NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963

This document is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report dated November 9, 1963, tracking a local Portuguese-language radio broadcast from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, regarding an alleged crash of a “large metal sphere” containing a deceased occupant in Conde, Bahia, Brazil. This FBIS report is excerpted from the files of Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC). NASC was a cabinet-level advisory body within the Executive Office of the President responsible for coordinating U.S. space policy from 1958 to 1973. Handwritten annotations dated November 13, 1963, document a communication between…

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Record

EOP-UAP-D001

Release

Release 05 · Aug 7, 2026

Incident

1963-11-13 · Bahia, Brazil

Pages

1

Verdict

not judged yet

Source

war.gov ↗