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The UFologists Paulo Aníbal G. Mesquita and Marco Aurélio Leal went to the City of Peruíbe to investigate the report of a strange impression on the ground that was supposedly formed by a UFO landing during the wee hours of August 18th, 2009, in the city’s São José neighborhood; the event was immediately preceded by strange phenomenon. The next day, Senhor Paulo Aníbal was advised of the happening by the local contacts. On the afternoon of August 21st, the UFologists Paulo Aníbal G. Mesquita (Biologist) and Paulo Eduardo Pilon (Electronics engineer), both from the EXO-X and GEPUS UFO Research Groups, were the first UFologists to arrive at the scene for a serious, detailed investigation of the happenings, as well as to gather artifacts and statements.
First of all, measurements showed that the supposed “imprint” had an elliptical form almost 15 meters long and 9 meters wide. The landing area was filled with local vegetation known as “taboa,” of the Typha strain which, according to the biologist Paulo Aníbal G. Mesquita, was crushed down sideways in the same direction. Upon observing the scene, he had the impression that the plants had been “carefully combed by a giant comb.” The direction of the vegetation was from the southeast towards the northwest, and this was ascertained by a compass. There was no magnetic interference in the area. The exact location was determined by means of GPS and the coordinates were South latitude 24°16’21.3” and West longitude 46°58’38.7”. As they were the first researchers to enter into the area while it was still fresh, so to speak, they were able to carry out their work of sample gathering and data collection without interference.

9 X 15 meter imprint
THE WITNESSES
A neighborhood resident who lives adjacent to the supposed landing imprint, the homemaker Carla Maria Francelina reported that, on the night in question, at 1:30 A.M., her dogs began to bark and growl as if they were afraid of something nearby. For this reason, she arose from bed and, upon walking out of the bedroom she observed a bright red flash, which intensely illuminated the room as it entered through the window, and she heard a sound similar to an electric hand drill. It was at this moment that the lights went out, too.
Senhor Clodoaldo de Souza, 51 years old, also stated that on the date in reference and at the same time, he witnessed a ball of light that came from the Bananal neighborhood and landed in the vicinity of Carla’s house.
The businessman Clemente Teles, known as “Senhor João,” was also surprised by the barking of his female dog such that he also arose from bed that Sunday in the early morning, supposing that someone was fooling around with his 1970 model Volkswagen Beatle. He heard the same noise similar to a hand drill and observed a quick tail of light rising towards the sky. “Never in my life have I seen anything like that, it was so fast,” Senhor João reported.
This last weekend Paulo Aníbal and Marco Leal, both from GEPUS/EXO-X, gathered yet another report from Senhor Silas, who confirmed having seen a ball of light fly over the neighborhood the night before.
However, one of the most important witnesses of this supposed object, the 32 year old Marco Antonio, who doesn’t want his last name divulged, observed and recorded with a digital, photographic camera, almost two hours prior, a “ball of fire,” as he referred to it, just a few blocks from Italia Street (Rua Italia). The photo depicts an orangish/reddish object at 11:35 P.M.
DETAILED ANALYSIS
The crushed vegetation formed an “apparent floor” 10 inches above the ground, and was made up of stalks that were practically parallel to the ground. This was caused by the bending of the plants at their base, near the ground. There were some young sprouts with their leaves folded over various times, suggesting that there had been abrupt pressure on the leaves that were not folded at the first moment of the phenomenon. At the apex of innumerable plants collected, a certain burning can be identified. The edges of the ellipse are the most intriguing part. The southeast edge of the plants were folded towards the center of the ellipse and the northeast border had pants folded outwards from the ellipse, resting against the planets that had not been affected, forming an unusual, curved-wall slope. Paulo Aníbal, Marco A. Leal and Paulo Eduardo Pilon agreed that it is possible that the supposed UFO had not even landed, but hovered at least ten inches above the ground; then it scooted a few meters towards the southeast, then a few meters along a northeastern axis before taking off vertically, thus avoiding an adjacent telephone pole, which corresponds to testimony that the craft took off with a strong vertical thrust, leaving behind a bright, luminous tail.



The sighting and photograph of an object taken by Marco Aurelio over the skies of the neighborhood at 11:35 A.M. on Sunday, August 17th, (to the left, an analysis of the photo and, to the right, the object itself). Notice that its base is round and its form tends to be spherical, thus corroborating the testimony of the “ball of fire” seen by the innumerable witnesses, such as Senhor Marco Aurelio and Senhor Teles.
The preliminary conclusion:
It is very likely that the locale was visited by a UFO, of a intense reddish or orange color, that hovered about 10 inches above the ground, first to the southeast of the ellipse, then scooting a few meters towards the northwest; then it rose vertically, thus avoiding damage to the telephone pole adjacent to the elliptical imprint. In this way, there is a reasonable explanation to the direction of the curvature of the plants. Thus, there is a good chance that the object was, in fact, a UFO which hovered for a while above the ground, one of the best-documented examples of such that we know of (Pilon/Anibal).
Peruíbe has an extensive UFO history as there have been more than 300 cases in 10 years of UFO studies in the area.

The GEPUS/EXO-X are two groups that are active in the area of field research or, in other words, visits to places where UFOs could have landed or could have left some imprint; the group is active in the area of UFology in general. The two groups work together in the pursuit of serious UFO research in as their members often travel within and even outside of the Greater São Paulo region, gathering reports, artifacts and organizing nighttime watches, all in the area of UFology.