1957.1104 Fort Itaipu, Brazil incident

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The Fort Itaipu, Brazil sighting by two sentries occurred at about 2 am on 4 November 1957, with alleged injuries and electromagnetic effects.

This incident is Case 70 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article,  since it was referred to in 40 of the books covered by that article.

This incident featured in the results of a survey in 1965 by Jacques Vallee of the opinion of various UFO groups as to the most significant UFO sightings.

This was Project Blue Book Case Number 5119. 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Wikipedia article at : Fort Itaipu, Brazil sighting (1957)

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Book References

For discussion of the Fort Itaipu, Brazil sighting see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1967

Binder, Otto in his “What we really know about Flying Saucers” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 81-82 (in Chapter 7) of the Fawcett paperback edition.

2

1970

Binder, Otto O in “Flying Saucers Have Arrived!” (1970) (edited by Jay David) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 183-184 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “How Flying Saucers Can Injure You”) of the World hardback edition.

2

1996

Blundell, Nigel in his “World’s Most Amazing UFO Visits” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66-67 of the Select softcover edition.

2

1978

Briazack, Norman and Mennick, Simon in their “The UFO Guidebook” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 93 (in the entry entitled “Fort Itaipu”) of the Citadel softcover edition.

1

1990

Canadeo, Anne in her “UFO’s: The Fact or Fiction File” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 61-62 (in Chapter 5 of the pro-UFO side of the book, i.e. the side which starts with the Chapter 1 entitled “Visitors at Cisco Grove”) of the Walker hardback edition.

2

1992

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 2 – Emergence of a Phenomenon” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 206-207 (in an entry entitled “Itaipu Fortress Incident”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

2

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition : Volume 1:A-K” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 537 (in an entry entitled “Itaipu Fortress Incident”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

1

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 537 (in an entry entitled “Itaipu Fortress Incident”) of Volume 1:A-K of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

1

1992

Clark, Jerome in his “UFO Encounters” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 64 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Dimensions of a Phenomenon”) of the Publications International hardback edition.

1

1966

Cramp, Leonard G in his “Piece for a Jig-Saw” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 149-152 (in Chapter 10) of the Somerton hardback edition.

4

1992

Davenport, Marc in his “Visitors from Time” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68 (in Chapter 5), 109 (in Chapter 8) of the 1994 revised Greenleaf softcover edition.

2

2000

Dolan, Richard M in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 284 (in Chapter 6) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at page 203 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition.

1

1966

Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Serious Business” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 31-32 (in Chapter 2) of the Bantam paperback edition, at pages 38-39 of the Mayflower-Dell paperback edition.

2

1967

Gaddis, Vincent in his “Mysterious Fire And Lights” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 32 (in Chapter 2) of the Dell hardback edition.

1

2006

Good, Timothy in his “Need To Know : UFOs, the Military and Intelligence” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 232-233 (in Chapter 16) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition.

2

1967

Green, Gabriel with Smith, Warren in their “Let’s face the facts about Flying Saucers” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 88-89 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Healing Lights, Heat Waves, and Paralyzing Beams”) of the Popular Library paperback edition.

2

1967

Greenfield, Irving A in his “The UFO Report” (1967) at page 98 (in Chapter 11) of the Lancer paperback edition.

1

1975

Keel, John A in his “The Cosmic Question” (1975) (formerly “The Eighth Tower”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 45 (in Chapter 5) of the Panther paperback edition.

1

1973

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Aliens from Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 19-22 (in Chapter 2) of the Signet paperback edition, pages 32-34 of the Panther paperback edition.

4

1969

Lorenzen, Coral and Lorenzen, Jim in their “UFOs: The Whole Story” (1969) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 83 (in Chapter 2), 185-186, 189-190, 199-200 (in Chapter 9), 211-212 (in Chapter 10) of the Signet paperback edition.

9

1969

Lorenzen, Coral and Lorenzen, Jim in their “UFOs: The Whole Story” (1969) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 83 (in Chapter 2), 185-186, 189-190, 199-200 (in Chapter 9), 211-212 (in Chapter 10) of the Signet paperback edition.

