MAY 5th, 1997. Time: 20h00. Duration: “many hours”. “For two weeks, around 8:00 pm, from his home window” at Jardim Ipê, in Curitiba, State of Paraná, a person observed an unidentified flying object with a round shape and red-orange color. According to the witness, from his perspective, the UFO appeared to be “bigger than the moon in the sky” and positioned itself to the Northeast. The sighting was done with the naked eye and in good conditions of visibility, with a cloudless sky.
Cf. ARQUIVO NACIONAL (Brasil). Sistema de Informações do Arquivo Nacional (SIAN). Fundo ‘Objeto Voador Não Identificado (OVNI)’. Código de Referência BR DFANBSB ARX.0.0.488. “Questionário sobre a ocorrência de objeto voador não identificado avistado na região de Curitiba, Paraná”. Brasília, DF. 1952 a 2015. Último acesso realizado em 27/05/2020.
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