1996: The Varginha, Brazil Entity

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THINK ABOUTIT ENTITY REPORT

Date: January 20, 1996

Sighting Time: 12:00 A.M

Day/Night:  Night

Location: Varginha, Brazil

Urban or Rural: -Urban

No. of Entity(‘s): 7?

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Entity Description: Three protrusions stood atop of it’s head, which glowed with red eyes. It also had long arms, short legs, and big feet. The monster sounded off with a buzz as it was taken into a net 

Hynek Classification: CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.

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Number of Witnesses: Multiple

Source: This material belongs to Brazilian UFO Magazine, published in the edition #100, June, 2004. Authorized reproduction if source and website informed: www.ufo.com.br.

Full Report

About 12:00 A.M. January 20, 1996: NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) contacts their Brazilian counterpart CINDACTA (I Centro INtegrado de Defensa Aerea e Controle de Trafico Aereo or Integrated Center on Air Defense and Air Traffic Control) and warns them of a UFO coming down over southern parts of the state. This information is leaked by both a Brazilian Air Force soldier, and an employee at the radar facility at Air Force Base VI Comar. Farmers Augusta and Eurico Rodrigues’ sleep is rudely interrupted by the frightened sounds of their farm animals. Attempting to find the cause, they peek out the window, seeing the animals running from one side of the field to the other. Peering into the night sky, they see a silent UFO without lights.

When emergency departments receive a call that someone has seen a “strange creature,” usually a good laugh is had by all. At first, that is exactly what happened at a Varginha, Brazil Fire Department on the morning of January 20, 1996. This case of the unknown began early that morning with a frantic phone call stating that a “strange creature” had been seen in the area of Jardim Andere. Thinking that the reporter was probably someone who was drunk, or been up too long partying, this first call was in the process of being reluctantly responded to when a second call came in stating the same thing. The Fire Department personnel in Brazil are part of the Military, and must respond to all calls. What could this be, a couple of pranksters perpetuating a hoax? If so, the group was growing, as several more calls came in also reporting this unusual monster. Firemen followed the civilians’ instructions to the site.

To the utter surprise of the men, they found the source of the strange reports. The entity was seemingly in a dazed condition, and was easily captured by the search party. Three protrusions stood atop of it’s head, which glowed with red eyes. It also had long arms, short legs, and big feet. The monster sounded off with a buzz as it was taken into a net approximately 2 and one-half hours after the first call was received. Was this some type of “one of kind” alien who was visiting our world? Whatever it was, it was not alone. Later that very day, three girls, Lilliane Fatima, Valquira Fatima, and Andrade Xavier, were walking home after work. Taking a short-cut through a wooded area, they stumbled upon another one of these strange alien creatures. Their description of the entity was almost identical to the one nabbed earlier.

Picking up their pace, they raced home. One of the girls’ mothers immediately went back to the spot of the sighting, saw foot prints, and smelled a strong scent of ammonia in the air. This was not the end of the creatures by any means. There were reports of as many as seven being captured that day. One was supposedly taken to a small regional hospital before being transferred to the larger Humanitas facility. Reports stated that the creature was escorted by military personnel. At least one of the creatures expired, and was taken for an autopsy to the University of Campinas. Reportedly, two others were taken to the University of Sao Paulo for examination.

During the autopsy process, certainly many photographs and videos were taken, but so far, nothing has been released to the public save for an artist’s rendition of the creature. Only a few weeks after the events of January 20, Marco Eli Cherese, a 23 year old military policeman who was involved in the investigation, died. Supposedly he fell ill from the effects of contact with one of the creatures. The press began a relentless search for more details of the case, and two of the girls involved began to ask for monetary compensation for their testimony. The mother of the girls, Mrs. Luiza Helena, states that she was offered a fair sum of money by four unknown men dressed in cream-colored Armani suits. This time, however, the money was to silence the testimony, not solicit it. “They also said they would come back, but we can’t hide the truth,” she said.

When questioned by the press, Military and Fire Department members denied any knowledge of a captured alien. This response did not come as a surprise. There were reports of an unusual amount of troop movement on the day of the monsters, indicating a cover-up. Officially speaking, all personnel at the hospitals involved denied any knowledge of the events involving the capture of any alien being. It would be only natural for those involved to be under an oath of silence, but there is one indication that the strange stories may have credibility. Pathologist Badan Palhares, who reportedly was the physician who autopsied one of the creatures, officially denied any involvement in the events, but did state that he may have more to say at a later time. Could this be a hint of an announcement to come?

