事實：

Considered to be one of the most important encounters of its kind(可視為最重大), the crash of a UFO (UFO墜毀事件)and the subsequent capture of its crew in Varghinia(在巴西瓦爾任捕捉宇航員), Brazil in 1996, is still shrouded in government and military secrecy(直至現在巴西政府及軍隊一直掩藏). Not only did a UFO crash and its crew apprehended but the reports give a strong indication that one of the military personnel exposed to the aliens died shortly (一名軍人因接觸外星人很快死亡)thereafter due to his contact with the extraterrestrial life form(外星生命).

The encounter began just after midnight in the wee hours of January 20, 1996(199年1月20日子夜發生). The North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)(北美洲空防司令部通知) contacted the Brazilian I Centro Integrado de Defesa Aerea e Controle de Trafego Aereo (Integrated Center on Air Defense and Air Traffic Control)(巴西空防及航空交通控制中心) to warn them(警告) that American satellite radar had picked up an unidentified craft (美國人造衛星及雷達偵測不明物體)coming down in the southern part of their country(降落於巴西南部).

It was not long before reports of the event began to come in to authorities. Farmers Augusta and Eurico Rodrigues (巴西農夫)called to say they saw a silent, unlit UFO passing over their farm, (靜UFO在農場上空經過)frightening the animals. Within two hours(2小時後) the Fire Department, in Brazil a part of the military,(消防隊--巴西軍隊分枝) in Varghinia began receiving reports of a "strange creature" in their town(收到奇怪生物報告). At first the report was not taken seriously, the firemen assuming a prank was in the works. Yet, every report had to be investigated and they were quite surprised when they encountered the creature.

The alien was described as being about 5 foot tall with long arms, short legs, and large, triangular feet(5呎高、長手臂、長腳、大三角形腳掌). It has soft, brown skin and bulging, large red eyes(大紅眼). There were three rounded horn-like protrusions on its head(頭上有三圓角). A strong ammonia-like odor (強烈阿摩尼亞氣味)was also reported to exude from the entity. The alien was easy to capture(外星人容易被捕捉), as it appeared to be in a dazed (外星人看來茫然及不知所措)or confused state of mind. Later in the day three young women (幾天後3名年青女孩)spotted another of the beings(見到另一外星人). Taking a shortcut home (她們經捷徑回家)through a wooded area,(通過樹林) Lilliane Fatima, Valquira Fatima, and Andrade Xavier came upon the second creature the military managed to capture. Ultimately it was reported that up to seven of the ET's were captured that day(最後共7名外星人在當日捕獲).

While reports vary, it is a common theme of the reports that at least one of the beings died and was taken to a hospital for autopsy. At least two others were sent to the University of Sao Paulo to be studied further(2隻外星人被送往巴西聖保羅醫院). It was during the capture of the second alien that tragedy loomed over the horizon for one of the military personnel involved. At one point 23 year old (一名23歲巴西軍警士兵)Corporal Marco Eli Chereze, a part of the Military Police unit that responded to the three girls' report (三名少女講述)tried to support the seemingly disoriented alien by grabbing onto its arm with his bare hand.(他(沒有戴手套)赤手抓住外星人的手臂)


A few days later, he discovered a small, but growing, tumor under his arm.(幾天後他發現手臂有細小、增生、紅腫物) While removing the tumor(切除紅腫物後) should have been done immediately, it was not ablated. Corporal Chereze became increasingly ill(病情惡化). He suffered strong backaches(背痛), paralysis(麻痺), and fevers(發燒) which quickly required hospitalization(馬上入院治療). The Corporal's family became enraged (他家人變得憤怒)as he was kept in isolation(因為他被隔離). On February 15th,(2月15日死亡) less than a month after the encounter(接觸外星人少於1個月內), Corporal Chereze was dead of what was officially listed as a "generalized infection." (官方聲稱死因是廣泛性感染)No autopsy report was released and his family was refused (他的家人不獲準領取屍體埋葬及檢查)permission to exhume his body for further, independent, examination.

The official government position on the Vaghinia incident is that it never happened(官方報告UFO墜毀 瓦爾任事件從未發生). Noted Brazilian ufologist (巴西UFO學老)Vitorio Pacaccini was the one responsible for making the majority of the investigations for the public. He listed over 25 sources(他列舉超過25個消息來源), civilians, doctors, and military personnel (包括市民、醫生、軍人)who shared their stories with him. The consistency of the reports and descriptions of the aliens over a wide range of unrelated people convinces him that the event is as real as the government's cover-up (政府掩飾事實)of the facts of the aliens and the death (外星人及一名軍人死亡事實)of Corporal Chereze.