHER MILITARY WITNESSES FROM TR╩S CORA╟╒ES IN SECRET
MEETINGS. ONE OF THEM, BY THE WAY, WENT TO MY HOUSE AT 3 A.M. TOGETHER WITH
HIS WIFE. HE EXPLAINED TO ME HOW THE ARMY'S SECRET SERVICE WORKS. It has a
very-well-implanted unity in the city, with people taking
turns over and over, in order not to be recognized. These ôS-2ö, as they
are known, blend with the civilians, often use mustaches, long hairs, drive
old cars and behave as civilians.
This one that came to my house said the capture had been extremely
favorable to the Army, because it happened in a weekend (when ESA stays
practically empty, only with guards) and also due to the fact that the
secret service members could enter or leave at any time, without giving
explanation to anybody. Inside ESA, there is a shed where the S-2 works,
surrounded by enormous security. Even the quarterÆs officers have no access
to that place. (...)
WeÆve had a good support from the media, (...) which is trying to show the
facts as they are. If the media, or I should better say, part of it, like
Luiz Petry (director of "FANT┴STICO" [ôFantasticö - Brazilian popular TV
show, aired by Globo Network] , didnÆt run for it, seeking information,
everything would have finished with no explanation. (...)
UFOs FLYING OVER SOUTHERN MINAS GERAIS - While the Varginha case blew
wide open in national press, it began a big UFO wave over the region.
Cities such as Varginha, Alfenas, Boa Esperanτa, TrΩs Coraτ⌡es, Bandeira do
Sul, Sπo Gonτalo do Sapucaφ, Campanha and many others were taken by
unidentified objects sightings. The population noticed that something
serious was happening and several people came to us reporting sightings,
contacts or recent news about the capture.
At that time, end of February, I met an old friend that I hadn't seen for
a long time. HE KNEW A MILITARY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CAPTURE
OPERATION. WE MANAGED TO MEET HIM AND HEARD HIS REPORT. THE MORE HE
REVEALED, THE MORE EVERYTHING BECAME INCREDIBLE. THIS MILITARY MAN GAVE THE
NAMES OF PEOPLE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE CASE : Colonel Olφmpio Vanderlei
and Sergeant Pedrosa. THE INTERVIEW WITH THIS EYE WITNESS OF THE FACTS WAS
MADE BY ME AND UFOLOGIST MARCO A. PETIT, AND RECORDED IN
VIDEO AS A GUARANTEE OF PROOF. In this tape, we ask the witness if
there is the possibility of somebody attempting against his life, and he
said so . (...)
More witnesses are discovered. Later, WE MANAGED TO CONTACT ANOTHER
MILITARY WITNESS. He was very reluctant in speaking with us, but when he
realized the subject was already spread, he got courage to tell what he
knew. For his surprise, nobody at ESA knew anything, BECAUSE THERE WAS A
DISINFORMATION OPERATION INSIDE THE SERGEANT'S SCHOOL ITSELF. Talking with
us, he described the fact exactly the same way that the other did before.
Only few people inside ESA know details of the operation. (...)
Everything there is top secret. The school's military contingent is over
3.000 men and, for sure, about 98 % of them don't know anything.(...)
THERE ARE ALSO OTHER MILITARY WITNESSES WHICH CONFIRM THE INFORMATION WE
HAVE. WE KNOW TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE CATCH
AND TRANSPORT OF THE BEING. Obviously, they cannot be identified, because
their lives would be in danger. (...)
NAMES OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED - After we placed together all the
information on the case, we obtained the names of military personnel
directly involved with the case : Lieutenant-Colonel Olφmpio Vanderlei,
Captain Ramires, Lieutenant TibΘrio (from the Army Police) and Sargeant
Pedrosa. We also know the names of the three drivers : Corporal Vassalo,
Soldier Cirilo and Soldier De Mello.
They met a Lieutenant from S-2, who arrived in a white brown Volkswagen
(Fusca-type) and stopped beside the "Paes Mendonτa" supermarket, in
Varginha. This lieutenant sent all of them, by Fusca, to the Humanitas
Hospital, where they did some kind of secret operation. (...)
(...) Arriving at the hospital, there was a wooden box tied on two
trestles, and ONE OF THE S-2 AGENTS WAS CARRYING A CAMCORDER. The other
military men received orders to take their jackets off and were forbidden of
using voice recorders, cameras or camcorders. At that time, Military Police
and Fire Department vehicles have been seen at the hospital's entry yard
with six men, as well as two men from the Army's secret service and some
physicians.
The dead creature was put inside the box, which was closed by a plastic
canvas and placed into the truck. The truck body covering have been
strengthened in order to really hide the being. AT THAT TIME, SPECIALLY ON
JANUARY 22nd, THE WHOLE CITY WAS COMMENTING ON THE STRANGE ESA TRUCKS
MOVEMENTS. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO NOTICE THAT ... Everyone commented and
the rumours increased.
The convoy's route to TrΩs Coraτ⌡es was easy. Reaching the city, THERE
WERE ALREADY POLICEMEN WAITING AND HOLDING THE TRAFFIC. It seems that the
convoy's drivers didn't know what they were transporting. One of them, in
his testimony, said he thought it was a burnt man, a suicide, or something.
He also said the creature had a terrible bad smell. Because there were
three trucks involved, we suppose that, maybe, there were three creatures.
But this can't be said for sure. (...)
