THINK ABOUTIT UFO|ENTITY SIGHTING REPORT
Date: February 1974
Sighting Time: 2315
Day/Night: Night
Location: Iguacu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Urban or Rural: Urban
No. of Entity(‘s): 1
Entity Type: Humanoid
Entity Description: dressed in white with “black light” shining upon it. It was fluorescent, and about 1.30 meters high. It was wearing a kind of hat or helmet and a cape. She did not see a face or remember seeing any hands or feet. It was dark.
Hynek Classification: CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.
Duration: about 30 minutes
No. of Object(s): 1
Height & Speed: N/A (The objects and the entity were observed at ground level).
Size of Object(s):
Distance to Object(s): Immediate proximity (The couple was in a car that was physically lifted off the ground by the influence of the phenomenon).
Shape of Object(s): Indeterminate/Car-like (The witnesses initially mistook the objects for a row of older model cars).
Color/Description of Object(s): silvery white
Number of Witnesses: 2
Source: Irene Granchi, UFOs and Abductions in Brazil
Summary/Description: Lucia and Edison were leaving a local cinema late at night when Edison remembered that he needed to fill up the car. Lucia reminded him that there was a gas station operating all night on the Raposo Tavares Highway. As they turned back through the side street, a mud road that in those days ran parallel to the Raposo Tavares Highway they instinctively looked right and noticed that a new road had been opened in the direction of the wall circling the town cemetery. To the right of this road there were some tall eucalyptus trees.
The couple suddenly felt confused at seeing a row of large, older model cars, shining brightly as if they were brand new. To the left of these strange vehicles, some people could be seen walking about. It was dark and they only saw their outline in the half-light. Edison believed that perhaps there was some kind of spiritual (Umbanda) rites being held, but Lucia informed him that such things never happened in this region of Brazil. Curios they returned on the same road but nothing more was to be seen. The road was deserted, in less than five minutes all those cars had vanished. Their car had now stopped facing the cemetery wall. Facing the wall, Edison put on the brake, stopped the engine and used the hand brake at the same time stretched his right arm along the back of Lucia’s seat and leaned over, about to say something—at that precise moment the car started to lift up from the ground for the first time. It was as if it had gone forward about 30 cm and drew up its nose, with the two front wheels up from the ground.
The car dropped down, hitting down hard on the road. Stunned the couple looked back thinking there was a car behind them, trying to push them forward. Then for the second time, the car lifted its front wheels and thinking that someone was playing a prank, Lucia opened the door so as to catch him. But the car lifted up for the third time just as she was opening the door. She immediately felt indescribably cold. She looked around but could not see anything. She slammed the door closed and felt an intense cold, as if a super frozen sponge had been sucking the base of her neck at the nape, depriving her of all energy. She turned towards Edison and saw his hair standing on end. He was deathly pale and with a great effort stammering as he did so, he said: “Let’ssss…go. Terrified, Lucia could not speak. Edison backed up quickly and hit the road going down towards the center of town. As they drove along the side of the cemetery Lucia saw someone or something in silvery white over the ground to her right. It looked like someone dressed in white with “black light” shining upon it.
It was fluorescent, and about 1.30 meters high. It was wearing a kind of hat or helmet and a cape. She did not see a face or remember seeing any hands or feet. It was dark. She panicked as Edison started shouting to her not to look sideways. She had the feeling that the figure wanted to stick to their car. But strangely, the thing, or being seemed friendly as if wanting to say hello. When the witnesses arrived home a time discrepancy of about 30 minutes was noted, also their car’s electrical system had been ruined. Hypnosis failed to overcome the blockage of memory.
Researcher’s Notes
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Physical Effects and Car Levitation: This case is a significant example of a CE-II leading into a CE-III. The report of the car being lifted three times—synchronized with the witness opening the door—suggests a localized gravitational or electromagnetic field being manipulated by the presence.
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The “Oz Factor” and Sensory Changes: Lucia reported an “indescribable cold” and the sensation of energy being “sucked” from the nape of her neck. These physiological reactions, combined with the standing hair on Edison’s head, are classic indicators of intense static electricity or EM fields often associated with close-range encounters.
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Entity Characteristics: The humanoid’s fluorescent, “black light” glow and its lack of visible facial features or extremities (hands/feet) under a cape/helmet ensemble are details that mirror other high-strangeness reports from the 1974 Brazilian wave.
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Missing Time and Memory Blockage: Despite the encounter feeling brief, a 30-minute time discrepancy was noted upon their arrival home. The failure of hypnosis to break the memory blockage suggests a deep-seated psychological or externally imposed suppression of the full event.
The 1974 Iguacu Brazil Sighting remains one of the more harrowing accounts investigated by the late Irene Granchi. It perfectly illustrates the physical toll these encounters take on witnesses, from the ruined electrical system of the car to the lasting psychological impact of “missing time.”
The shift from a mundane late-night errand to a surreal environment where cars levitate and fluorescent beings haunt the roadside highlights the unpredictable nature of the phenomenon in São Paulo during this era. This record stands as a critical piece of evidence for researchers studying the intersection of physical craft effects and potential humanoid-led abductions in South America.
