Diplomatic Cable, Brazil, November 14, 1963

This document is a U.S. Department of State diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Office of the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., on November 14, 1963. This cable documents an effort by the Embassy to verify that the Department had assessed certain content published in a local newspaper as inauthentic, following a discussion on a poor-quality telephone connection the previous night. To ensure both offices were referencing the same reporting, the cable cites descriptive language paraphrased from the press, namely a “large metal manned balloon” and a “dead crewman aboard wearing [a] uniform or spacesuit with strange markings.” The cable concludes with…

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Record

DOS-UAP-D001

Release

Release 05 · Aug 7, 2026

Incident

1963-11-14 · Bahia, Brazil

Pages

1

Verdict

not judged yet

Source

war.gov ↗