BY 4 A.M., THE SAME CONVOY FOLLOWED TO CAMPINAS, WHERE - ACCORDING TO OUR
SOURCES - THE CREATURE HAVE BEEN NECROPSIED. At this time, there have been
a meeting with some officers, when it was emphasized that all this operation
was secret, classified (...) and all must be kept in silence.
The soldiers arrived at Campinas by morning. (...) Even an Engesa-type
Jeep, war model, was used in the convoy, among other military trucks. We
don't know yet exactly to what military unit in Campinas the convoy was
destinated. Reaching the destiny, the box took another direction, which is
still unknown.
(...) We have concluded that they transported the creature to Campinas in
order to put it on the hands of a professional from Unicamp [University of
Campinas, a well-recognized brazilian university]. According to our
investigation , this professional is one of the most respected legists in
Brazil and internationally known. WE HAVE GOT ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION
TROUGH A SCIENTIST OF UNICAMP, whose name must remain anonymous. THIS
SCIENTIST EVEN SAID HE WENT TO VARGINHA, WHERE HE PICKED SOIL SAMPLES AND
LOCAL VEGETATION FROM THE PLACE THE BEING WAS SIGHTED. Thus, it became
obvious that the creature had been taken to this university. (...) There
are no doubts that Unicamp is involved in the case.
Our scientist talked to some teachers, close people who often visit his
house, and knew that THERE ARE ORDERS FROM THE [BRAZILIAN] GOVERNMENT, NOT
TO SPEAK A WORD ABOUT THE SUBJECT. As they told him, the head of the
university is also oriented to keep this operation secret. THE SOURCES,
THAT ARE RELIABLE, SAY THAT THE LEGIST PHYSICIAN BADAN PALHARES (who is
responsible for important necropsies, like the Nazi Joseph Mengele one) DID
THE FIRST NECROPSY IN THE CREATURE. (...)
Regarding to the number of beings captured, it's still obscure. Analyzing
the probabilities, we can say that there are AT LEAST TWO BEINGS : the
first was captured at 10 a.m. by the military men, and the second was
sighted by the girls at about 3 p.m.. (...)
We already know how the first creature was captured, at 10 :30 a.m.,
involving the Police, the Army and the Fire-Fighters. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE
SECOND ? HOW DID IT HAPPEN ? AS THE WITNESSES REVEALED, IT OCCURRED AT ABOUT
8 P.M. THAT SATURDAY, AND IT INVOLVED, THIS TIME, THE MILITARY POLICE SECRET
SERVICE [Note from T. : also known as "P-2"] AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
This capture was much more discreet than the first, because the military
arrived in plain clothes and using civilian cars. The creature was in an
area near the woods, where the military surrounded and caught it.
This information came from a well-known lady who lives in the city, member
of the Varginha's "high society", that heard that a police soldier had
caught the creature. THIS BEING WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE CLOSEST LOCAL
MEDICAL STATION, WHERE THE DOCTOR THAT WAS ON DUTY ADVISED THEM TO TAKE HIM
TO THE HOSPITAL.
AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL IN TWO VARGINHA HOSPITALS - There are
evidences that the captured creature, for some reason, have been taken to
the Regional Hospital. But the men in charge of the operation must have
concluded that that place was too central and not safe, deciding to take the
being to a better place : the Humanitas Hospital, which is more well
equipped and is located in a region far from the center of the town. This
hospital lies beside a little peripherical road, which leads directly to the
"Fernπo Dias" Highway [Note from T. : which links Belo Horizonte to Sπo Paulo].
It made the transportation very easy and discreet. (...)
ARE THEY RIGHT ? - A SOURCE WE HAVE IN CAMPINAS SAID THAT BRAZIL IS UNDER
STRONG PRESSURE, WARNING THAT WE MAY BE SAT OVER AN ATOM BOMB. According to
his testimony, the whole capture and cover-up process goes deeper and
deeper, beyond we can imagine. So, we ask : (...) are they right ? Will
it be true that some kind of battle between alien and military forces had
already happened ? Shouldn't be the Army the right channel to deal with
this matter ? (...) And shouldn't be this whole operation classified ?
From our point-of-view, they could share with us the information they
have. (...) We'd love to help them, but it seems to be impossible.
(...) What if an UFO crashed in my yard, who am I supposed to call ?
Obviously, the first thing I would do was to call the military authorities,
because that's their job. As a matter of fact, we are concerned because
we're reaching the conclusion that THE VARGINHA CASE IS ONLY THE TIP OF AN
ICEBERG. On the other side, the right to know must be respected. (...)
AN ALIEN IN VARGINHA? - There isn't in ufology's alien classification
a being with such characteristics like that of the one saw in Varginha.
That's something important to the world' s Ufology. This emphasizes the
possibility of a genetically adapted creature, whose aim was to do some
operation among us, terrestrials. (...)
(...) It is very likely that the Varginha ET was some kind of animal
created only to conclude a mission, which is still unknown to us. Or perhaps
it would be some kind of probe, patrol, or monitoring of the human race.
Ufology's classification is something relative. (...) The classification has a
wide variety, but much of it is due to the different interpretations made by the
people who describe and draw the beings.