Several reports of UFOs were also made during the period in question, and it is surmised that the strange beings were occupants of the flying craft. There is also a possible connection to the Chupacabra monster, who has been reported many times in the South American area. The story of the Varginha entities are largely a product of Ufologist Vitorio Pacaccini, who claims to have received firsthand reports from military and hospital personnel who spoke “off the record.” The Varginha, Brazil accounts are still in need of more “official” confirmation, but such is the case of many reports of this type. Hopefully, we will receive information to shed new light on this tantalizing case. Besides the drawings of the entity, there is also a UFO video taken on the same night over Varginha.

New revelations about the capture and medical treatment of alien creatures in Brazil, January 1996.

After eight years from the principal episodes of the Varginha Case, predictions that the volume of information would substantially increase with time are confirmed. However, as with all similar episodes, the volume of information turns difficult the establishment of certainties. We know that facts are proved with witnesses, but the complications arising from human reports turns any investigation into a real challenge in the quest for the truth. Among the many aspects involved in this process we should mention the emotional one, which may produce a series of statements uncommitted with the objectivity required to lead us to the truth.

Considering that an uncommon occurrence make people offer their own interpretation influenced by personal beliefs and trends from their own social environment, only the research carried out directly in the places and situations in question allows us to have some confirmation. Among the reliable statements – even though depending on analysis grounded on a wider set of data or rare evidence – we should point those from individuals from the environment where the facts supposedly occurred.

Military Witnesses

In the beginning of 2003 Varginha was visited by Roger Leir, US ufologist and acknowledged physician, whose experience of more than 50 years as a UFO researcher lead him to different kinds of occurrences, such as the cases of implants supposedly made by alien surgical intervention. This visit was an opportunity to verify the effective existence of some secret witnesses of the Varginha Case, which since 1996 was always affirmed by researchers. This was already shown in 1997 when representatives of local and national press were selected to watch – upon ethical commitment of absolute secrecy – two video-recorded interviews with military witnesses who took part in the event.

At the same time we may not consider as evidence statements given in secrecy – therefore of restricted or none value -, it is crucial to prove to the population and scholars in general that these statements really exist. With this objective Roger Leir was taken to the office of a colleague – an acknowledged doctor in Varginha with more than 30 years of work who belongs to one of the most traditional families of that region. Called by the US ufologist as “Doctor”, he agreed to receive Roger Leir, after a natural hesitation, to confirm what he had seen in January, 1996 inside an appropriate room at the Regional Hospital, south of Minas Gerais. During more than three hours of talk, Roger Leir heard from his Brazilian colleague the confirmation that a second creature of uncommon physical appearance was captured. The “Doctor” revealed a new detail unknown to researchers till that time.

Injured Creature

According to the “Doctor” – who refuses to reveal his real name – the body presented injuries of different kinds and grades. He said he was urgently called by the military staff responsible for keeping the creature and described his astonishment in front of something never seen or reported before. His statement regarding the appearance of the creature is not different from many other descriptions of other witnesses, but he said the creature was surely alive when he saw it.

This declaration is part of an ever increasing pile of witnesses including military, police officers, doctors, hospital officers, civil witnesses etc. We should not forget, however, the necessity to select the gathered information, which sometimes may receive the direct influence of the investigator. Here is one example especially chosen to emphasize the neutrality of arguments, so important for the discussion of UFO or similar occurrences. One of the procedures preferred by ufologists of the so-called objective line – not mystical – is to focus their attention to statements free of personal impressions, especially those where witnesses talk about their own emotional alteration at the moment of their experience.

The “Doctor” – initially insisting that it was a colleague who was called by the military to the referred hospital – eventually admitted that he was the doctor in question and decided to trust his US colleague telling everything. The “Doctor” was touched and giving us a new detail about the case with a serious expression on his face he said that when he was trying to examine the injuries of the being he felt suddenly “as if my hands were automatically driven” and “it was as if the lights suddenly became yellowish”, and “my perception was somewhat enhanced”. These are transcriptions of what he said.

The “Doctor” also said that he could not understand the physiological constitution of the body we was examining even though it was an anthropomorphic being, with head, trunk and members. The “Doctor” did not hear any sound made by the creature neither mentioned the famous “thin, bifurcated tongue”, reported by other medic and military witnesses. He said he had seen its slow movements, proving it was still alive, but refused to say if it was breathing.

