Posted by Marcus Garrett (Brazil)
on May 10, 1996 at 21:13:11:

Revista UFO (brazilian UFO Magazine)
Issue #43 (April) Page 16

Translated from portuguese by Marcus Garrett with some assistence of Lorraine (Raine - UK)

The Varginha Case

Alien is captured in Minas Gerais and the authorities deny it.

There is evidence confirming that an ET was taken by the Fire Dept. in Varginha and the authorities are hiding the case from the population.

"It looks like a man but it's not. It has grey/brown skin, big red eyes, big feet and 3 little horns on its head". That's the description made by the 3 witnesses who saw a strange being in Varginha, south of Minas Gerais. They are sisters Liliane de Fatima Silva, 16 years old, Valquiria Aparecida Silva, 14 years old, and a friend called Katia de Andrade Xavier, 22 years old. They were surprised by the extraterrestrial when they were walking home and crossing an empty yard, on january 20th.

Frightened, the girls didn't look directly at the creature but they ran away very quickly. This incident become known at almost the same time that it happened. Dozens of people went to the yard but didn't see anything. Before that a strange rush took place at the city. Some neighbours claimed they saw a Fire Dept. truck picking up a strange thing at another site. This other ET would be taken to the local hospital.

The witnesses claimed their stories to be true. But what happened to the other ET? What about all the information? Is it true? How can we tell the difference between a hoax and the truth? As a matter of fact this is a really complicated case and must be treated with a lot of attention and care from the media, government and UFO researchers.

The case is real - The Fire Dept. denies all possibilities of a capture. Captain Alvarenga denies everything, "we are supposed to deal only with real things, from Earth. An extraterrestrial would be very uncommon. The Fire Dept. couldn't deal with something like that, we don't have the conditions to do it", says the captain.

Considering all the relevant things on this case, at least, one thing is certain, the girls sighting is real. For the UFO researcher Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues, the first one who dealt with the case, there's no doubt about it, he said "The witnesses are very reliable. There are signs of emotional trauma caused by the strange 'meeting' with the alien. I believe they are telling the truth".

The girls mother, Luisa Silva, believes in her kids and is very worried about them. In february, she broke the story to the press and media. She allowed access to make interviews but only for the UFO researchers. Ubirajara Rodrigues agreed with the mother: "They are suffering too much pressure. At school their friends are teasing them and asking a lot about the ET."

Another interesting thing is that all the media became very interested about this case: the local news, newspapers, TV, radio, magazines and others (this never occured before - not in this magnitude). Considering that, we could check on the citizen's opinion: a lot of people don't believe and think that it may be some strange animal or possibly a "demoniac/satanic" entity. In other words there are some believers.

Where is the ET - The girls mother is totally convinced that everything is true. Luisa, a person who never experienced any aspect of ufology, believes that the ET wasn't captured but it's free. The first information about the capture came from a witness named Henrique Jose da Silva. He saw a Fire Dept. truck parked near a yard but didn't realise what was happening there. He says he listened to some people saying: "the Fire Dept. has captured a strange creature".

At the moment the case is being analysed by the UFO researchers Ubirajara Rodrigues, from Varginha, and Vitorio Pacaccini, from Belo Horizonte. They agree about the 3 girls - each of them must be protected because they have said a lot of things to the people of the city. There are a few witnesses, who wish to remain anonymous and one of them claimed that the ET was taken to a hospital and kept safe from the media and public, also the hospital staff - no one should know about it.

The hospital's director, Adilson Husier, claimed that the story is nonsense. It never happened. He said: "We couldn't keep an extraterrestrial here, we couldn't deal with it, nothing but humans". Another anonymous witness said he saw 2 army trucks (on the same day of the sighting) patrolling the city. The trucks were from the Escola de Sargentos das Armas (EsSA) - army staff- from Tres Coracoes (Minas Gerais). In fact the press were not allowed to enter the army HQ, not even to take pictures.

Strange occurences - Indeed there was a great and strange movement by the week of the 20th in Varginha. Some people saw 2 americans entering the Humaitas Hospital, both carrying a strange device. At the Regional Hospital the hospital staff are forbidden to talk about this subject. One of the catering staff at the hospital said: "I don't believe but a friend of mine has seen the alien here in this hospital".

Two extraterrestrials - There's another version of this whole story - there are 2 ETs, possibly male and female. Certain people said the aliens were hurt and were taken to the hospital. Before that they were taken to the Universidade de Sao Paulo (University of Sao Paulo). In fact 2 cars from the University were seen around the city with 2 strange men inside them - those men were guests in a hotel near the Regional Hospital (maybe the americans!?)

In the hospital the aliens would be treated by doctor Rogerio (an orthopaedist). He said: "I don't know how you could waste your time with that kind of stuff, it's nonsense. There's no extraterrestrials". On the other hand the same doctor Rogerio said to a reporter from the Varginha news: "I don't know what it is (the ET), could be a freak (human), but I have never seen anything like it".

The fact is: the authorities, the army, hospitals, Fire Dept., etc got very worried about the whole story. Why should they pay all this attention to the case? I think this fact corroborates the truth of the story.

UFOs over Varginha: A well known fact

Economically speaking, Varginha is an important city, located at the south of Minas Gerais. There are many industries and great companies there, many from other countries. The city has also a great cultural mixture and 180 thousand inhabitants.

In fact the main interest of the city is based on the tremendous amount of UFO activity - there are many sightings, abductions, etc. The south of Minas Gerais is very well known in the world for its extraterrestrial phenomena. Close cities such as Sao Tome das Letras, Tres Coracoes, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Pouso Alegre and others, are also very well known for the same reasons.. In the last few months the activity has risen and in almost all cities flying saucers were seen - in some cases involving hundreds of witnesses.

Another article on this incident at the Parascope Web Site.