35: Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha Incident

As we conclude our brief series on a few key UFO incidents from Brazil, we end on what may be it’s most well known incident. Varginha sits in the same state that saw the Villas Boas incident occur, Minas Gerais. Varginha is one of the major producers of coffee in Brazil, and exports its products all over the world.

In 1996, a story would coagulate and form into a narrative involving a crashed UFO, alien bodies, a government cover-up, and the death of a Brazilian military official. The red eyes of the alien being, and the three bony protrusions atop its head, have come to represent one of the strangest incidents in Brazilian ufology.

Join us as we try to unpack just what happened on the streets of Varginha.

Sources:

Wall Street Journal. “Tale of Stinky Extraterrestrials Stirs Up UFO Crowd in Brazil” June 28, 1996. Matt Moffett.

“Is This 10-Million Year Old Sculpture Connected To The Varginha UFO Incident?” Sid Goldberg. April 26, 2016.

“The Varginha UFO Incident and The UFO Sightings in Brazil” March 25, 2017.

“Varginha Case: New Revelations” A.J. Gevaerd. August 2004.

“Nave Espacial de Varginha”

“The 1996 Varginha Episode – A Hoax? Hysterics? Or a Cover-Up?” Marcus Lowth. July 27, 2018.

“Three Sisters Found an Injured Alien in Brazil. The Varginha Incident.” February 9, 2017.

“1996: The Varginha, Brazil Entity” Brazilian UFO Magazine. June 2004.

“Dr. Roger Leir / The Varginha Case / Kevin Smith Show” January 23, 2013.

“UFO Files – The Brazilian UFO Crash: The Varginha Incident” SyFy Channel Documentary.