Colares Brazil Operation Prato Detail 1977

From September 1977 through January 1978, the island of Colares in the mouth of the Amazon River experienced a sustained wave of UAP activity unlike any documented anywhere. Disc and torpedo-shaped craft at extremely low altitude directed focused beams of light at island residents, causing documented injuries including burns, hair loss, anemia, and puncture wounds consistent with radiation exposure. Hundreds of residents were treated by local doctors. Terrified residents called the phenomena 'Chupa-Chupa' (sucker). The Brazilian Air Force launched Operation Prato under Captain Uyrangê Hollanda Lima, deploying a military team that photographed and documented approximately 300 witness accounts over four months. Captain Hollanda Lima photographed and filmed some of the phenomena directly. Operation Prato produced 16mm film footage and hundreds of photographs that were classified for decades. In 2004, Hollanda Lima — now a general — granted extensive interviews confirming the reality and severity of the events, including witness injuries, before dying suddenly in unexplained circumstances. Brazil's Air Force partially declassified Operation Prato files in 2009.