Two reporters here from Varginha were searched by a person who identified
himself as the-cousin-of-a-son-of-a-military-man-from-ESA. THIS MILITARY'S
SON WOULD HAVE GOT ACCESS TO A FILM MADE AT ESA SHOWING THE CREATURE (OR
THE CREATURES) AND SHOWED IT TO HIS COUSIN, WHO OFFERED TO SBT [Note from
T.: SBT = Sistema Brasileiro de Televisπo - Brazilian Television System,
the second major TV Network in Brazil] FOR 70.000 REAIS [or 68.000 U.S.
dollars]. Since then, the price have been reduced. THERE HAD BEEN A
NEGOTIATION PROCESS WITH S.B.T., INVOLVING THE SBT BOARD OB DIRECTORS IN
S├O PAULO, IN ORDER TO GET THE MOVIE. THE YOUNG BOY VISITED THE LOCAL SBT
STATION, BUT THEY DIDN'T REACH ANY DEAL. SOME TIME LATER, HE SAID IT
WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE TO DO IT, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WERE SUSPECTING OF HIM
AND HE WAS IN LIFE DANGER.
THIS COINCIDED WITH THE FACT THAT, IN THE SAME WEEK, A VARGINHA CITIZEN,
WITH A GOOD REPUTATION IN THE CITY, CAME TO US. HE SAID THAT HIS 16-YEAR
OLD DAUGHTER AND HER SCHOOL FRIEND - DAUGHTER OF A POLICEMAN FROM THE M.P. -
WOULD HAVE WATCHED A "HORRIBLE" FILM THAT HER FATHER BROUGHT HOME. IT WAS
ABOUT THE CAPTURED CREATURE. AS THE GIRL'S FATHER REALIZED THE SITUATION
WAS DANGEROUS, HE VANISHED WITH THE TAPE ...
We know this tape exists, and for obvious reasons : witnesses had already
informed us that in the capture day one of the military men was using a
camcorder. (...) WE HAVE HAD MANY EVIDENCES THAT THIS FILM IS HERE IN
VARGINHA. (...)
WHAT THE OTHER (BRAZILIAN) UFO RESEARCHERS THINK ABOUT THE CASE -
Editor A.J. Gevaerd : UFO Magazine went to the 14th Brazilian
Congress on Scientific Ufology, which took place in Curitiba, PR [State of
Paranß], last June 6-9 1996, in order to gather some impressions from the
researchers about Varginha case. See what these researchers think about
this subject.
Irene Granchi : "THE CASE PRESENTS A NEW ANGLE IN UFO
RESEARCH. I BELIEVE IN ITS AUTHENTICITY, BECAUSE I INTERVIEWED THE THREE
GIRLS WHO SAW THE BEING AND THEY'RE NOT LYING. I'VE BEEN KNOWN
UFOLOGIST UBIRAJARA RODRIGUES FOR MANY YEARS AND I TRUST HIS WORK AND
SERIOUSNESS. (...)" .
(...) " What we have here are many circumstantial evidences. Thus,
we realize that the case is very well documented with these evidences.
Regarding UFO cover-up, I think the military authorities don't have the
right to do this, because we live in a democracy. (...) ".
VARGINHA CASE IS BIGGER THAN ROSWELL - by Reginaldo de Athayde
" THE VARGINHA CASE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT UFO CASES EVER HAPPENED
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. I SEE WE HAVE SOMETHING SUPERIOR TO WHAT HAPPENED IN
ROSWELL (...). I hope our friends, researchers from Minas Gerais state,
join the other ufologists in order to get what we always desired : to proof
the reality of UFOs, the existence of these mysterious objects that come
here to visit us. (...)".
CASE INCREASES UFOLOGY'S CREDIBILITY - by Claudeir Covo
"WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, VARGINHA CASE IS THE CASE NUMBER ONE IN BRAZIL. The
seriousness that the researchers are showing when conducting the information
and the work itself increases the credibility of Ufology. IF WE CONSIDER
ONLY THE QUANTITY OF INFORMATION ALREADY COMPILED, THE RICHNESS OF DETAILS
AND THE SEVERAL WITNESSES THAT HAVE ALREADY APPEARED, WE SEE THAT THIS
CASE LET ROSWELL VERY LITTLE."
"The Roswell Case took about 30 years to become known to the public,
while Varginha's leaked out at the first days. The researches are very well
conducted, WITH SEVERAL MILITARY TESTIMONIES IN OUR HANDS, besides many
contradictory authorities statements given to the press. This proves there
is a cover-up process. (...) THESE MILITARY WITNESSES HAD THE COURAGE TO
TRUST IN THE RESEARCHERS, REVEALING WHAT THEY KNEW AND SECRETLY RECORDING IT
IN VIDEO, GIVING IMPORTANT DETAILS ".
VARGINHA CASE : THERE IS STILL A LOT TO BE SAID - by Edson Boaventura Jr.
"It's the most important case of Brazilian Ufology and also worldwide,
due to its implications (...). I'd say that even Roswell cannot be compared
to Varginha Case, which is bigger than it. I SAY THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
WHAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO THE MEDIA IS ONLY A SHORT PART OF WHAT EXISTS.
THERE IS STILL A LOT TO BE SAID. BUT THIS HAVEN'T BEEN DONE YET BECAUSE SOME
DETAILS, IF REVEALED, COULD IDENTIFY THE MILITARY WITNESSES. BECAUSE OF
THIS ETHICAL REASON, THE RESEARCHERS INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION ARE
NOT REVEALING ALL THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE."