Here is the example of the difficulties found in statements like this. We don’t know to which extent the psychological impact and emotional alterations of a professional before the unknown would influence him to the point of causing uncommon sensations. For obvious reasons such alterations may occur much more in persons with technical knowledge and refined culture. The contact with a situation not explicable by academic assumptions means increased sensitivity to such shocks. Therefore, the reported impressions could be a simple result of this. It would be absurd to take the detail of a supposedly psychic interaction between the creature and the doctor as an effective signal of intelligence of the being or – even more absurd – that the “Doctor” was in contact with something with telepathic or similar powers. These kinds of assertions, however, are not uncommon.

Complications in the Research

With time, hopes of new information and other confirmations about the Varginha Case are partially satisfied. But there is the risk that they come each time more characterized by complications. For now, the most significant of these complications is the denial of the institutions involved from the beginning, such as the Army, hospitals and others. Even if we had access to a detailed report composed by examinations, analyses and full data about the material resulting from the episode, the effective existence of the said creatures of Varginha could only be confirmed if officially admitted. While this does not happen, ufologists, researchers, skeptics, and curious and interested people can only keep on the further discussion about the case.

Written by Ubirajara Rodrigues

Translated by Eduardo Rado

Released by A. J. Gevaerd

Published in Brazilian UFO Magazine

This material belongs to Brazilian UFO Magazine, published in the edition #100, June, 2004. Authorized reproduction if source and website informed: www.ufo.com.br.

One of the physicians who treated the deceased policeman after the capture and contact with the ET of varginha makes new revelations.

Article of A.J. Gevaerd (gevaerd@ufo.com.br),

Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues (ubirajararodrigues@netvga.com.br)

Translation by C Sannazzaro, and summary by G. Bourdais

Foreword by Gildas Bourdais

In August 2004, was revealed in Brazil a long interview of researcher Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues with Dr Cesário L. Furtado, one of the physicians who had attempted, without succes, to heal the young policeman Marco Eli Chereze, deceased less than a month after having been in contact with one of the mysterious beings captured in Varginha, in January 1996. This interview has been published in the magazine UFO Brazil of A.J. Gevaerd (N° 102), and on its web site http://www.ufo.com.br. It has been translated in french by Christian Sannazzaro, and published on the web site of GREPI http://www.ovni.ch. That interview being very long, and containing some repetitions as the conversation proceeded, Gildas Bourdais proposes here a shorter, adaptated version, in an effort of clarification. It is preceded by a presentation of the Varginha case by A.J. Gevaerd which is maintained here almost entirely.

This new testimony comes in addition to those presented already in the french version of the book of Dr Roger Leir, published in France in January 2005 (before the American edition) under the title Des Extraterrestres capturés à Varginha in Brazil. The New Roswell (“Extraterrestrials captured in Varginha, Brazil. The New Roswell”). One of the most remarkable testimonies in that book, also quite new, is the one of a doctor who had been commended by the military to perform an urgent surgery on one of the captured beings. A most intriguing aspect, which renews the picture of the Varginha case, is that this surgeon reveals he had an intense telepathic communication with that being at the end of the surgery. He has also made a precise description of the being, whose extraterrestrial nature seems beyond doubt. It is obviously an important reading as well.

I – Presentation by A.J. Gevaerd

One of the most serious facts of the “Varginha case” – and one of the most appalling – was the death, on February 15, 1996, of Corporal Marco Eli Chereze, who was then aged 23. As we know, he was part of the secret service of the Military Police (P2) which participated in the capture of the second creature in the night of January 20, 1996. The news of his death spread very fast, during the first months of the investigations, according to other sources, which revealed that a policeman had died because of a generalized infection after having been in contact with the ET. Faced with the gravity of the situation, the subject was treated with extreme caution by the investigators concerned with the case, while the lawyer, and consultant to the UFO review – Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues – was still searching for new informations.

Rodrigues managed to check with the City Hall that a policeman had really found death shortly after the capture of the creatures. The ufologist even obtained a copy of the death record, by which he was able to locate the family of the boy. The same witness who alerted the investigators about the death of Chereze also declared that the creature, at the moment of the capture, would have attempted a light reaction, obliging the policeman to touch his left arm without his gloves. For some of his colleagues, he would have been contaminated one way or another.

