Nasc Inquiry Into Bahia Brazil Incident November 13 1963

Summary

EOP-UAP-D001 is a one-page record from the Executive Office of the President capturing a Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) item from Rio de Janeiro's Radio Tupi, broadcast on 8 November 1963 and translated from Portuguese. The report concerns the municipality of Conde in Bahia, where a large metal sphere reportedly fell in the center of the city, gouging a hole four meters deep. The mysterious sphere was said to have window-shaped openings covered with thick glass and to contain a human body dressed in heavy clothing bearing inscriptions that could not be deciphered. The population of Conde was described as intrigued and the authorities informed.