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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010002-9 = In early May, 1952, a Brazilian magazine, O Cruziero, sent journalist Joao Martins and photographer, Ed Keffel, on routine assignment to the Barra Da Tijuca area near Rio de Janeiro. Late that afternoon (from information re- leased by The APRO Bulletin) Martins spotted what he thought to be an airplane traveling at great speed. As it neared, he saw the configuration was not that of any known craft. He yelled to Keffel, “Shoot it!” Keffel focused his Rol- leiflex on the object and in the next 60 seconds got off this series of five remarkable photographs. Some critics have At 4:30 p.m., Martins got his first look at what he thought to be a conventional aircraft. He watched it moving in at terrific speed toward Barra Da Tijuca, then called to Keffel: “What the hell is it?” Keffel recorded what they saw. 60 Approved For Release 2001/04/02 pointed out that shadows on the ground fail to coincide with shadows on object in one photograph. But, as APRO brings to the attention of its audience, Lieutenant Colonel Hughes, U.S. Air attache to the American Embassy at Rio has pronounced them authentic and APRO’s Brazilian investi- gator Dr. Olavo Fontes pronounces these photos “The most sensational photographic sequence of a flying disc ever seen,” and backs his pronouncement .up with official documents from the Brazilian Air Force files. (APRO Special Report No. 1., October, 1961.) Photos Flying Saucers, (Signet) Coming in closer, object tilted slightly upward, giving both journalist and cameraman a tantalizing peek at the underside. The dise was moving at high speed. : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010002-9