Marco Eli Chereze

The family of Marco Eli Chereze managed to have an inquiry opened by the local police precinct in order to establish eventual medical responsibilities for his death. At that time, searches seemed to be doomed to failure, but they are still under way at the present time. The parents did that because, a few days after January 20, a small tumor, similar to a furuncle, appeared under one of the armpits of Chereze. That tumor, according to what was learned at the time, would have been rapidly extracted by the doctor in charge, at the very premises where he was serving. We know today that nothing like happened. But what most drew the attention of the boy’s family was the lack of informations about his health condition and, later, about his tragic death. Even months after his burial, nobody knew exactly the cause of his death.

Autopsy refused

The police superintendent himself, who lead the inquiry, was not able to be present at the autopsy of the policeman, in spite of his insistence in the face of the police corps in which Chereze served. The retention and/or dissemination of information regarding that subject were purely and simply an affront to the family of Chereze and to the laws of the Nation. Even worse, such an affront was committed by the Military Police itself. It’s only one year after the event of Varginha, on January 20, 1997 that things began to move, after the dissimulation of the facts had been denounced publicly with insistence, both by ufologists and all the press.

Among the most disquieting facts put forward by the investigators, there was precisely the absence of informations regarding the death of Chereze, the most important piece of the headache named the Varginha Case. Thus, in the middle of a press meeting at the first anniversary of the event, investigators denounced the silence and obtained that the family, the police superintendent and the press had at last access to the autopsy file. From its contents, soldier Chereze would have died from a generalized infection. The policeman would have arrived at home, a certain night after the capture of the creature, suffering from a strong pain in the back. After the ablation of the tumor, he would have shown a gradual process of paralysis and fever which, becoming more serious, obliged him to go to the hospital Bom Pastor where he remained confined and practically isolated from his family during several days.

Close relatives of the policeman, especially his sister, Marta Antônia Tavares, the one who went the most frequently to the hospital, could not have contact with him and had great difficulty to meet the doctor responsible for the treatment ; and it was even more difficult for them to discover what the illness was. Little time after his entry at the hospital Bom Pastor, the policeman was transferred to the hospital Regional Do Sul de Minas, also located in Varginha, the same where he would have brought, in the night of January 20, the creature he had captured. Chereze was led directly to the center for intensive care of the establishment and taken in charge by the very physician who reveals today publicly what he knows. This is where Chereze passed away at exactly 11 am on February 15, 26 days after his implication with the extraterrestrial. (note of G. Bourdais: the following interview of the doctor gives a slightly different story)

“Although all the tests and exams possibles were applied in the search of a diagnosis, he could not be saved in time”, was to declare the superintendent in charge of the inquiry, in the course of his deposition before the judge of the “COMARCA”. It was just discovered that the physicians who took care of Chereze at the time did not have the faintest idea of how to fight the illness which was striking him down. After the decease of the boy had been unveiled before the press present at the meeting of January 1997, the commander of the Military Police of the state of Minas Merais denied the facts immediately, including the presence of Chereze during that night of january 20. But, in order to protect such an absurd story, they invented an even more crude one.

The family of Marco Eli Chereze confirmed that he was indeed on duty that night. Furthermore, he did not die alone because of his professional activities after the contact with an alien, but the creature he had captured died also after that contact, and much faster than Chereze. “It seems clear that the death of the policeman has become the less controllable and the most dangerous piece of the process of dissimulation imposed by the military of ESA and the brazilian Army”, has acknowledged Marco Petit, co-editor of the magazine UFO, who participated actively in the inquiry.

A.J. Gevaerd then presents the interview of Dr Cesário Lincoln Furtado by Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues, stressing the considerable research of Ubirajara on Varginha, and the “extreme importance” of this document. Here is now the interview.

II – What was the cause of the death of policeman marco Eli Chereze ?

Interview of Dr Cesário Lincoln Furtado by Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues (summary by Gildas Bourdais)

Dr Cesário Lincoln Furtado

Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues (Ubirajara hereafter) asks Dr Cesário Lincoln Furtado (Dr Furtado hereafter) what was his role in the treatment of policeman Chereze in the hospitals of Varginha in 1996. The following is the summary of his answers to several questions, condensed in chronological order:

Dr. Furtado — Marco Eli Chereze was first admitted in the Department “Prontomed” (emergency ward) of the hospital Regional by my colleague Armando Martins Pinto (cardiologist), on February 12, 1996. He entered there because of an intense pain in the lumber area. Dr Armando directed him to the hospital Bom Pastor where he was rapidly taken in charge by Dr René, who was cardiologist, general practitioner, and head of the Department of cardiology, and who ordered some exams. I was then involved, being at the time the supervisor (sort of coordinator) of cardiology at Bom Pastor.

