ALLEGED UFO EXPLODES OVER BRAZILINEXPLICATA
SOURCE: NOTIMEX
ALLEGED UFO EXPLODES OVER BRAZIL The explosion of an unidentified flying object (UFO) in northern Brazil on Sunday morning and made known today shall be investigated by scientific and police authorities, according to local radio. In Brasilia, accoring to the El Dorado radio station, National Secretary of Defense Jorge Pimentel advised local residents to avoid contact with the object's remains. The metallic parts of the object were scattered over the municipalities of Barras, Batalha and Piacurcuca in the northern state of Piaui, where residents heard a loud report and saw a sudden light in the sky,accoring to broadcast reports. The first hypothesis on the explosion is that it is a satellite, according to police spokesman Raimundo Nonato from Batalha, who collected a piece 4 kilograms in weight and a meter long, whose impact caused a three meter hole. From Teresina, the state capital, it was also possible to see the illumination caused by the blast, some 500 meters from the Alcantara Space Facility. Nonato indicated that no injuries were reported in any of the three cities, while the Teresina airport noted that an airliner crew reported the strange situation after the explosion occurred. Translation (c) 2004.
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