REF: UAP/1950s/060Contested
1957-10-16
Antonio Villas Boas abduction claim
Sao Francisco de Sales, MG · Brazil·Abduction claim (first widely documented)·1950s
Contested
§ ASummary
Farmer claimed he was taken aboard a landed craft and subjected to an encounter with a female entity; examined by Dr. Olavo Fontes who noted radiation-like symptoms.
§ BWitnesses
Antonio Villas Boas; Dr. Olavo Fontes (examiner)
§ CEvidence & Documentation
Medical exam notes; extensive interviews (kept private until 1960s)
§ DOfficial Investigation
None official (Brazil)
§ EStatus Assessment
Unverifiable claim; Villas Boas (later a lawyer) never recanted
§ FVerifiable Sources
Fontes/APRO files; Creighton in Flying Saucer Review; Clark, 'UFO Encyclopedia'
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1957-11-04🇧🇷 Brazil
Fort Itaipu sentry burn case
Military / physiological effects
1957 (fall)🇧🇷 Brazil
Ubatuba magnesium fragments
Physical material case
1958-01-16🇧🇷 Brazil
Trindade Island photographs
Photographic (naval)
1955-08-21🇺🇸 USA
Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter
Close encounter / entities
1956-08-13-14🇬🇧 UK (USAF bases)
Lakenheath-Bentwaters radar-visual
Radar-visual with intercept
1957-07-17🇺🇸 USA
RB-47 electronic intelligence case
Radar-visual-ELINT