Varginha UFO Incident: New Witnesses and a $200,000 Reward for Alien Video
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Varginha UFO Incident: New Witnesses and a $200,000 Reward for Alien Video

Courtesy of James FoxIn 1996, the quiet Brazilian city of Varginha became the center of global attention after locals reported sightings of strange creatures and a UFO crash—an event that would come to be known as the ‘Varginha Incident,’ often referred to as Brazil’s Roswell. Filmmaker James Fox has been digging into this case for years, and his 2022 documentary, Moment of Contact, brought fresh attention to it with firsthand accounts from witnesses, including military officers, firefighters, and civilians. Now Fox is working on a director’s cut of the film, promising new revelations that could be even more shocking. The story began on January 20, 1996, when three young women, aged 14 to 22, claimed they saw a creature with brown, oily skin, a large head, and glowing red eyes in a vacant lot. They described it as about four feet tall, with three bumps on its head and V-shaped feet. Soon after, reports surfaced of a UFO crash, with witnesses like university professor Carlos de Sousa describing a damaged, submarine-shaped object the size of a school bus, leaking white smoke as it lost altitude. The Brazilian military quickly cordoned off parts of the city, and rumors spread that they captured one or more creatures and transported them to a hospital in Varginha. Fox’s documentary includes interesting details, like the story of military police officer Marco Chereze, who allegedly captured one of these beings with his bare hands. Shortly after, he developed a mysterious infection and died at age 23. “After he captured the creature he was smelly — he had this strange feeling of something greasy or sticky over his body that came from the creature,” Fox said. “He developed this infection that wouldn’t go away, and for two or three weeks it was getting worse and worse and worse … and that infection killed him.” Credit: labeurb.unicamp.br Two forensic pathologists who examined Chereze later spoke to Fox, describing a strange bacteria in his body that acted like a “lethal weapon” to his immune system. These doctors, along with a neurosurgeon who claims to have seen a 20-second video of the creature, are among the new witnesses Fox is featuring in his upcoming director’s cut. The neurosurgeon, Italo Venturelli, said the video showed a weak, non-communicative being that matched the descriptions given by other witnesses. Fox has uncovered testimony suggesting U.S. involvement A Brazilian flight controller, Carlos Feres, reported an unauthorized U.S. Air Force plane landing in Campinas, a city in São Paulo, on the same day as the incident. Witnesses claim this plane, along with two helicopters, may have transported the creatures or debris out of Brazil. Fox says he’s spoken to U.S. witnesses connected to this operation, who confirmed something extraordinary happened, though they’ve stayed tight-lipped on specifics. Perhaps the most tantalizing claim is about a video. Fox says he’s spoken to three people in Brazil who’ve seen photographic evidence, including a 35-second clip of the creature. One of them, ufologist Vitorio Pacaccini, described watching a clear video in 2012 showing a frail being that didn’t respond when offered food or water. Fox is so confident this footage exists that he’s offering $200,000 to anyone who leaks it, along with any video of the USAF plane. He believes it’s only a matter of time before someone comes forward. In a 1999 Discovery Channel documentary, Major Calza claimed the whole thing was a misunderstanding. According to him, the “creatures” were just a pregnant dwarf woman and her husband, mistaken for aliens because of their appearance. He said military trucks were in Varginha for routine maintenance, and the hospital staff, seeing the couple, got spooked and thought they were dealing with extraterrestrials. To avoid a public scandal, the military supposedly stepped in to handle the situation discreetly, allowing only one doctor to treat the woman. Calza even slipped up in the interview, calling the woman a “creature” before correcting himself. This explanation has holes, though. For one, there are no hospital records of a dwarf couple or a baby born that day. Then there’s the claim about X-rays. The military said X-rays taken at the hospital were of a local criminal’s exhumed body, part of an unrelated investigation. But legal documents from the cemetery and hospital, uncovered by an investigative reporter, show the exhumation happened on January 30, not January 20. So, what was being X-rayed that day? The military’s story doesn’t add up. In an interview with American journalist Bruce Burgess, Major Calza claimed that a “couple of dwarfs” were mistaken for ETs in Varginha – the pregnant dwarf was allegedly taken to Varginha Hospital on January 20, 1996. He also unintentionally claims that the “creature” was captured by the military. The excerpt posted is from the documentary shown in Brazil on May 13, 1999 on the Discovery Channel, in the “Week of the Extraterrestrial Invasion”. “[…] In reality, there were no apparitions of extraterrestrials or UFOs because there was no proof. What really happened was this: on January 20th, it was raining very heavily in Varginha, there was a storm, and we were having a ceremony here in Três Corações. […] We sent two trucks to Varginha to carry out the planned maintenance. As a result, there was a series of coincidences as the whole story unfolded. There was a couple of dwarfs in Varginha Hospital, where the lady was pregnant to give birth. This coincides with the fact that the ESA picked up this creature, put it in the truck and took it to Varginha Hospital, where the staff said they had found a couple of ETs.” Yes, he actually slips up and calls the supposed pregnant dwarf lady a “creature” in the original video. One piece of the Varginha Incident puzzle comes from Carlos Feres, a Brazilian flight controller who witnessed an unusual event at Campinas airport on January 20, 1996. Feres reported that a U.S. Air Force plane landed without prior authorization, a highly irregular occurrence that raised red flags among air traffic control. Accompanied by two helicopters, the plane’s sudden appearance coincided with the alleged UFO crash and creature capture in Varginha,prompting questions that it was used to transport the mysterious beings or debris out of Brazil. He described the operation as secretive and outside standard protocol, with no official explanation ever provided by Brazilian or U.S. authorities. Fox’s new witnesses—doctors, a police chief, and possibly U.S. insiders—could bring us closer to answers. The post Varginha UFO Incident: New Witnesses and a $200,000 Reward for Alien Video appeared first on Anomalien.com.