Trindade Island photographs

First page of the Project Blue Book case file on Trindade Island
Project Blue Book file on the January 1958 Trindade Island photographs Project Blue Book, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Civilian photographer Almiro Barauna photographed an object over Trindade Island from the Brazilian Navy ship Almirante Saldanha, and Rio papers ran the photos in February 1958. A U.S. Naval Attache report and later Air Force correspondence judged the photos a hoax.

Sources

  1. OfficialReply to your note regarding Gordon H. Scherer (1960), with ONI Naval Attache Rio report of Feb 1958, CIA-RDP81R00560R000100040011-6 (opens in a new tab)CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room / 1960-08-31

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