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One of the caches that was required to complete the Alien Outpost
Cache, sadly that one is now archived.
1957 Sept 14th: Ubatuba, Brazil
One of the few cases of a crashed UFO and physical evidence is that
of the crash that occurred on the beach of Ubatuba, Brazil in
September 1957.
The story began when Ibrahim Sued, a journalist with O Globo (a
leading Brazilian newspaper), received a letter on 13th September.
The letter was signed but was unreadable. The later stated:
"As a faithful reader of your column and your admirer, I wish to
give you something of the highest interest to a newspaper man,
about the flying disks. If you believe that they are real, of
course. I didn't believe anything said or published about them. But
just a few days ago I was forced to change my mind. I was fishing
together with some friends, at a place close to the town of
Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, when I sighted a flying disk. It approached the
beach at an unbelievable speed and an accident, i.e. a crash into
the sea seemed imminent. At the last moment, however, when it was
almost striking the waters, it made a sharp turn upward and climbed
rapidly on a fantastic impulse. We followed the spectacle with our
eyes, startled, when we saw the disk explode in flames. It
disintegrated into thousands of fiery fragments, which fell
sparkling with magnificent brightness. They looked like fireworks,
despite the time of the accident, at noon i.e. midday. Most of
these fragments, almost all, fell into the sea. But a number of
small pieces fell close to the beach and we picked up a large
amount of this material, which was as light as paper. I am
enclosing a small sample of it. I don't know anyone that could be
trusted to whom I might send it for analysis. I never read about a
flying disc being found, or about fragments or parts of a saucer
that had been picked up."
Two of the three samples were sent to APRO, whilst the third was
retained by Brazilian UFOlogist Dr Olavo Fontes for further
study.
The three samples looked like pieces of irregular and highly
oxidised metal, coloured dull whitish grey.
The first sample was tested at the mineral production labs in the
Brazilian agricultural ministry. They applied chemical,
spectrographic analysis and X-ray diffusion techniques on the
metal. These tests indicated that the material was very pure
magnesium. The chemist also noted that the normal trace elements
expected in magnesium were all missing.
Fontes used up all of his sample in a series of further tests,
which included another chemist conducting X-ray investigation at
the labs of a geology unit and pieces being taken to the Brazilian
Army and Navy research departments. The Army and Navy both kept the
results of their findings secret.
The geology lab determined that the magnesium was of a very high
purity with a reading of 1.87 as opposed to a normal reading of
1.74.
ARPO sent a sample to the USAF, but the sample they sent met with
an 'accident' while the USAF were testing it. The USAF asked for a
further sample to be sent. APRO declined.
The remaining samples where used with varying results, until the
samples became too small to of been any use in tests.
APRO still have one small remaining sample in their
vaults.
So, now you know a bit more about this famous UFO crash. Fact or
Fiction, you decide. You will find this cache not far off the track
in a pretty part of Sydney, it's well hidden and so will you be
when you retrieve it. Please be sure to hide it again so that no
casual lurkers find it.
It's a small container, so small swaps are a must. Inside you will
find a little grey alien, he has a special tag attached, the alien
stays with this cache at all times, he is not a swap.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Onpx bs gur bireunat!