30 August 1970 21:30
Itatainia, Brazil
Furna Electric incident.
Lasting physiological effects.Shooting incident involving patrol guard with rectangular UFO. Had elliptical portholes, 1m across. Beam in response to shots, sensation of heat, prickling, blindness. Occupants of the craft were seen. Physiological effects were reported. A witness was burnt. Traces found.One rectangular object, about 5 feet across, about fifty feet away, was observed in rainy weather by one male 31-year-old witness at a mountain for over four minutes (De Freitas, Almiro). A turbine-like sound was heard.
Hynek rating: CE2: Close Encounters of the Second Kind
Vallee rating: CE5: CE4 which results in permanent psychological injuries or death.
Vallee reliability rating: 232: Reliable source,secondhand; site visit by a reliable investigator with some experience; natural explanation requires major alteration of one parameter.
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