9

1980

Lorenzen, Coral E in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 139-140 (in an entry entitled “Fort Itaipu (Brazil) incident”) of the NEL hardback edition.

2

1980

Lorenzen, Coral E in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) edited by Ronald Story (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 139-140 (in an entry entitled “Fort Itaipu (Brazil) incident”) of the NEL hardback edition.

2

1962

Lorenzen, Coral E in her “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 3 (in Chapter 1), 148-150, 151, 152, 156 (in Chapter 10) of the APRO hardback edition.

7

1966

Lorenzen, Coral in “Flying Saucers : the Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space” (1966) (an enlarged version of her “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962)) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 155-157, 163 (in Chapter 10) of the Signet paperback edition.

4

1966

Lorenzen, Coral in “Flying Saucers : the Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space” (1966) (an enlarged version of her “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962)) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 155-157, 163 (in Chapter 10) of the Signet paperback edition.

4

1961

Maney, Charles And Hall, Richard in their “Challenge of Unidentified Flying Objects” (1961) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 113 (in Part 3, Chapter 1, by Richard Hall) of the privately published hardback edition.

1

1963

Menzel, Donald and Boyd, Lyle in “The World of Flying Saucers” (1963) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 184 (in Chapter 9) of the Doubleday hardback edition.

1

1963

Menzel, Donald and Boyd, Lyle in their “The World of Flying Saucers” (1963) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 184 (in Chapter 9) of the Doubleday hardback edition.

1

1966

Olsen, Thomas M in his “The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 3_52 (in Chapter 3) of the UFOIRC spiral-bound edition.

1

1967

Palmer, Raymond A in his “The Real UFO Invasion” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 38-42 (in Chapter 2) of the Greenleaf paperback edition.

5

1988

Randle, Kevin D in his “The October Scenario” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 168-169 (in Part 4, unnumbered section entitled “The October Scenario Revisited”) of the Berkley paperback edition.

2

2000

Randles, Jenny in her “The Little Giant Encyclopedia of UFOs” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 271 (in Part 3, “UFOs Worldwide”) of the Sterling softcover edition.

1

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 44-45 (in an entry entitled “Burns”), 113-114 (in an entry entitled “Fort Itaipu, Brazil”) of the Corgi softback edition.

4

1977

Smith, Susy in her “Strangers from Space” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 139 (in Chapter 16) of the Manor paperback edition.

1

1991

Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 119 (in an entry entitled “Fort Itaipu, Brazil”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at page 135 of the Headline paperback edition.

1

1991

Spencer, John in his “UFOs: The Definitive Casebook” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 184 (in the unnumbered section entitled “South America”, in the chapter entitled “Database”) of the Hamlyn hardback edition.

1

1969

Trench, Brinsley Le Poer in his “Operation Earth” (1969) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 70 (in Chapter 11) of the Tandem paperback edition.

1

1965

Vallee, Jacques in his “Anatomy of a Phenomenon” (1965) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 239-240 of the 1966 revised and enlarged Ace Star paperback edition.

2

1980

Von Buttlar, Johannes in his “The UFO Phenomenon” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 120-121 (in Chapter 10) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

2

1975

Zarkon in his “The Zarkon Principle” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 51-52 (in Chapter 7) of the Everest paperback edition.

2

 

 

Other Material

Listed as Project Blue Book Case Number 5119 on the redacted US National Archives and Records Administration (“NARA”) microfilm records of Project Blue Book, released to the National Archives in 1975 – see National Archives Microfilm Publication T1206 roll number 1. An image of the relevant index page has been given the unique Page ID (“PID”) of NARA-PBB1-176 (page 176 of 1014) at the link below.

Listed (without a Project Blue Book Case Number) on the unredacted Maxwell Air Force Base (“Maxwell”) microfilm records of Project Blue Book – see Maxwell microfilm roll number 30,363. An image of the relevant index page has been given the unique Page ID (“PID”) of MAXW-PBB2-411 (page 411 of 1352) at the link below.

http://www.bluebookarchive.org