Historical Incidents & Events
Varginha Incident (1996)
1996
A series of reported UFO sightings and alleged non-human creature encounters in Varginha, Brazil, beginning January 13, 1996, that became known as "Brazil's Roswell." A Brazilian Army inquiry concluded a local resident with disabilities was mistaken for the alleged creature and that military activity in the area was routine. Witnesses have long alleged a cover-up involving captured non-human beings transferred to U.S. custody, a claim neither government has substantiated. Resurfaced in U.S. disclosure politics via a January 2026 press conference.
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says he followed the object to its crash site and briefly held debris from it
Source: 1996 Varginha incident; James Fox, Moment of Contact (2022) & 2026 conference
organized a 2026 conference presenting new witness testimony
Source: 1996 Varginha incident; James Fox, Moment of Contact (2022) & 2026 conference
she pressed for declassification of records tied to it
Source: 1996 Varginha incident; James Fox, Moment of Contact (2022) & 2026 conference
claims a secret U.S. cargo flight retrieved material from the site
Source: 1996 Varginha incident; James Fox, Moment of Contact (2022) & 2026 conference
says he saw the alleged being in person for three to four minutes
Source: 1996 Varginha incident; James Fox, Moment of Contact (2022) & 2026 conference
witnesses say he subdued the creature; died weeks later of an infection some attribute to the encounter
Source: 1996 Varginha incident; James Fox, Moment of Contact (2022) & 2026 conference