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Sept - Nov 1977 through 1982 numerous (at least 35) witnesses / victims, Islands near Belem, Brazil
| Report Summary | Brazilian hunters who hunt at night from hammocks report objects which float between treetops, and strike them with beams of light. Several have been injured and a few have died.[footnote 1] |
| Hynek Classification | CE-II |
| Original Vallee Classification | Type I a/b |
| Current Vallee Classification | CE5 |
| Minimum Distance | Tens to hundreds of feet? |
| Object Appearance | Disc like a "giant truck tire", or rectangular. Rectangular objects are the size and shape of a refrigerator, with a light on the bottom and a light on one end which produces a headlight-like beam. Some reports of a larger disc "the size of a house" which does not cause injuries |
| Object Behavior | Wanders through jungle, strikes hunter with light beam. Sometimes pursues. |
| Physical Effect | Ozone smell, "sulfur smell", heat |
| Medical Effect | Focused dark burns with small holes, death Local doctor Wellaide Cecim Carvalho de Oliveira found: 1. A feeling of weakness, some could hardly walk 2. Dizziness and headaches 3. Local losses of sensitivity. Numbness and trembling 4. Pallid complexion 5. Low arterial pressure 6. Anemia, with low hemoglobin levels; drop in red cell count 7. Blackened skin where the light had hit, with several red-purple circles, hot and painful, 1-1.25 inches diameter 8. Two puncture marks inside the red circles resembling mosquito bites, hard to the touch 9. Hair in the blackened area fell out and did not rejuvenate, as if follicles had been destroyed 10. No nausea or diarrhea Effects in these cases lasted 7 days |
| Comments / Conclusion | This is an exceptionally long series of cases and the fact that victims were examined by a doctor who also found the injuries inexplicable in normal terms adds weight to the accounts. |
Footnotes
1. Vallee, Confrontations, ISBN 0-345-36501-1 p 122