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From: Stig_Agermose@online.pol.dk (Stig Agermose)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 02:44:19 +0200
Fwd Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 05:31:45 -0500
Subject: Re: Brasilia Conference (BBC Update)

Found at BBC's site. URL:

http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/hi/english/despatches/newsid_37000/37715.stm


Monday, December 8, 1997 Published at 12:12 GMT


Despatches


Stephen Cviich

Brasilia

Delegates from around the world are gathering in the capital of
Brazil, Brasilia, for a seven-day conference on the subject of
Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs. The conference which starts
on Monday aims to convince governments and international
organisations that the study of extra-terrestial lifeforms
deserves official recognition as a science.

Here's our Brazil correspondent, Stephen Cviic:

This conference is the biggest of its kind ever held in Brazil
and brings together more than 80 UFO specialists, or ufologists,
from several countries, including the United States, Canada,
Russia and China. It is being organized by a group of Brazilian
ufologists who want to draw the world's attention to what they
say is the increasing evidence of extra-terrestrial lifeforms,
and they are keen to gain official recognition for their subject
as a science in its own right.

The UFO specialists also want official archives on the subject to
be opened, because they say governments know far more about it
than they acknowledge. In particular, the conference organisers
say there have been several military enquiries into alleged UFO
sightings which have never been made public.

Brazil itself has proved a fertile ground for those who believe
in the existance of life beyond our planet. In 1982 a military
aeroplane is said to have collided with an unidentified flying
object, and last year the town of Varginha, in the south-east of
the country, attracted nationwide attention when a group of girls
said they had seen an alien being.

It also seems particularly appropriate that this conference is
being held in Brasilia. Brazil's futuristic purpose-built capital
is regarded by some people as a place of mystical significance
and the design of some of the buildings probably contributes to
this impression.

The National Congress building is a good example of this. When
they hold their debates, Brazil's deputies and senators are
sitting under a roof which is crowned by two large, concrete
saucers.