EOP-UAP-D001, NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963
Official description
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.”
✦ AI summary
A 1-page CIA Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire transcript, item "FBIS 03," of a Portuguese-language Radio Tupi broadcast from Rio de Janeiro at 2330 on 8 November 1963, preserved among the files of Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC), with a handwritten annotation dated November 13, 1963. The broadcast text reports that in the municipality of Conde, Bahia, a large metal sphere fell in the center of the city, gouging a hole four meters deep; the sphere reportedly had window-shaped openings covered with thick glass, and inside was a human body dressed in heavy clothing bearing inscriptions that could not be deciphered. The broadcast states the population of Conde was intrigued and that authorities had been informed. The handwritten annotation records a request from NASC to the State Department to have the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro verify the report locally, a request that preceded the Embassy's November 14 cable cataloged in this collection as DOS-UAP-D001.
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[PAGE 1] Authority NNO968063 p/ 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 MYSTERIOUS SPHERE HAS WINDOW SHAPED OPENINGS COVERED WITH THICK GLASS. INSIDE IS A HUMAN BODY DRESSED IN HEAVY CLQTHING BEARING INSCRIPTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE DECIPHERED. THE PO~ULATION OF CONDE IS INTRIGUED, AND THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN INf ORNED. 9 NOV 111A RWS/GY ' r . . ' , 7
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Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo
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