"Once I'm very close to the investigation, I see that THE RESEARCH IS
WELL DOCUMENTED, WITH TESTIMONIES OF CIVILIAN AND MILITARY WITNESSES THAT
PROOF WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 20th AND ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS. Even now,
several months after the case, there are many details still coming up to the
surface, as many other witnesses gain courage and start to reveal what they
know to the researchers (...)".
THE STRANGEST ASPECT IS THE ALIEN PHYSIOLOGY - by Ricardo Varella CorrΩa.
"THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THIS CASE ARE THE LITTLE DETAILS CONNECTING
INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, WHICH ARE CHECKING TO EACH OTHER. For
instance, the ammonia-like smell felt either in the place the girls sighted
the being, either in the city's Hospital. (...) We also have to consider
the great movement of military vehicles which is not common."
(...)"HOWEVER, THE STRANGEST ASPECT IS THE CREATURE'S PHYSIOLOGY,
DIFFERENT OF ANYTHING ELSE EVER SEEN. It is strange, because what we know
about ETs is that they are very independent and, sometimes, even aggressive,
whereas the Varginha creature had no reaction, seemed motionless. This had
never been reported in the entire world. An hypothesis that is being
considered by the ufologists suggests that the creature is some sort of
'animal-probe' , put in Earth to gather some information."
THE MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN VARGINHA CASE - by Marco Ant⌠nio Petit.
"I had knowledge of this case through the media. Since then, I made many
contacts with researcher Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues, who informed me it was
really serious, involving a very strong cover-up operation. I'VE BEEN IN
VARGINHA TWICE. THERE, I CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE OF
THE BRAZILIAN UFOLOGY. I HAD THE CHANCE, ONE OF THIS TIMES, OF BEING FACE
TO FACE TO ONE OF THE MILITARY WITNESSES, WHO WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE
OPERATION. HIS TESTIMONY WAS EXTREMELY STRIKING, SHOWING THE RICHNESS OF
DETAILS THAT INVOLVED THE BEING CAPTURE. We have to support Pacaccini and
Ubirajara's work, in a definitive way, because this case is unique. "
" (...) To our happiness, THERE ARE MILITARY MEN WHO ARE
NOT LIKING AND DISAGREE WITH THIS COVER-UP PROCESS. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
US SPONTANEOUSLY, IN ORDER TO SAY WHAT THEY KNOW. (...) WE KNOW FOR SURE
THAT MANY THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN AS THE CASE UNFOLDS."
THERE ARE ALSO EVIDENCES OF A RECOVERED SHIP IN VARGINHA - by RogΘrio Porto Breier.
"In the beginning, I heard about the case through the news gathered by GUG
[GUG - Grupo Ufol≤gico do Guarujß - Guarujß (in State of Sπo Paulo)
Ufological Group]. On May 1996, I had the opportunity to go to Varginha
(...). I thought it was too early to call theses creatures as aliens,
because there were no evidences they had came from a ship."
"NOW, THERE ARE ALSO EVIDENCES THAT A SHIP HAVE BEEN RECOVERED IN THE
PLACE. I think it's very likely, because only two or three days after the
girls have sighted the being, Bandeirantes TV AIRED A REPORT on this subject
: SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE OBSERVED THE RECOVERY OF A CREATURE FROM THE
WRECKAGE OF AN OBJECT CRASHED IN VARGINHA. This report fell into
forgetfulness. It would be interesting if the ufologists checked it out,
because nobody spoke a word about this anymore. (...) ".
ALIEN HAS BEEN AUTOPSIED BY A UNICAMP TEAM - by Eduardo Mondini.
"I'm close to the investigations, helping Ubirajara and Pacaccini with
information from Campinas.(...) We're verifying the involvement of Unicamp
(University of Campinas) and of IML (Instituto MΘdico Legal - Institute of
Legal Medicine), and WE SUSPECT SPECIALLY THAT THE LEGIST BADAN PALHARES
HAVE BEEN HEADING THE NECROPSY STUDIES ON THE CREATURE. WE HAVE NO DOUBTS
THAT THE E.T. HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO UNICAMP AND THEN AUTOPSIED."
"We managed to contact the IML and the Army's quarter in Campinas, but
both authorities deny the exhumation. However, WE FOUND A MILITARY FROM
CAMPINAS WHO ALLEGEDLY SAW A DOCUMENT OVER HIS COMMANDER'S DESK, PROVING THE
E.T. HAD BEEN IN CAMPINAS. WE GOT WITH AN EMPLOYEE OF IML THE INFORMATION
THAT ON FEBRUARY 20-26 1996 THERE HAD BEEN MILITARY MOVEMENT INSIDE IML, IN
THE ARMY'S PRIVATE DRAWERS, IN ORDER TO GET A BODY IN OR OUT THERE. "
VARGINHA CASE : THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA IN BRAZILIAN UFOLOGY - by A.J.Gevaerd , Editor.
" The Varginha Case is a breaktrough in Brazilian Ufology. (...) To our
happiness, it happened right there, in Varginha, Minas Gerais, involving two
researchers that, besides serious, honest and very dedicated to Ufology,
live and know deeply the southern Minas region and its people. What if it
hadn't occurred in Varginha ? (...) "
" THE VARGINHA EPISODE IS A CLOCK BOMB WHOSE WICK WAS LIT BY THESE
BRILLIANT RESEARCHERS. A BOMB THAT PUT ON ALERT ALL THE BRAZILIAN UFO
COMMUNITY. (...). Never, in all Brazilian Ufology history, the researchers
have been so united, from South to North, seeking together the same truth.
