1 00:00:33,110 --> 00:00:16,100 [Music] 2 00:00:38,389 --> 00:00:35,670 violent ufo encounters in brazil by 3 00:00:40,790 --> 00:00:38,399 charles lear there are many ufo reports 4 00:00:43,030 --> 00:00:40,800 that involve injuries to witnesses a 5 00:00:45,670 --> 00:00:43,040 particularly dramatic case from hops new 6 00:00:47,670 --> 00:00:45,680 mexico in 1964 involved an 7 00:00:50,069 --> 00:00:47,680 eight-year-old boy named charles who was 8 00:00:52,389 --> 00:00:50,079 reportedly burned by a black top-shaped 9 00:00:54,950 --> 00:00:52,399 ufo while his face swelled up to where 10 00:00:57,990 --> 00:00:54,960 his nose reportedly disappeared he felt 11 00:01:00,150 --> 00:00:58,000 no pain injury reports come from all 12 00:01:02,790 --> 00:01:00,160 over the world but brazil seems to have 13 00:01:05,189 --> 00:01:02,800 had more than its fair share bob pratt a 14 00:01:07,590 --> 00:01:05,199 ufo investigator who had a long career 15 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:07,600 as a journalist that included a stint as 16 00:01:12,390 --> 00:01:09,680 the head of the ufo desk at the national 17 00:01:14,789 --> 00:01:12,400 enquirer traveled extensively in brazil 18 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:14,799 and collected ufo and occupant reports 19 00:01:19,350 --> 00:01:16,720 that have a common thread of violence to 20 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:19,360 the witnesses pratt wrote a book titled 21 00:01:25,830 --> 00:01:21,759 ufo danger zone terror and death in 22 00:01:27,910 --> 00:01:25,840 brazil where next that was published in 23 00:01:29,510 --> 00:01:27,920 in his acknowledgments he thanks the 24 00:01:31,670 --> 00:01:29,520 many brazilian citizens and 25 00:01:34,149 --> 00:01:31,680 investigators who helped him in his 26 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:34,159 introduction he describes making over 10 27 00:01:40,069 --> 00:01:37,040 visits to brazil between may 1978 and 28 00:01:42,469 --> 00:01:40,079 july 1993. he lists the elements 29 00:01:44,789 --> 00:01:42,479 peculiarly common in brazilian reports 30 00:01:47,109 --> 00:01:44,799 including the sudden appearance of a ufo 31 00:01:49,590 --> 00:01:47,119 over a witness's head followed by a 32 00:01:52,149 --> 00:01:49,600 burst of sunlight and a subsequent chase 33 00:01:54,230 --> 00:01:52,159 by the ufo as the witness runs attempts 34 00:01:56,310 --> 00:01:54,240 to pull the witness up into the ufo 35 00:01:58,550 --> 00:01:56,320 using an unseen force and sometimes 36 00:02:00,630 --> 00:01:58,560 grappling hooks and ufo occupants 37 00:02:02,230 --> 00:02:00,640 dropping hot liquids on witnesses to 38 00:02:04,149 --> 00:02:02,240 make them let go of whatever they might 39 00:02:06,630 --> 00:02:04,159 have grabbed in an attempt to resist 40 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:06,640 being taken away according to pratt 41 00:02:11,510 --> 00:02:08,399 brazilian names for the malevolent 42 00:02:13,910 --> 00:02:11,520 entities include the animal the fire and 43 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:13,920 the worm for ufos with a habit of 44 00:02:18,150 --> 00:02:16,080 sucking blood from the witnesses as was 45 00:02:21,589 --> 00:02:18,160 reported in kolaris starting in july 46 00:02:24,470 --> 00:02:21,599 1977 there are the names chupachupa and 47 00:02:26,869 --> 00:02:24,480 chupa sanguin pratt begins chapter 1 48 00:02:28,790 --> 00:02:26,879 with a case he calls attack on moises 49 00:02:31,270 --> 00:02:28,800 that has elements common to many of the 50 00:02:34,390 --> 00:02:31,280 cases he describes later according to 51 00:02:36,869 --> 00:02:34,400 pratt on sunday evening may 1991 a 52 00:02:39,030 --> 00:02:36,879 farmer named isis campello was on his 53 00:02:41,190 --> 00:02:39,040 way home from his brother's house at the 54 00:02:43,190 --> 00:02:41,200 top of a hill a flash of light over the 55 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:43,200 crest of a mountain two miles away 56 00:02:47,830 --> 00:02:45,760 caught his eye with a surprising speed 57 00:02:49,830 --> 00:02:47,840 the light was then over him it was big 58 00:02:52,150 --> 00:02:49,840 and bright and hard for kampela to look 59 00:02:54,630 --> 00:02:52,160 at it was about the size of a house made 60 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:54,640 no noise and seemed to be spinning as 61 00:02:58,869 --> 00:02:56,720 pratt interviewed campello in campello's 62 00:03:00,949 --> 00:02:58,879 living room campello said i was 63 00:03:03,030 --> 00:03:00,959 paralyzed almost at once and i thought 64 00:03:05,430 --> 00:03:03,040 it was going to take me away it lit up 65 00:03:07,110 --> 00:03:05,440 everything around me it was very hot and 66 00:03:09,750 --> 00:03:07,120 then i felt like it was being sucked 67 00:03:11,750 --> 00:03:09,760 upwards i got really scared i was raised 68 00:03:13,830 --> 00:03:11,760 about two and a half meters i couldn't 69 00:03:15,910 --> 00:03:13,840 speak or cry for help and i couldn't 70 00:03:18,229 --> 00:03:15,920 move the light was very hot i was 71 00:03:20,229 --> 00:03:18,239 terrified according to him he was let 72 00:03:22,790 --> 00:03:20,239 down gently and the light moved off and 73 00:03:24,630 --> 00:03:22,800 hovered nearby at treetop level campello 74 00:03:26,550 --> 00:03:24,640 said he couldn't walk so he crawled like 75 00:03:28,869 --> 00:03:26,560 a lizard the light came over him and 76 00:03:30,789 --> 00:03:28,879 lifted him up in crawling position he 77 00:03:32,789 --> 00:03:30,799 said that his head hit some branches as 78 00:03:35,509 --> 00:03:32,799 he went up that he was paralyzed and 79 00:03:37,589 --> 00:03:35,519 very cold he said that the thing was 80 00:03:39,430 --> 00:03:37,599 spinning that he couldn't yell for help 81 00:03:41,509 --> 00:03:39,440 and that the light hurt his eyes 82 00:03:44,470 --> 00:03:41,519 according to pratt campello was held up 83 00:03:46,789 --> 00:03:44,480 for about 15 minutes then the ufo flew 84 00:03:49,190 --> 00:03:46,799 off with a low hum and campello dropped 85 00:03:51,270 --> 00:03:49,200 to the ground like dead weight campello 86 00:03:52,949 --> 00:03:51,280 said that his left eye swelled and that 87 00:03:55,429 --> 00:03:52,959 he couldn't see out of it by the time he 88 00:03:57,910 --> 00:03:55,439 got home according to pratt campello 89 00:04:00,470 --> 00:03:57,920 told him i don't go out alone at night 90 00:04:03,030 --> 00:04:00,480 pratt spoke with another man januzzio de 91 00:04:05,030 --> 00:04:03,040 souza the 78 year old he describes as 92 00:04:07,830 --> 00:04:05,040 looking like he walked out of a western 93 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:07,840 movie in rio grande de norte according 94 00:04:12,229 --> 00:04:09,760 to pratt de souza described an 95 00:04:14,309 --> 00:04:12,239 experience similar to campello's except 96 00:04:16,469 --> 00:04:14,319 that de souza managed to grab onto a 97 00:04:18,870 --> 00:04:16,479 tree de souza told pratt that