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Brazilian Airliner Encounter with Nineteen Glowing Objects

November 21, 1954Near Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hall reports that a Brazilian airliner encountered nineteen glowing saucer-shaped objects at night, some passing within an estimated 300 feet and frightening passengers.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Disc / Saucer(C-000253)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→Official Investigations & Programs(P-000105)→
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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-695030reported
“Hall reports that a Brazilian airliner encountered nineteen glowing saucer-shaped objects at night, some passing within an estimated 300 feet and frightening passengers.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Brazilian Airliner Encounter with Nineteen Glowing Objects narrative; uploaded PDF pp. 230-231
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Rio Airliner Nineteen-Object Encounter (1954) · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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CLAIM-695031reported
“The close distance and object count are source-reported. Hall cites Keyhoe and the London Daily Sketch rather than an original crew report.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Rio Airliner Nineteen-Object Encounter (1954) source description; uploaded PDF pp. 230-231
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Hall Foreign Reports Dossier · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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CLAIM-695001reported
“Hall introduces Section X as a survey intended to show that UFO reports, official investigations and private study groups were international rather than uniquely American.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Section X introduction and survey framing; uploaded PDF pp. 226-226
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Hall Latin America Foreign Reports Dossier · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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CLAIM-695004reported
“Hall contrasts Argentina and Brazil with the United States, characterizing their treatment of UFO reports as comparatively open and citing military/civilian investigation activity.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Argentina and Brazil official-attitude survey; uploaded PDF pp. 229-232
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CLAIM-695005reported
“Hall quotes an Argentine investigation conclusion that testimony of naval aviation personnel indicated the existence of an abnormal luminous phenomenon during the 1962 wave.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Argentine Navy investigation statement; uploaded PDF pp. 229-229
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CLAIM-695006disputed
“Hall presents a 1959 Brazilian Embassy letter dismissing UFO reports while also describing serious investigation and open reporting within Brazil.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Brazil domestic-investigation versus embassy-letter contrast; uploaded PDF pp. 231-232
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