Close Encounter
Colares and Operation Prato
Residents of Colares reported lights they said attacked them with beams, and the Brazilian Air Force sent an investigation, Operation Prato.
- Date
- 1977 to 1978
- Location
- Colares island, Pará · Brazil
- Witnesses
- Civilian, Military, Multiple
- Evidence
- Photo, Official documents
What was reported
Villagers reported injuries they attributed to light beams, and local doctors treated some. Air Force personnel documented and photographed lights over several months.
Official and public statements
In 1997 retired Brazilian Air Force colonel Uyrangê Hollanda, who led Operation Prato, told UFO researchers that his team observed and photographed lights it could not identify. The Brazilian government later released Operation Prato documents to its National Archives.
References
Source: Wikipedia