Category 8 Photographic Evidence

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Incident:  The Trindade Island UFO Photos/RADAR/E-M Case
Date:     January 16, 1958
Location:  Trindade Island

Francis Ridge, NICAP Site Coordinator:
The Trindade Island incident provides us with some of the best photos ever taken of what many have referred to as a "flying saucer". And, there were as many as 60-100 witnesses. And on April 29, 2002, noted researcher, Wendy Connors, made a startling discovery. She located an audiotape of an interview of the photographer, Almiro Barauna, by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, conducted on April 19, 1982. On the recording Barauna states that the object

1) Undulated (wobbled) and tipped, twice.
2) The object was picked up on the Almirante Saldanha's radar 15 minutes before it came into view.
3) All power aboard the ship failed at the same time the object came into view and power returned suddenly as the object departed.
4) That all the sea gulls, etc. disappeared just before the object came into view.

Our thanks to the Center for UFO Studies for providing information on this case, and Wendy Connors for her excellent research skills which transformed this already significant Category 8 (Photographic) incident into a Category 3 (E-M), Category 4 (Animal Reaction), and Category 9 (Radar) incident. And last, but not least, we want to thank Perry Petrakis and Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, whom provided all four full resolution images scanned from the original photos.

NICAP UFO EVIDENCE, Section VIII:
"Weighing all the facts, we conclude that the pictures appear to be authentic. They definitely are one of the potentially most significant series of UFO photographs on record, so that clarification of the incident and additional analysis is strongly desirable."

The Report:
The Detailed Account - APRO
Barauna/Trindade Island UFO Photos
Full Account of Analysis Summary - NICAP UFO EVIDENCE

Audio Aid:
See separate audio for Hynek/Barauna Interview

Research:
Research Update - Wendy Connors of FADED DISCS ARCHIVES

Web Sources: (Computer must be online)
The Trindade Island Index (CUFOS site) contains the following great files:  
     The Trindade Isle Photographs by Jerry Clark
     Simoes Letter 02/23/58
     Fontes Letter 03/15/58
     Menzel Letter 10/26/59
     Menzel Letter 11/27/59
     Hall Letter 12/07/59
     McDonald Letter 12/12/59
     APRO Trindade Article by Olavo Fontes Jan/Mar/May 1960
     APRO IGY Photo Analysis by John Hopf May 1960
     Lt. Col. Tacker Letter 07/08/60
     Hall Letter 07/12/60
     Lt. Col. Tacker Letter 07/14/60
     Wanamaker Letter 08/26/60
     Commander Brady Letter 10/10/60
     APRO New Evidence on IGY Photos Jan. 1965
     Trindade Revisited by Willy Smith

Photos/Newsclippings
       Correio da Manhã
       Brazil Has A Secret
       Map of UAO's Positions
       UAO Approaches Island
       UAO Nears Galo Crest
       UAO Reappears  From
       Desejado Peak
       UAO Back Out to Sea
       IGY Slideshow