Captain Sánchez Moreno
"Between 1950 and 1965, personnel of Argentina's Navy
alone made 22 sightings of unidentified flying objects that were not airplanes,
satellites, weather balloons or any type of known (aerial) vehicles. These 22
cases served as precedents for intensifying that investigation of the subject by
the Navy. In the past two years, nine incidents have been recorded that are
being studied by Captain Pagani and a team of military and civilian scientists
and collaborators. Likewise, a meticulous questionnaire was drafted, printed and
distributed to different bases. In a short time, the Service of Naval
Intelligence was in possession of a stack of highly significant reports of
testimonies. On the basis of this important documentation, it was possible to
obtain a coherent overview of the problem." From a document tiled "Official UFO Report" prepared by Captain Sánchez
Moreno Naval Air Station Comandante and witnessed by Comandante Espora in Bahía
Blanca.
Air Marshall Roesmin Nurjadin
"UFOs sighted in Indonesia are identical with those
sighted in other countries. Sometimes they pose a problem for our air defense
and once we were obliged to open fire on them." Nurjadina as Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian Air Force.
Brigadier General João Adil Oliveira
"I wish to give you a summary of what is known in the
world about 'flying discs,' of what is known about the opinion of qualified
experts who have dealt with this matter. The problem of 'flying discs' has
polarized the attention of the whole world, but it's serious and it deserves to
be treated seriously. Almost all the governments of the great powers are
interested in it, dealing with it in a serious and confidential manner, due to
its military interest." In a briefing to the Army War College in Rio de Janeiro on November 2, 1954
Col. Oliveira's briefing included short summaries of several UFO incidents in
the USA and Brazil. Later promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, he was interviewed by the
Brazilian press on February 28, 1958.
"It is impossible to deny any more the existence of
flying saucers at the present time... The flying saucer is not a ghost from
another dimension or a mysterious dragon. It is a fact confirmed by material
evidence. There are thousands of documents, photos, and sighting reports
demonstrating its existence. For instance, when I went to the Air Force High
command to discuss the flying saucers I called for ten witnesses - military (AF
officers) and civilians - to report their evidence about the presence of flying
saucers in the skies of Rio Grande do Sul, and over Gravataí AFB [Air Force
Base]; some of them had seen UFOs with the naked eye, others with high powered
optical instruments. For more than two hours the phenomenon was present in the
sky, impressing the selected audience: officers, engineers, technicians, etc." Brazilian press interview on February 28, 1958 Brigadier General João Adil
Oliveira, Chief of the Air Force General Staff Information Service (with the
rank of Colonel), led the first official military UFO inquiry in Brazil in the
mid-50s.
Captain Engineer Omar R. Pagani
"The unidentified flying objects do exist. Their
presence and intelligent displacement in the Argentine airspace has been proven.
Their nature and origin is unknown and no judgment is made about them." Pagani was Director of the Argentine Navy UFO investigation team in the 1960s
He disclosed this at a press conference, as a result of a series of observations
at Argentine and Chilean meteorological stations on Deception Island,
Antarctica, in June and July 1965.
Captain D.A.Perissé
"From the Navy post at the South Orkney Islands comes a
message of extreme importance: during the passage of the strange object over the
base [earlier the same day], two magnetometers in perfect working condition
registered sudden and strong disturbances of the magnetic field (at 17:03 hrs.),
which were recorded on their tapes." From the Argentine Navy Bulletin #172 of July 7, 1965.
Air Commander J. Salutun
"I am convinced that we must study the UFO problem
seriously for reasons of sociology, technology and security... " Letter published in UFO News, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1974, CBA International,
Yokohama, Japan.
Air Commodore J. Salutun
"The most spectacular UFO incident in Indonesia
occurred when during the height of President Sukarno's confrontation against
Malaysia, UFOs penetrated a well-defended area in Java for two weeks at a
stretch, and each time were welcomed with perhaps the heaviest anti-aircraft
barrage in history."
"The study of UFOs is a necessity for the sake of world
security in the event we have to prepare for the worst in the space age,
irrespective of whether we become Columbus or the Indians." Salutun was on the
National Aerospace Council of Indonesia, and Indonesian Parliament Member. Salutun as Member of Parliament and Secretary of the National Aerospace
Council of the Republic of Indonesia.
Colonel Sergio Candiota da Silva
"His Excellency recognizes the importance of the [UFO]
matter, to the extent that within the Ministry of Aeronautics there exists a
Bureau in charge of studying the matter, receiving, analyzing and archiving
chronologically the phenomena observed in Brazilian airspace that comes to the
attention of this Ministry." From a letter to the Minister of Aeronautics, to Brazilian UFO researcher
Irene Granchi, dated December 19, 1988
Air Commodore David Thorne
"Although not speaking officially], as far as my Air
Staff is concerned, we believe implicitly that the unexplained UFOs are from
some civilization beyond our planet." Thorne who was Director General of Operations in an October 1985 letter to
Timothy Good.
