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The Trindade close encounter case is one of the most famous photographic UFO incidents in Latin American history. Usually dated to 16 January 1958 near Ilha da Trindade, Brazil, the case became legendary because a disc-shaped object was reportedly seen by numerous witnesses aboard a Brazilian Navy vessel and photographed by Almiro Baraúna, producing one of the most debated image sequences in classic ufology.
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The Ubatuba close encounter case is one of the most famous physical-evidence UFO stories in Brazilian ufology. Usually dated to September 1957 near Ubatuba on the coast of São Paulo, the case centers on an anonymous letter claiming that a flying disc exploded over the sea and scattered fragments onto a beach. Those fragments later became the subject of laboratory analysis, international ufological attention, and long-running controversy over whether the material was extraordinary or simply unproven in origin.
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The Petare close encounter case is one of the strangest humanoid-UFO stories in Latin American ufology, combining a 1954 roadside encounter in Venezuela, a glowing sphere hovering over a road, small hairy beings, an alleged hand-to-hand struggle, and a long afterlife in close encounter literature.
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The Vilas-Boas close encounter case is one of the earliest and most influential alien-abduction stories in modern UFO history, combining a rural Brazil setting, a landed craft, small humanoid beings, missing-time claims, onboard examination details, and a long-running dispute over whether the story was a genuine encounter, a hoax, or a product of early UFO culture.
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