4 All was translated from Portuguese Translation services were provided by Eduardo Rado of Brazil and Andrea Soares Berrios of New York.
5 “to fly in formation, not necessarily manned” Air Brigadier Jose Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, commander of the Aerial Command of Aerial Defense, to Aerial General Command, “Occurrence Report,” June 2, 1986. Both the original document in Portuguese and an English translation can be seen at www.ufo.com.br/documentos/night.
6 Brazilian Airspace Defense Command Comando de Defesa Aerea Brasileiro, known as COMDABRA.
7 to the air defense operations center Comando de Operacoes de Defesa Aerea, known as CODA.
1 “Unidentified Flying Objects and related phenomena” Dept. of State Teletype, “Grenadian UFO Crusade: Deja vu,” November 18, 1978, released through the Freedom of Information Act. Sourced from Clifford E. Stone, UFOs Are Real (SPI Books, 1997).
2 “and scientists, including astronomers” Dept. of State Teletype, “Grenadian UFO Resolution,” November 28, 1978, classified Confidential and released through the FOIA. Sourced from Clifford E. Stone, UFOs Are Real (SPI Books, 1997), Doc. 5–21a.
3 a “blitzkrieg sales pitch” Dept. of State Teletype, November 18, 1978, op. cit.
4 “U.S. nationals on the Grenadian delegation” Ibid.
5 “and gamble on the results” Dept. of State Teletype, “Grenadian UFO Resolution,” December 2, 1978. Sourced from Clifford E. Stone, UFOs Are Real (SPI Books, 1997), Doc. 5–22.
6 “of this French investigation are profound” J. Allen Hynek, speech to the United Nations, November 27, 1978. His speech is summarized in a State Dept. Teletype, “Grenadian UFO Resolution,” November 28, 1978.
7 then it “disappeared” Sighting Report for the International UFO Bureau, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 18, 1973.
8 “ought to be NASA” Dr. Frank Press, letter to Dr. Robert Frosch, July 21, 1977. Richard C. Henry, “UFOs and NASA,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol. 2, no. 2 (1988), p. 109.
9 NASA name a “project officer” Dr. Robert Frosch, letter to Dr. Frank Press, September 6, 1977. Full letter included in the appendix: Richard C. Henry, “UFOs and NASA,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol. 2, no. 2 (1988), pp. 110–11.