Colares "chupa-chupa" & Operação Prato

Residents of Colares reported lights that fired beams and left burn-like marks. The mayor asked for help, and the Brazilian Air Force ran Operação Prato under Capt. Uyrangê Hollanda, photographing lights over several months. Hollanda gave a dramatic interview two decades later.

Explanation

The Brazilian Air Force closed Operação Prato after about four months, reporting no unusual phenomena; its files and photos are in the Arquivo Nacional.

What was seen

Shape: Beams of light, "chupa-chupa" lights
Witnesses: Islanders; Brazilian Air Force team
Duration: Months in 1977

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• Brazil
• 1970s
• Disputed
• Military encounters
• Official government documents
• Many independent witnesses
• Military witnesses
• Photographs
• Documented physiological effects
• Lights and fireballs

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