he was 98 00:04:21,590 --> 00:04:18,880 dragged up the tree five times and that 99 00:04:23,749 --> 00:04:21,600 his chest was scraped raw he described 100 00:04:25,510 --> 00:04:23,759 the light as being so hot he was afraid 101 00:04:27,510 --> 00:04:25,520 he would die if he had to endure it any 102 00:04:30,150 --> 00:04:27,520 longer through a hole in the bottom of 103 00:04:31,830 --> 00:04:30,160 the ufo he saw a man and a woman who 104 00:04:34,230 --> 00:04:31,840 looked like she was wearing a dress 105 00:04:35,909 --> 00:04:34,240 sitting in what looked like car seats he 106 00:04:38,310 --> 00:04:35,919 said that when they saw he wouldn't let 107 00:04:41,270 --> 00:04:38,320 go they dropped something like hot oil 108 00:04:43,189 --> 00:04:41,280 on me d'souza hung on the door closed 109 00:04:45,590 --> 00:04:43,199 the light went out and the craft moved 110 00:04:48,230 --> 00:04:45,600 off like lightning de souza was afraid 111 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:48,240 of going out at night from then on pratt 112 00:04:52,390 --> 00:04:50,400 tells the reader that desousa's burns 113 00:04:53,990 --> 00:04:52,400 and scrapes had healed by the time he 114 00:04:56,070 --> 00:04:54,000 spoke with him to the point where he 115 00:04:58,230 --> 00:04:56,080 could see no trace of them this sort of 116 00:04:59,909 --> 00:04:58,240 story came up over and over again and 117 00:05:01,830 --> 00:04:59,919 there were accounts where one witness 118 00:05:03,749 --> 00:05:01,840 would be unaffected by whatever was 119 00:05:05,590 --> 00:05:03,759 pulling the other witness up and they 120 00:05:07,510 --> 00:05:05,600 would grab their distressed companion 121 00:05:10,550 --> 00:05:07,520 and pull them back down this was 122 00:05:12,550 --> 00:05:10,560 described by francisca bispo de assis 123 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:12,560 who was pulled back to earth on january 124 00:05:18,310 --> 00:05:16,560 27 1979 by her daughter josepha pratt 125 00:05:20,629 --> 00:05:18,320 tells the reader that he spoke with the 126 00:05:22,550 --> 00:05:20,639 women 12 days later and that francisca 127 00:05:24,870 --> 00:05:22,560 became more and more agitated as she 128 00:05:26,550 --> 00:05:24,880 told the story many people reported 129 00:05:28,950 --> 00:05:26,560 after effects including headaches 130 00:05:31,110 --> 00:05:28,960 numbness loss of hearing loss of sight 131 00:05:34,629 --> 00:05:31,120 and lack of energy that lasted days 132 00:05:36,950 --> 00:05:34,639 weeks months or years one man lionel dos 133 00:05:38,950 --> 00:05:36,960 santos was so affected that he could no 134 00:05:42,070 --> 00:05:38,960 longer work pratt wrote that he 135 00:05:44,150 --> 00:05:42,080 interviewed him in 1980 and 1991 136 00:05:47,590 --> 00:05:44,160 according to pratt dos santos went 137 00:05:49,909 --> 00:05:47,600 missing on july 27 1979 while looking 138 00:05:51,749 --> 00:05:49,919 for wood with two friends to build a 139 00:05:54,550 --> 00:05:51,759 small house in his 140 00:05:55,749 --> 00:05:54,560 acre farm his friends searched for him 141 00:05:58,309 --> 00:05:55,759 and all they could find were his 142 00:06:00,870 --> 00:05:58,319 footprints which ended abruptly in a dry 143 00:06:03,189 --> 00:06:00,880 riverbed this is where dos santos last 144 00:06:05,350 --> 00:06:03,199 remembered being as a large shadow came 145 00:06:07,749 --> 00:06:05,360 over him he said he seemed kind of 146 00:06:09,749 --> 00:06:07,759 paralyzed felt his eyes rolling back