This truth, when totally known, will change the face of Ufology itself and
the way we look to the UFO Phenomena."
"On the other side, this will be also the first step towards a global
change of consciousness regarding this subject, perhaps starting here in
Brazil, the birthplace of so much richness - among them Ufology. (...) ".
FIREMEN DENY INVOLVEMENT IN THE VARGINHA ET CAPTURE - by UFO Magazine team.
The statements from Vitorio Pacaccini and Ubirajara Rodrigues, saying that
the Fire Department captured ETs in Varginha (MG) [State of Minas Gerais],
contradict the word of Pedro Alvarenga, commandant of Fire Department's 13
th Company, who said the corporation wasn't called to attend local
ocurrences on January 20th 1996. The commandant affirmed that, because they
work in public areas, they wouldn't manage to hide the case from the press
or the ufologists. He also said that the researchers are trying to involve the
Fire Department, the Military Police and the Army with the fact. He claimed
that "It would be impossible to hide the case. The emotional aspect of the
men involved would change, because it's not a usual capture, and there have
not been any change."
However, UBIRAJARA AND PACACCINI ASSURE THEY HAVE MILITARY WITNESSES WHO
CONFIRM THE FIRE FIGHTERS' INVOLVEMENT ATTENDING AN OCCURRENCE AT ABOUT
10:30 A.M. THAT DAY IN JARDIM ANDERE. According to the witnesses, the
firemen arrived at the place with four soldiers in a fire-engine. They
found a weird creature in the place and the Army observed closely the whole
operation.
The commandant stated that, "That Saturday, I wasn't in the quarter. The
name of the Fire Dept. has been involved in a casual way, I don't know, but
I think there was no truth regarding this." Captain Alvarenga said the
witnesses are not military at all, because "if they would, they'd talk
something to the press. Even the population would ask for more facts and
evidences that everything really happened". But, according to the
ufologists, if the witnesses reveal their names, they would be risking their
jobs and harming their lives. Besides, UBIRAJARA AND PACACCINI RECOGNIZED
THE WITNESSES'CREDENTIALS.
The press tried to take photos and to obtain interviews, but the firemen
resisted. The commandant tried to justify it, blaming Rede Globo [Globo TV
Network], because they did a story on the subject. According to Captain
Alvarenga, the Fire Department didn't want to expose itself, in order to
avoid complications with the media. "The things complicated because the day
people were talking about this creature, it had been a corpse exhumation in
the city, and the victim's family thinks the own police killed the boy".
However, according to a fax received on May 24th, from the Institute of
Legal Medicine, which is subordinated to the Minas Gerais State's Secretary
of Public Security, the body indicated as belonging to JosΘ Maria Misael
Filho, 23, was exhumated in the Institute, which in fact is located on the
Regional Hospital premises. It is written in the official report that the
necropsy has been made on January 30th, in other words, MORE THAN A WEEK
AFTER the witnesses afirm they saw the movements in the hospital.
Alvarenga denied the Fire Department participation in the transport of
this corpse and said that "the fire fighters unit of Tres Coracoes is
closer to the Army, therefore it may has been called to some operation with
ESA or to transport the victim".
CONTRADICTIONS - We said to the commandant that what he was telling us
was strange and contradictory, because before that interview we had made
contact with Mr. Adilson Usier, director of Regional Hospital, who afirmed
that the VARGINHA Fire Department had participated in the corpse transport.
Captain Alvarenga, then, said it was a mistake of Mr. Usier.
According to the commandant, "the ufologists involved with the research
of this case, Ubirajara and Pacaccini, are imagining everything and making
use of the situation, trying to put their names in the media". Pacaccini
defends himself : "I'm a very respected person, either in my profession
either in my private life. I've never needed the ufological research to
promote myself ". The same we can say of Ubirajara.
RISKING LIFE TO INVESTIGATE THE VARGINHA CASE - by Vitorio Pacaccini
Many people who didn't believe in anything about UFOs started - at least -
to suspect of something wrong after the case blew wide open. Everything is
becoming very controversial. We know, for instance, that AFTER WE'VE MADE
THAT PRESS CONFERENCE MENTIONING THE NAMES OF THE MILITARY INVOLVED WITH THE
CASE, MILITARY OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY CAME FROM BRAS═LIA TO VARGINHA. NOBODY
EVER IMAGINED THE THINGS WOULD REACH THIS POINT. EVEN WITHIN THE ARMED
FORCES EVERYTHING WAS HOT-LIKE-FIRE. THE OFFICERS WERE CRAZY TO KNOW WHO HAD
SPREAD INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT TO BE SPREAD. ONE OF OUR WITNESSES
ASKED NOT TO TALK TO US AGAIN, BECAUSE WAS AFRAID OF BEING "ELIMINATED" .
(...) OUR PHONE LINES AND THE LINES OF OTHER BRAZILIAN UFOLOGISTS ARE
ELECTRONICALLY BUGGED. We 've received a recent confirmation of it, from
secure sources. We are afraid that something happen to us. (...)
It is much likely that the phone line of C.B.P.D.V. [ Centro Brasileiro
para Pesquisa de Discos Voadores - Brazilian Center for Flying Saucer
Research, which edits brazilian "Revista UFO" - UFO Magazine, Editor
A.J.Gevaerd ] is also bugged, because everyone knows that the ufological
information always converge to this magazine. (...) The ufologists only now
are realizing the seriousness of everything. We have always condemned the
worldwide UFO cover-up plan and the Roswell case manipulators, but we had
never faced before constituted powers, national and close to us.