Questioned by Ubirajara, Dr Furtado explains that he worked in both hospitals. However, during that month of January, he did not work at the hospital Regional. He went every morning at the Bom Pastor. The reason why Chereze was sent to Bom Pastor is not clear to him: perhaps because of lack of room at the Regional, or rather because Chereze would have military medical coverage there.

Dr. Furtado — The next day, at the hospital Bom Pastor, we asked for new exams because Chereze was still suffering in the lumber area. We asked for urine analyses, radios of the column, of the lumber and sacrum areas, in addition to an examination by an orthopedist because the pain was intense and we suspected the presence of an herniated disc. Dr Rogério Lemos, in charge of orthopedy, examined him and said that there was no alteration and that the problem did not come from there. He told us to continue our search of the cause of the pain, as fever began to appear at that time.

The blood analyses, which arrived in the afternoon, showed an hemogram with a leucocytosis, a deviation to the left and toxic granulations in the neutrophils. This was the sign of an important infection, highly capable of provoking a poisoning (toxemia) – because there were those toxic granulations. We then administered two antibiotics: penicillin and gentamicin, because we thought that there could be a pneumonia, owing to the localisation of the pain, or an urinary infection.

His case was evaluated again on February 13: same condition. The next day, still at the hospital Bom Pastor, he spent the day with fever and pains, but at an “acceptable level”. Until the morning of the 15, where he woke-up very tired and in a state of torpor, with signs of cyanosis. These symptoms seemed to confirm a general poisoning vehiculated by the blood, with a possible outcome in septicemia. He was then immediately transferred to the CTI (Intensive Care) of the hospital Regional, where he was put under medication.

At the CTI of the hospital Regional, one of the first exams was for HIV, with a negative result. His state of health deteriorated rapidly and he died in a few hours, although he had been given antibiotics soon after his admission. This intrigued everybody and an autopsy was performed. It did not confirm an urinary infection, but that was later confirmed by the urine culture which had been ordered at the Bom Pastor. He also had a mild pneumonia. Said Dr. Furtado — “In my opinion, the urinary infection was the cause of septicemia, because the pulmonary infection was so minimal that it could not have been responsible for such a state”.

The close relatives of Chereze, mainly his sister Antônia, says Dr Furtadoo, suspected that the abcess Chereze had in the left armpit, after the military operation, had not been properly treated, which may have caused infections. But Dr Furtado denies that, because, when Chereze was admitted at the hospital, the abcess was practically cured. Furthermore, the abcess was due to another bacteria, a staphylococcus, which is normal for any small infection on the skin.

The main point, insists Dr Furtado, is that the cause of his death – the causa mortis – has not been clarified. A few days before, the boy was in very good health, and at the beginning the infection looked relatively simple. He never had in the past any difficult treatment which could have caused an immunodeficiency. And it could not be congenital either because, if such had been the case, he would not have reached the age of 23 years in good health. This is why we can affirm that his immunodeficiency was “acquired”, but we don’t know how. His death was not caused by a pneumonia, neither by an urinary infection, nor by the abcess.

Dr Furtado also says: At the beginning, the diagnosis of an urinary or kidney infection prevailed because of the presence of “enterobacteria”. But, in less that 20 days, three bacterias attacked the policeman. THREE ! This is a very rare thing in the world. When Marco had a pulmonary infection, he already no longer had any immune defense. In that case, any bacteria can take control of a person.

At the request of Ubirajara, Dr Furtado gives more medical details. Ubirajara asks: « In the hemogram sent by the laboratory of Bom Pastor, it is said: “Presence of cytoplasmic vacuoles. Presence of 8% of thin toxic granules in the neutrophils. Discret polikilocytosis”. How can you, as a physician, interpret the presence of 8% of those small toxic granulations in the neutrophils ? »

Dr. Furtado — They appear in the neutrophils of a person who is victim of the agression of a very virulent bacteria. This provokes a “battlefield”, if we may say, which could reach 50% ou 60%. The file mentions 8% because it refers to the first blood analysis. And that already demonstrates that there is an infection, which led to the prescription of antibiotics. Their presence denotes an important and serious infection. It is not frequent, except in serious cases.

Ubirajara — in ufological circles, when some researchers will read this statement in the results of the hemogram, they are going to interpret that those 8% of toxic granulations were “unknown things”, the presence of a new substance, or yet something else.

