Brazil · 19 August 1962
Duas Pontes, 1962
ReportedThe rare Latin American UFO case with a corpse: a police-investigated disappearance in front of child witnesses, whose skeletal remains turned up near the house six months later.
- Where
- Duas Pontes, Diamantina, Minas Gerais
- When
- 19 August 1962
- Who reported it
- 3 children plus neighbours; one man missing, later found dead
- Entities described
- 1 figure
- Described as
- Only an undefined dark shadow with four legs resembling a crawling man. No face, limbs or clothing recorded.
- Handled as
- UNVERIFIED
- Evidence class
- GOV-3
What the record resolves
Lights, a shadow, remains, or an allegation with no observation behind it.
An undefined dark shadow with four legs. No face, limbs or clothing recorded.
The record
An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.
- Ministerio da Aeronautica fund; Diamantina police, Minas Gerais military police with dogs, a juvenile court judge, psychiatric evaluation Caso Duas Pontes (desaparecimento de Rivalino Mafra da Silva) (opens in a new tab)
The document is attached to this entry.
What is not settled
The archived narrative is a compiled account, not the police inquerito. The entity is an undefined shadow, and a homicide or accident with a folk overlay explains the facts at least as economically. The primary child witness was institutionalised for assessment.