SECRET OPERATION - (...) I know I'm not lying about this case, I am
absolute sure of what I am saying and the truth must be revealed. There
isn't in the Brazilian Constitution one single article that prohibits the
ufological research and that's enough reason for us to continue. (...)
If there is the possibility for us of being sat over an atom bomb, what
about the future of ufological research, that had been fighting against this
secrecy for over 50 years ? (...) Everything have always been done in
absolute secrecy. However, to our luck, this time the information have
leaked out. We know the situation here is very delicated, but this is NOT
gonna stop or hinder our investigation.
MILITARY VEHICLES AND PLANE MOVEMENTS DESCRIBED BY WITNESS - by UFO Magazine team.
Lawyer in Varginha and a former military, Mr. J.C. (initials are
fictitious, his real name cannot be revealed) witnessed the military
movements in the city the same week the girls sighted the creature. "After
the girls had seen the creature, almost nobody noticed, but there were VASP
planes [Note from T. : VASP : a brazilian airline company] over Varginha, in
a very low altitude. I also saw the Army combing the area, there were a lot
of military people in the place. Nobody noticed anything".
J.C. described the planes that flew over the city as being two F-5. (...)
He said they were NOT in the natural formation, they were in some attack
formation (...)
However, the most important fact witnessed by him was the presence of Army
vehicles near a wood (close to where the researchers afirm the ET has been
captured). He was passing there and saw a truck carrying about seven
soldiers. He didn't know what would be the intention of these men there :
"THEY WERE WALKING AROUND THE AREA, COMBING THE WAY. THEY WORE GREEN
CAMPAIGN UNIFORMS (CAMOUFLAGED). (...) SOME OF THEM WERE IN PLAIN CLOTHES
AND THEY WALKED IN GROUPS OF TWO. MORE PEOPLE ALSO SAW IT, I WASN'T THE
ONLY ONE TO SEE. THEY DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY, I THINK THEY REALIZED THAT
THEY WERE BEEN WATCHED".
Some days later, J.C. heard in a bus stop near to his house [in Jardim
AmΘlia II neighborhood, Varginha] some people commenting on the story. THESE
PEOPLE SAID THAT IN THE SAME DAY HE HEARD THE PLANES, THEY HEARD THE SOUND
OF THREE SHOTS THAT SEEMED TO BE RIFLE SHOTS. A person who J.C. knows have
more details : "AT THE TIME I WAS GOING DOWN THE STREET, I HEARD THE SHOTS,
I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH TIME IT WAS. THEY WENT OUT OF THE WOODS WITH TWO
SACKS, BUT THIS I DIDN'T SEE. AS THEY TOLD ME, IT WERE CAMPAIGN SACKS.
ACCORDING TO THE LAWYER, ONE OF THEM WAS MOTIONLESS, BUT THE OTHER WAS
MOVING, IT SEEMED THAT IT HAD SOMETHING ALIVE INSIDE IT. Soon after this
operation, the trucks vanished. Some curious people tried to comb the
place, but they didn't find anything. It all happened at about 10 : 30 a.m..
TAKING A SHORT-CUT - But J.C. reveals that THIS WAS ONLY THE FIRST
CATCH OPERATION. ACCORDING TO HIS TESTIMONY, THERE WAS A SECOND ONE, WHICH
TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1:30 A.M. AND 2:30 A.M. THAT SAME DAY. When he was
leaving his office, early that afternoon, he saw a truck leaving the city
and stopping at the opposite side of an earthwork short-cut. (...) .
UFO AND ALIEN SIGHTINGS CONTINUE IN VARGINHA - by UFO Magazine team.
On April 21st 1996, at 9 p.m., Mrs. Therezinha Gallo Clepf, 67, a
housewife, sighted a strange creature at PaiquerΩ Restaurant, which lies in
the Zoo-Botanical Woods of Varginha (MG), where she lives. We've been in
her house so as to interview her : "I was in a party in the zoo restaurant
and I went out to smoke a cigarette in the porch, (...) and saw the creature
in the porch's parapet, only from the neck upwards". She affirmed for sure
that it wasn't any zoo animal. Mrs. Therezinha became very frightened, and froze,
staying this way for about five minutes, looking all the time at the creature,
without making any gesture. (...)
GOLDEN HELMET - According to her story, the difference between the
creature she saw and the one observed by the girls was the helmet she saw
covering the creature's head, which stopped her (from) seeing the ears and
horns that probably it should have (based on the girls' description). The
rest was similar : the being had also dark brown skin, bright and oily, a
rounded face, red eyes, and didn't have cheeks, nor beard, mustache or nose,
and, on the lips position, it had only a cut.
(...) Mrs. Therezinha was close to the creature, about four meters long,
according to her. Still today, almost two months after the incident, she
is afraid of sighting the alien again. (...)
SOME DAYS AFTER MRS. THEREZINHA HAD SEEN THE E.T. IN THE ZOO, FIVE ANIMALS
WERE FOUND DEAD IN THE PLACE, AND THE ZOO BIOLOGIST, DR. LEILA CABRAL, DON'T
HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR SUCH DEATHS. An examination was made in the animals
and, in the result, it is reported that " ... in the stag, the reason of
death suggests the presence of caustic toxic substance (...), the other
animals have completely unknown causes". The medical official report just
suggests (doesn't confirms) the presence of this kind of toxic. THERE IS NO
REAL REASON FOR THE DEATHS OF THE OTHER FOUR ANIMALS.(...).
