Night of UFOs

These statements reflect the cited record and are not independent verification.

• Source reportedAsserted

  Aldo Rebelo identifies Colares and Operation Prato, the 1986 Night of UFOs, and the 1996 Varginha incident as major Brazilian UFO episodes that attracted state attention.

  In Brazil, he identifies three major episodes that attracted serious attention from the armed forces and intelligence structures.

• Source reportedAsserted

  Rebelo treats Brazil's 1986 Night of UFOs as involving multiple radar-tracked unidentified objects and fighter jets dispatched to intercept them.

  Michels describes 21 objects, radar detections, and six fighter jets dispatched from bases near Brasília and Rio de Janeiro.

• InterpretationAsserted

  Rebelo argues that Brazil's most extreme UFO cases do not fit known human aerospace capabilities of their eras, while stopping short of identifying their origin.

  His position is not that he knows the origin of the objects, but that they do not fit the capabilities of known human technology at the time.