in 147 00:06:12,550 --> 00:06:09,759 his head at his feet go out in front of 148 00:06:14,950 --> 00:06:12,560 him and then passed out he came too on a 149 00:06:17,749 --> 00:06:14,960 friend's farm he was cold had a headache 150 00:06:19,670 --> 00:06:17,759 a bad thirst pains in his chest a bitter 151 00:06:21,830 --> 00:06:19,680 taste in his mouth and couldn't hear 152 00:06:23,990 --> 00:06:21,840 anything in his right ear from then on 153 00:06:25,909 --> 00:06:24,000 he suffered chronic pain dizziness and 154 00:06:28,070 --> 00:06:25,919 lethargy to the point where he could no 155 00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:28,080 longer work he was forced to sell his 156 00:06:32,150 --> 00:06:30,000 farm and was given a job as a night 157 00:06:34,550 --> 00:06:32,160 watchman for the local cemetery so he 158 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:34,560 could have money to live pratt describes 159 00:06:38,870 --> 00:06:36,240 two others who were disabled by their 160 00:06:41,110 --> 00:06:38,880 encounters one man deteriorated over a 161 00:06:42,230 --> 00:06:41,120 period of six months after his encounter 162 00:06:43,990 --> 00:06:42,240 to where he had the mind of a 163 00:06:46,070 --> 00:06:44,000 one-year-old child he had been 164 00:06:48,390 --> 00:06:46,080 reportedly hit by a beam of light from 165 00:06:50,390 --> 00:06:48,400 the ufo in 1976 166 00:06:52,629 --> 00:06:50,400 while riding his donkey according to 167 00:06:54,790 --> 00:06:52,639 pratt the donkey was in a stupor for a 168 00:06:57,029 --> 00:06:54,800 week wouldn't eat for several weeks and 169 00:07:00,230 --> 00:06:57,039 then recovered the other man was hit by 170 00:07:02,469 --> 00:07:00,240 a beam of light from a ufo in 1979 and 171 00:07:04,950 --> 00:07:02,479 he instantly lost the use of his legs 172 00:07:07,029 --> 00:07:04,960 and had only partial use of his arms he 173 00:07:08,790 --> 00:07:07,039 was unable to move from the spot until 174 00:07:10,790 --> 00:07:08,800 someone found him three days later and 175 00:07:12,629 --> 00:07:10,800 got help to get him home he was still 176 00:07:15,189 --> 00:07:12,639 confined to a wheelchair at the time of 177 00:07:17,749 --> 00:07:15,199 pratt's writing pratt describes case 178 00:07:19,589 --> 00:07:17,759 after case of violent ufo encounters and 179 00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:19,599 has many pictures of those who reported 180 00:07:24,550 --> 00:07:22,160 them along with their names he discusses 181 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:24,560 the calaris incident and is a principle 182 00:07:28,550 --> 00:07:26,080 source for interested western 183 00:07:31,110 --> 00:07:28,560 researchers the brazilian military 184 00:07:32,950 --> 00:07:31,120 conducted an extensive investigation and 185 00:07:36,469 --> 00:07:32,960 the documents which were released in 186 00:07:38,710 --> 00:07:36,479 2005 have many intriguing details 187 00:07:41,189 --> 00:07:38,720 why brazil has so many violent ufo 188 00:07:43,510 --> 00:07:41,199 encounters is anyone's guess pratt 189 00:07:46,230 --> 00:07:43,520 brings up many questions offers a few 190 00:07:48,309 --> 00:07:46,240 speculations ranging from interplanetary 191 00:07:50,390 --> 00:07:48,319 to interdimensional visitation but 192 00:07:53,430 --> 00:07:50,400 doesn't come to any conclusions with 193 00:07:55,350 --> 00:07:53,440 this in mind if one sees a ufo in brazil 194 00:08:03,710 --> 00:07:55,360 it would probably be best to run and