Case Evidence · CE-V99-055
Brazilian Air Force meeting with civilian ufologists in Brasília; about 110 photos and 160 documents shown
Documented2005-05-20 · Contemporaneous researcher report
Record
- Date / period
- 2005-05-20
- Reported event / document
- Brazilian Air Force meeting with civilian ufologists in Brasília; about 110 photos and 160 documents shown
- Evidence type
- Contemporaneous researcher report
- Original data accessible?
- Partly
- Verification status
- Meeting reported; official record not located
- Competing explanations / missing data
- Does not establish nature of reported objects or archive completeness
- Next step
- Locate official meeting record and match released images to archive IDs Searched (Portuguese web, gov.br, CMRI decisions, court rulings): no FAB record of the 20 May 2005 meeting. The only government text is Senate Requerimento 193/2022, quoted in a 2023 appeal ruling, repeating the ufologists' account. The FAB communications archive and SIAN were not searched (login- and firewall-blocked). (chunk G, 2026-11-12) Browser pass (2026-11-12): Record exists behind SIAN (Arquivo Nacional, gov.br) login: 6 'operação prato' items; not pursued (Raymond, 2026-11-12). Flag stays.
- Source ID
- SRC-V99-050
Why this grade
Documented From Case Evidence's Verification status ("Meeting reported; official record not located"). Grade rules.