In 1996 the
UFO community was reeling from the news that two extraterrestrial beings had
been captured in Varginha, in southwest Minas Gerais state in Brazil. Spotted
by three girls, the creature was later captured by the Brazilian Army, with
assistance from the local police. The being was autopsied at a major hospital
in Varghina and it was determined to be a creature that was unknown to science.
Though names
of individuals and institutions were given in support of this event, a decade
and a half later it can now be revealed that the entire “Varginha ET” affair
was a hoax based on child hysteria and on the sightings of the deformed.
The supposed
ET autopsy doctor, a Brazilian policeman and an original girl “witness” now
weigh in on what really happened at Varginha.
ET AUTOPSY DOCTOR: IT NEVER HAPPENED!
Dr. Fortunato Badan Palhares
One of my research associates from Europe, Aurimas
Svitojus, emailed the implicated alien autopsy MD and well-known physician, Dr.
Fortunato Badan Palhares. Palhares was alleged by several UFO “investigators”
to be in attendance to the autopsy of one of the creatures at University of
Campinas. But none of them ever attempted to reach him directly and he has
never spoken publicly until now.
Svitojus emailed Palhares on August 23, 2012, with
some very pointed questions. Svitojus
asked Palhares directly about his involvement or any knowledge of an ET
captured in Varginha in 1996.
Here is the Dr.’s reply (roughly translated by
Svitojus from Portuguese) and received on August 24, 2012:
"Dear Mr. Aurimas:
I am very glad to know that you have a
university education and particularly from Kaunas
University of Technology. Therefore it is easier
to be quite frank.
When I
read an article either in magazines
or in books published without the bearing of a scientific outlook, I must first know who are the authors and the reliability of their given information.
Unfortunately, all of the information about the Varginha ET involving
my name, are the fruits of fantasy authors and
do not deserve any respect from me because they are liars.
In some discussions I've
had with "UFOlogists"
who claim to have studied this case, nothing, absolutely nothing they brought materialized that was credible.
They are conjectures, inferences,
perhaps even hallucinations.
I never discuss this issue
with students, but when asked
in lectures I have always said that: I DID NOT AND NEVER WAS CALLED TO DO
ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING WITH THIS MATTER. Several
reporters attended the occasion when
these stories came out and visited the university where I worked
but they had nothing of interest and never
showed anything. Mr. Aurimas, there is nothing concrete, reliable
and material about this. These stories
about the Varginha ET for me do not
deserve credit, that is my answer.
I hope I
have satisfied your curiosity. I am a scientist and I
do not need to hide such facts
if they exist. I am not connected to any intelligence or defense agencies. I am a free citizen and unhindered to speak what I want
and always acted this
way in my personal and
professional life. Nothing would
stop me to say something if I
was really involved."
The truth is that when one digs very deeply into the
“affair” it becomes clear that all of the relevant testimony comes from such
people as “nurses” and “guards.” Often
the names are withheld and sometimes when given, are very common names in
Brazil.
TODAYS CLUES
ABOUT YESTERDAYS HOAX AT VARGINHA
Today Varginha embraces the ET affair as “real” though is
certainly seems to be a tongue-in-cheek “real.” And any “real” investigation of
the event is not wanted here.
The city itself began to invest in “UFO tourism” after
the event. Two of the landmarks there are:
The “Varginha
ET” Statue, City Center
Varginha Water
Tower, in the Shape of a Saucer
It has since been learned that one of the original girl
witnesses to the creature (who has now married with a new name which will be
withheld) has since converted to an evangelical religion and now dismissed the
entire incident as youthful folly. But what of the ET? The girl was surely not
the only witness to the event. Was
there an impetus to the sighting that had a far more earthly explanation? Yes.
In the 1990s Varginha was home to a deformed homeless
man, Little Luis. A local with disabilities, he would often haunch up in
corners and he was often filthy and wet. In discussions with Lt. Col. Finholdt
Pereira of the Varginha Police, it was learned that this is in fact who the
police originally believed the three girls thought that they saw as an
“ET.” And Pereira was right:
Little Luis, The
Varginha ET, Finally Revealed!
AJB
