REF: UAP/1970s/118Unexplained
1977-1978

Colares / Operation Prato (Operacao Prato)

Colares, Para · Brazil·Military investigation of injurious lights·1970s
Unexplained
§ ASummary

Residents reported beams ('chupa-chupa') causing burns/puncture marks; Brazilian Air Force sent Capt. Uyrange Hollanda's team which logged/photographed phenomena for months; files later declassified.

§ BWitnesses

Dozens of injured residents; Dr. Wellaide Cecim Carvalho (treating physician); BAF team

§ CEvidence & Documentation

~500 pages + photos/films of Operation Prato (declassified 2000s); Hollanda 1997 interview

§ DOfficial Investigation

Brazilian Air Force Operation Prato (1977)

§ EStatus Assessment

Officially documented, unexplained; Hollanda's 1997 suicide fuels lore

§ FVerifiable Sources

Declassified Operacao Prato files (Brazilian National Archives); J. Vallee 'Confrontations'; 'Moment of Contact' (2022 doc)