Dr. Furtado — No, nothing like that, absolutely nothing. As I said already, they don’t appear in other infections but are frequent in serious infections.

Ubirajara — During the time that you took care of the policeman, did you notice, at the Bom Pastor as well as the Regional, the presence of any unknown physician, from outside ?

Dr. Furtado — No, I did not notice any. I did not see either the superiors of Marco Eli Chereze, whether of the police or the army. They did not look for me, not even to collect the least information regarding the boy, during the two or three days.

Ubirajara — There is, in the medical inquiry following Marco’s death, the deposition of a dermatologist. He mentions a blood infection, in which red cells would have been attacked by white cells. According to this dermatologist, those 8% in the blood examination could have denoted a contagion by the skin of an eventual toxic substance which would have attacked the red cells. What do you think of that ?

Dr. Furtado — This has nothing to do. There is no connection between these elements.The report also says that a few days could have passed before the process materialized, but it is not so. If there were such a contagion by the skin, it’s effect would be blazing. We would be decimated everyday that way.

Ubirajara — Could you see the body ?

Dr. Furtado — No, I could not. It is not usual. After the death, the body is taken for the autopsy and there is no other recourse. After a person is deceased, you inform the family – and in the case in question, I was not even the person who did that, because when they took him to the CTI , I transferred my responsabilities to the other doctor at the CTI.

Ubirajara — Did the family think of asking for an exhumation of the body ?

Dr. Furtado — Not that I know of. In fact, an exhumation would not have brought any proof of what really caused the death. As for the death certificate, the cause of the death was not mentioned because there was not the faintest element permitting to guarany anything.

Ubirajara — You mentioned that a member of his family had affirmed that he wanted to know what this illness was about, because the policeman had participated in the capture of something strange. Was this told to you before, or after his death ?

Dr. Furtado — A few days later, when his death was still recent. I don’t remember very well, but his sister was in great shock, and she came to talk with me.

Ubirajara — let’s stick to the facts regarding this interview. But, did you notice any other movement at the time, in one of these hospitals ?

Dr. Furtado — I heard of many things, but I did not witness any particular movement. However, rumors were thriving at the maternity ward of the hospital Regional, but I never worked there, being not an obstetrician. Furthermore, the maternity was somewhat separate, the entrance and the rest of it. As for the hospital Humanitas , where I also worked at the time, I did not notice anything. Not even comments between doctors, nurses, and office personnels.

Ubirajara asks further if there could be isolated areas in those hospitals. Dr Furtado explains that, at the Regional, there was also a reserved aisle, used for contagious patients. At the Humanitas, there were few movements, and there wee many rooms without activity. But, in 1996, there were no longer isolation premises, except in hospitals specialized in contagious illnesses.

Ubirajara — Do you see other interesting aspects to mention about that episode ?

Dr. Furtado — Listen, there is that story reported by the family (regarding the capture of the being), about which I don’t know anything. But, we don’t find any rational explanation for the death of this boy. Because it was terribly fast, you understand ?

Ubirajara — Could it be caused by a totally unknown bacteria, however improbable ?

Dr. Furtado — Yes. Well, if we talk of something completely unknown, it is obvious that we could not risk any conjectures. There is no answer possible. Now, could something have penetrated inside his organism, something equally unknown, which would have deprived him of his immunity system ? This is another question without answer.

Ubirajara — Could you tell what type of thing would be susceptible to provoke that, for instance ?

Dr. Furtado — I don’t know. That might be an injectable “poison”, an infection of injured skin, at the face or foot. It might be an injury caused by a nail, which would provoke tetanos, etc. But we know tetanos. A multitude of things, I might say, and this is just to enumerate some examples of what might have contaminated that boy and deprived him of immune resistance. I repeat that I say that it ‘COULD BE”.

Ubirajara — Are you telling me that the death of Marco Eli Chereze was a strange death ?

Dr. Furtado — A strange death, without rational explanation. In the course of my professional life, I have seen already two persons, aged about 25, die of an infection, but we knew that both had immune deficiency. Both of them, if I recall well, had had removal of the spleen (splenectomy) following a past accident. After a certain delay, that causes immunodeficiency. In that situation, the person may decease rapidly if he finds himself in the condition of a septicemia. But, once again, it was not the case.

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Source: Brazilian UFO Magazine # 102

http://www.ufo.com.br

http://www.casovarginha.com.br