TRACECAT Case Directory Category 6, Physical Traces Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Fran Ridge: Early September, 1957; Ubatuba, Brazil, Sao Paulo
Province
Noon. The witness was fishing together with
various friends, at a place close to the town of
Ubatuba when he sighted a flying disc approached
the beach at unbelievable speed, and an accident,
crash, into the sea, seemed imminent. At the last
moment, however, when it seemed it was almost
striking the waters, it made a sharp turn upward
and climbed rapidly. Astonished, all the witnesses
followed the spectacle with thier eyes, when they
saw the disc explode into thousands of fiery
fragments, which fell sparkling with magnificent
brightness. They looked like fireworks, despite
the time of the accident, at noon (midday). Most
of the fragments, almost all, fell into the sea,
but a number of small pieces fell close to the
beach, and they picked up a large amount of this
material which was light as paper. The report
was made by the witness to a columnist, and a
sample of the material was provided. (Synopsis of a
letter sent to El Globo society columnist, Mr.
Ibrahim Sued). Three small pieces were
provided. There have been numerous evaluations,
all posted in the links below. Paul Hill discussed
the results of his analysis. Laboratory analysis
of the samples found the magnesium to be not only
of exceptional purity, and anomalous in its trace
composition of other elements, but 6.7% denser
than ordinary pure magnesium, a figure well beyond
the experimental error of the measurement. Hill's
calculation shows that this observation can be
accounted for by assuming that the sample
contained only the pure isotope Mg-26, rather than
the naturally-occurring distribution among
isotopes Mg-24, Mg-25, and Mg-26. Since the only
isotope separation on a significant scale in
terrestrial manufacture is that of uranium, such a
result must be considered at least anomalous, and
possibly as evidence for extraterrestrial
manufacture
Paul Hill: In "UFO, The Whole Story", the Lorenzens made one
of the most significant comments about the Ubatuba
magnesium fragments: "The really strange facet of this
particular incident and the subsequent investigations
is the fact that three different analyses performed on
three different fragments yielded completely different
results." Agreed! Yet all of the analysts are probably
correct in their physical findings. Anyone experienced
in missile development can explain the quoted result.
When a supersonic developmental missile fails by
disintegration it usually breaks into what looks like
hundreds of fragments which seem to fill the sky like
confetti. All parts of the vehicle get scrambled
together. On reaching Earth they are better shuffled
than a deck of cards on the deal. Any complex Earth
machine is composed of dozens of metallic alloys, a
different alloy for every special purpose. UFOs may
well use special purpose materials also. The point is
that the differences may be intentional. David
Saunders also makes this point. Thus the best overall
view of the Ubatuba magnesium fragments is that each
one is unique to its special purpose. Fragment 1 was
the most intriguing of them all, for according to the
tests of some of the world's most experienced
metallurgists that fragment was absolutely pure of all
metals other than magnesium. This is as would be
expected if it were the pure isotope magnesium 26.
Fragment 1 was also the only fragment with the density
to be expected of this pure isotope.
Brad Sparks: Roy
Craig lied and covered up the 14.3% Mg26 isotopic
excess anomaly in his letter to APRO in 1968 and
in his report in the Condon Report.
Detailed reports and documents
Dr. Olavo Fontes Report - APRO (The Temporal Doorway - Mark Cashman) reports/ubatuba/(The Michael Swords files) Ubatuba (Brazil) Incident (by Walter W. Walker) Coral Lorenzen & the Ubatuba Fragments (by Robert Barrow) Ubatuba [was: Michael Wolf's Samples in Italy] (Gildais Bourdais) The Ubatuba Incident - Condon Committee Analysis Dow Chemical And The Scientific Analysis OF UFO Debris (Joel Carpenter) Composition of the Brazil Magnesium (Dr. Peter Sturrock) On Events Possibly Related To The "Brazil Magnesium" [pdf file] (Kaufmann & Sturrock) Levels Possibly Due to Pyrotechnic Contamination (Brad Sparks) Analysis of the Metal (Jean Bastide) A Scientific Analysis; The Ubatuba Magnesium & the Isotope Ratio (pgs. 226-234. "Unconventional Flying Objects, Paul Hill) |