A weird aerial phenomenon captured on video over Curitiba, Brazil is the most recent to seize the eye of “ufologists,” individuals who observe sightings of unidentified flying objects as proof of alien guests. A pair of movies uploaded to YouTube exhibits a triangular object hovering within the sky above the southern Brazilian metropolis from totally different angles.
The primary, shot by Zona Desconhecida, has garnered over 31,000 views because it was uploaded on July 21. Because the digicam zooms in, the item seems to sport a chassis-like touchdown gear that vanishes later within the clip. The videographer initially dismissed it as a drone, however the lack of seen propellers and its peculiar trajectory rapidly dispelled that notion.
A second video offers a fair clearer view of the enigmatic craft, revealing seemingly clear or shiny sides and a form that subtly morphs mid-flight. The footage has racked up over 25,000 views on YouTube and unfold like wildfire throughout different social media platforms, with some breathlessly declaring it “the clearest UFO video in historical past.”
Armchair analysts have pored over each body, noting how the item seems to inflate and deflate because it strikes. This commentary has sparked wild hypothesis, with some suggesting it could possibly be a organic ship, a multidimensional residing entity, or—in fact—an alien spacecraft.
However some web sleuths declare the item is solely an enormous star-shaped balloon, attributing the “touchdown gear” to picture distortion attributable to the digicam angle. Skeptics additionally counter that the video high quality—nonetheless lauded by some—is inadequate to attract definitive conclusions.
The item’s form and motion actually bear a placing resemblance to oddly formed balloons which have been launched in Brazil earlier than. A video from January 11, 2013, exhibits Brazilians releasing related balloon-like objects into the sky.
In keeping with native media, the Brazilian Air Pressure has reportedly been unable to confirm the pictures. The company didn’t instantly reply to a request for feedback from Decrypt.
This newest incident provides one other chapter to Curitiba’s historical past with unexplained aerial phenomena. Town, with a inhabitants of 1.7 million individuals, holds the excellence of getting essentially the most UFO sightings in Brazil, in response to declassified authorities data. Between 1952 and 2022, no less than 861 UFO sightings have been logged throughout Brazil, with Curitiba accounting for a whopping 80 of these experiences.
One among Brazil’s most notorious UFO encounters occurred on Could 19, 1986, when a number of sightings have been reported throughout a number of areas in a single evening.
The occasion was vital sufficient to immediate the Brazilian Air Pressure to carry a press convention, throughout which Brigadier José Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque famously acknowledged, “It is not a query of believing or not [in aliens]. We will solely give technical data. There are a number of hypotheses. Technically, I might let you know that now we have no clarification.”
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