EOP-UAP-D001, NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963
A monitored broadcast report relays an extraordinary but unverified account from Conde, Bahia, alleging that a large metal sphere made a deep impact crater and contained a human body. The source records that local authorities were informed but supplies no independent investigation or corroborating evidence.
- File
- Document · Release 05
- Date
- Nov 13, 1963
- Location
- Bahia, Brazil
- Extent
- 1 pages
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Probed Assessment
Key takeaways
- The inquiry reproduces a Brazilian radio report alleging that a large metal sphere fell in Conde, Bahia and gouged a four-meter-deep hole.
- The repeated radio account was source reporting, not an independently verified finding by the U.S. inquiry.
- The broadcast further alleged that a body inside wore heavy clothing with undeciphered inscriptions.
Why it matters
This 1-page official record adds page-located primary-source material to the public history represented in Release 05. Its value lies in what the document records, not in independent confirmation of every reported event or estimate.
Corroboration
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Open questions
- • Which reported observations or technical estimates can be independently corroborated from contemporaneous records?
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Official Description from War.gov
This document is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report dated November 9, 1963, tracking a local Portuguese-language radio broadcast from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, regarding an alleged crash of a “large metal sphere” containing a deceased occupant in Conde, Bahia, Brazil. This FBIS report is excerpted from the files of Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC). NASC was a cabinet-level advisory body within the Executive Office of the President responsible for coordinating U.S. space policy from 1958 to 1973. Handwritten annotations dated November 13, 1963, document a communication between officials at NASC and the U.S. Department of State. The note records a NASC request to a State Department official to query the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro for local verification of the reporting. This inter-agency request precedes a subsequent diplomatic cable sent by the Embassy the following day, cataloged in this collection under the title “DOS-UAP-D001.”
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Tracker findings
The inquiry reproduces a Brazilian radio report alleging that a large metal
The record states: The inquiry reproduces a Brazilian radio report alleging that a large metal sphere fell in Conde, Bahia and gouged a four-meter-deep hole.
Brazilian radio allegation was not independently verified
The record states: The repeated radio account was source reporting, not an independently verified finding by the U.S. inquiry.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 05
- Official ID
- release-05-file-032-eop-uap-d001-nasc-inquiry-into-bahia-brazil-incident-november-13-1963
- Cleared
- Aug 7, 2026
Referenced Timeline
Radio report broadcast
Radio Tupi broadcast the alleged Conde incident on November 8, 1963.
Broadcast report logged
The monitored report carries a November 9 processing notation.
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
The inquiry reproduces a Brazilian radio report alleging that a large metal sphere fell in Conde, Bahia and gouged a four-meter-deep hole.
FBIS 03 RIO DE JANEIRO RADIO TUPI IN PORTUGUESE 2330 8 NOV 63 W (TEXT) REPORTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF CONDE, IN ' BAIA, SAY A LARGE METAL SPHERE FELL IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, GOUGING A HOLE FOUR METERS DEEP.
The repeated radio account was source reporting, not an independently verified finding by the U.S. inquiry.
FBIS 03 RIO DE JANEIRO RADIO TUPI IN PORTUGUESE 2330 8 NOV 63 W (TEXT) REPORTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF CONDE, IN ' BAIA, SAY A LARGE METAL SPHERE FELL IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, GOUGING A HOLE FOUR METERS DEEP.
The broadcast further alleged that a body inside wore heavy clothing with undeciphered inscriptions.
INSIDE IS A HUMAN BODY DRESSED IN HEAVY CLQTHING BEARING INSCRIPTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE DECIPHERED.
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