MAY 11th, 2007. Communicated to CINDACTA 03 [Integrated Center for Air Defense and Air Traffic Control] at 9:20 pm. Under a clear sky and under good visibility conditions, when approaching the Aracaju Airport [State of Sergipe], the pilot of flight VARIG2343 reported seeing an unidentified flying object with the aspect of an intense light, a “lighthouse”, flying almost in the opposite direction of his descending aircraft. According to the witness, the UFO was at an altitude of 34,000ft. The pilot did not report any interference, traces or trails left by the object in its flight, or even the UFO detection by his aircraft’s radar system. Below are additional notes in the COMDABRA Brazilian Aerospace Defense Command report]:
“WHEN HE WAS FIVE MINUTES FROM ARACAJU […] HE SIGHTED THE HEADLIGHTS OF AN AIRPLANE ON, FROM ITS 11AM HOURS, SAME LEVEL [FL340] THE CO-PILOT WITNESSED THE FACT […] INFO[…] THAT THE “LIGHTHOUSE “HAD BEEN LIT UP, FOR APPROX. 10 TO 15 SECONDS, AND [THEN] DELETED.”
Cf. ARQUIVO NACIONAL (Brasil). Sistema de Informações do Arquivo Nacional (SIAN). Fundo ‘Objeto Voador Não Identificado (OVNI)’. Código de Referência BR DFANBSB ARX.0.0.660. “Ocorrência de tráfego hotel na região de Aracaju, Sergipe”. Brasília, DF. 1952 a 2015. Último acesso realizado em 27/05/2020.
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