VARGINHA : CITY VISITED BY UFOs - Varginha is located 300 km [or 186
miles] long from Belo Horizonte, in the southern Minas Gerais region
[Brazil]. (...) It has about 110,000 inhabitants. The city (...) is
situated in an strategic point of ufological activities, where there are
constant sightings and close encounters
of many kinds.
The Southern Minas is internationally known as a region inclined to
extraterrestrial activities. Cities close to Varginha, such as Sπo TomΘ das
Letras, TrΩs Coraτ⌡es, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Pouso Alegre and others, also
present countless records (...). In the last months, the number of cases
increased frightfully. In practically all the cities of this region people
are seeing flying saucers. The objects appear publicly, being seen by many
witnesses at the same time. In some cases, they let themselves to be filmed
or photographed.
WHO BELIEVES IN THE VARGINHA E.T.? - Joπo Ubirajara Nogueira,
engineer, owner of "La Neve" ice-cream shop, located in the center of
Varginha, organized a poll between February and April 1996, with the
following question : "Do you believe in the Varginha ET ? ". In this
period, there have been interviewed 1910 people; 1530 people answered
"yes", they believe in the ET, 330 said "no", and 50 didn't answer. In
other words, more than 80 % of the city's population believe that something
happened in Varginha and it wasn't from this world. (...).
LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE CASE - (published in the brazilian UFO Magazine
- Issue #45, August 1996) - some passages.
Ufologist Claudeir Covo : " (...) Although the military and
civilian authorities deny everything, several sources have decided to talk.
One of these sources affirms that a local farmer killed one of these creatures
with a gun.".
"ANOTHER SOURCE SAID HE SAW A LOT OF MILITARY PEOPLE ON PLAIN CLOTHES,
TRACKING THE LITTLE JARDIM ANDERE WOODS, IN VARGINHA. ONE OF THESE MEN
WOULD HAVE SHOT, FOR THREE TIMES, AN ALIEN CREATURE IN THE CHEST, KILLING IT
ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY. The gun would be a FAL-type [ FAL - Fuzil de
Artilharia Leve, or Light Artillery Rifle ] . These situations are still
under investigation; we do not have yet recorded testimonies of military
sources about these firings, but the investigation is ongoing ".
"(...) Which right the human beings (civilian or military) would have to
murder alien beings? What is foreseen in the Brazilian Constitution ?
What about the other countries' legislation? Looking through the religious
side, what says God's Laws, or the Ten Commandments? (...) ".
Ufologist Marco Antonio Petit : " (...) Recently,
new information [on Varginha Case] started to arise, INCLUDING THE ONE WHO
SAYS THERE ARE METALLIC FRAGMENTS OF A CRASHED SPACE SHIP, WHICH DOCUMENTS
THIS MYSTERIOUS ASPECT OF THE CASE. This material may be connected to the
UFO sighted at daybreak of January 20th 1996, because it was releasing
something that seemed to be smoke, and it moved slowly. ".
" (...) We live the last moments of a process that will put our Humanity
face to face with a reality that we may not be prepared to face. FIFTY
YEARS OF LIES MAY LEAD A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE POPULATION INTO AN ABYSS
(...). Something very important will happen in the next years and the
Governments must assume their responsabilities, while they still can do
something, because time is running ... ".
WITNESSES RECEIVE OFFER OF MONEY TO DENY THE STORY - by UFO Magazine team.
Editor A.J.Gevaerd : Mrs. Luisa Helena da Silva is mother of Liliane and
Valquiria. On April 29 th 1996, at about 10 p.m., 4 well-dressed men went
to her house with the purpose of bribing her, with money and goods, if their
daughters deny the whole story, belying their previous account. (...).
LUISA HELENA DA SILVA : " I cannot say who are these people who tried to
bribe me, because I 've never seen them and I don't know them either. But I
know that, on a Monday, about two weeks ago, they came here at 10 p.m. . I
don't know why they came in the evening, I think it was in order
to nobody recognize them in the street. I don't use to receive visits this
time of the day. They were four men, ALL USING DARK SNEAKERS AND SUITS.
Two of them apparently had 40 years old and the others were youngers. Two
of them were white and two were brown. One of the whites was too white, it
seemed to be a russian. They didn't seem to be military. I thought, at
that moment, that it could be police people, but I don't think so. What I
know is that THESE MEN, FOR SURE, ARE NOT FROM VARGINHA. But two of them had
the accent of the Southern Minas region.".
BRIBERY ATTEMPT FAILS - " (...) Only me and three of my
daughters were at home : Liliane, Valquφria and Fernanda, the younger, who
was already sleeping. They clapped hands in front of the gate. Valquφria
went to attend and said that there were four men outside. (...) While I
was in my bedroom changing my clothes, they went into my house, didn't wait
to see if they could or not, they came and entered, invading my house. They
spoke my name, as if they already knew me, saying that they want to "chat"
with me and with
the girls about the ET they have seen. They said that that time was the
only time they could be here and asked me to lock the gate because it was a
private conversation and I couldn't receive any visit. I 've got afraid
but, anyway, Valquφria went outside to lock the gate."
