BBC: Brazil air force to record UFO sightings

[uforadio]

In the connection with the annoucments by A. J. Gevaerd on UFO Updates here:

http://www.ufoupdateslist.com/2010/aug/m10-009.shtml
http://www.ufoupdateslist.com/2010/aug/m11-012.shtml

News is now starting to be picked by mainstream news agencies world wide.

This is just released on BBC:

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10947856

12 August 2010 Last updated at 01:47 GMT
Brazil air force to record UFO sightings

If they see something like this, Brazilian pilots will have to report it (computer illustration).
Brazil's government has ordered its air force to officially record any sighting of unidentified flying objects.
A government decree said all military and civilian pilots as well as air traffic controllers should register any UFO sightings with the national aerospace defence command.
The information will be stored in the national archives in Rio de Janeiro.
It will be made available to researchers, including those seeking evidence of extraterrestrial life.
Anything unusual that is seen, photographed or video filmed in Brazil's air space will now have to be reported and catalogued.
But the air force said it would limit itself to collecting information, and would not be chasing UFOs.
"Air force command does not have a specialized structure to carry out scientific experiments on these phenomena and will limit itself to recording any events" the air force said in a statement.
Out there somewhere?
There have been several reports of UFOs in Brazil in recent decades.
In 1986, air force jets were scrambled to investigate unidentified objects in the skies above Sao Paulo, but the phenomenon was never fully explained.
And in 1977 the Amazon town of Vigia asked for military help after some residents said they had been attacked by extra-terrestrials.
One anonymous air traffic controller told the Brazilian newspaper O Dia that sightings had been reported at the highest level.
"I have heard of ministers and even a president who said they had seen a UFO", he said.
Brazilian UFO watchers have welcomed the decision to make such information public in future.

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Best Wishes

 

[Kandinsky]

It's good news for a number of reasons. One of which is how we've begun chewing our metaphorical tails. New cases are so rare that we go over old ground so if this policy brings any good ones to light I'll be happy. If they come our way, sooner rather than later, I hope they aren't the scanned pdfs that usually come out. Last year, I was typing them out into Google translate! Lot of time.

For those who read Portuguese, the last couple of batches (CENDOC) are available on the Black Vault under 'Brasilian UFO Files.' The Prato documents (minus a lot of images) from the legendary Colores UFO death festival invasion of 1977 are also included.

 

[Gareth]

Yeah I think this is definitely a good thing.

Go Brazil.

 

[ALPHA ROMEO UNIFORM]

Agree as long as they have not accidentally burnt, lost or destroyed the older files, like it seems to have happen in other nations?

 

[jkoci]

Here is a followup and public comments from the BBC.

BBC - Have Your Say: Should we take UFO sightings more seriously?