" (...) I asked if Ubirajara have sent them here. One of them said that
they had nothing to do with Ubirajara and that I should forget him. After
they have heard the girls, I asked them who they were, they told me that it
wasn't of my business. They asked my daughters what were their dreams,
which was my job, how much was my salary, where my husband worked and if the
house was mine. They wanted to know which was my major concern and if the
girls were working. (...)"
" IF I GAVE MY WORD THAT I WOULDN'T SPEAK ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR VISIT -
SPECIALLY TO UBIRAJARA AND TO PACACCINI - THEY WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT
PROPOSAL TO ME. THEY SAID THEY WERE " THE GOLD MINE THAT WE HAVE NEVER
THOUGHT TO HAVE ". THEY SAID THEY KNEW I WAS POOR. (...) THEY MADE AN OFFER
TO ME, SAYING IT WAS IRRESISTIBLE, THAT THEY DIDN'T WANNA BUY ME, BUT THAT
THIS HELP WAS MILLIONAIRE."
"(...) I have no quietness anymore, because after the interview I gave to
"Fantßstico", I don't know what can happens. (...) As I was afraid, I gave
them my word. THEY SAID THEY WANTED ME TO COME WITH MY DAUGHTERS, AND NOBODY
ELSE, TO TALK IN A TV STATION, NOT AT THAT LITTLE LOCAL STATION, BUT IN A
BIGGER STATION OUTSIDE OF VARGINHA. I SHOULD BELIE EVERYTHING, SAY THE
GIRLS HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING, AND SOME MORE THINGS I WOULD HAVE TO REHEARSE
WITH THEM.(...) They said they would pay cash. (...) ".
"I became so puzzled that I didn't ask how much was it. They only said
that I could buy a house, pay my debts and stop working as a maid. I became
so nervous and worried ... I asked if there wasn't a phone number I could
call another day to give the answer. I said I had to think. They didn't
accept and said they would come back. (...) ".
"After we appeared in "Fantßstico", talking about the bribery attempt,
I'm sure that they will come back. Pacaccini knows about my [situation
of] life and if somebody appears with some help, of course I'm gonna thank.
But I wouldn't let my daughters lie, specially regarding this very serious
matter. Even being so humble, they are NOT gonna lie. They speak the truth
from the heart, there is a lot of people involved ... ".
"For now, I'm still working in the same job, but I heard a conversation
that it will last only for this month, because there are a lot of people
calling to my work. I don't know how they found out the number, it seems
there is a person who watches us, it's too much nuisance. I'm working and
then people start calling to my work, asking to talk to me. (...) To be
honest, my life turned into a hell after everything happened."
MEDIA HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE CASE - by UFO Magazine team.
Nowadays, the means of communication have a regulating role in our
society. They control the flow, quantity and quality of information to be
spreaded. Several episodes of History were directly influenced by the media
(...). In Ufology, it's not different : the means of communication,
specially at this end of century, are essential to a reeducation on this
subject. (...)
Nobody can indulge oneself in keeping an information only for one's own.
The world have changed. So as Ufology. (...).
Ufology is becoming more and more accessible. There are news coming from
everywhere, and it is impossible to ignore it. One great example of this is
the Varginha Case which, once spreaded through the mass media, have created
great controversy and aroused the public interest for criticism, information
and even jokes. However, the most important in this Varginha Case's
exposure was the reaction of the institutions that, according to Ubirajara
and Pacaccini, are involved in the capture operation of two biologically
non-classified beings.
AS THEY REALIZED THAT THEIR SECRET ACTIVITIES COULD BE DETECTED AT ANY
MOMENT, CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMY, FIRE DEPARTMENT, MILITARY POLICE,
HEALTH SERVICE AND UNIVERSITIES HAD A DEFENSIVE ATTITUDE. IN OTHER WORDS,
THEY SHOWED MUCH MORE CONCERN THAN THEY SHOULD ... TO UBIRAJARA RODRIGUES,
THIS WAS THE RESULT OF A PRESSURE THAT ONLY THE PRESS COULD MAKE AGAINST THE
AUTHORITIES : " WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE MEDIA IS THE MAJOR UFOLOGISTS'
WEAPON. IF WE DIDN'T PASS EVERYTHING ON TO THE MEDIA, THE CASE WOULD BE
STAGNANT... AT THE MOMENT WE REALIZED THAT THE THINGS WERE GETTING
DANGEROUS TO US, WE SOON GATHERED THE [major brazilian] UFOLOGISTS AND
DECIDED TO DIVULGE EVERYTHING THROUGH THE MEDIA ".
Pacaccini, without any fear, affirmed (...) : " I am not afraid of saying
that the worldwide Ufology owes a lot to people like Luiz Petry, producer of
"Fantßstico", who is producing the program's reports with an incredible
seriousness".
HOWEVER, THE RESEARCHERS HAVEN'T REVEALED YET ALL THE INFORMATION THEY
HAVE. There are a lot of details about the case that need to be cleared up
and publicly said, but this haven't been done yet due to security reasons,
specially the witnesses' security. They assure that, when the right time
comes, everybody will have access to all the information on the creature
secretly captured in Varginha.
If you have any comments or suggestions about this translation, send me an e-mail :
(P.H.ANDRADE) - dri1105@ibm.net
Note from translator : This is NOT a professional translation. The
translator apologizes for any occasional grammar mistakes.
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