Aracariguama

A silent beam of light strikes a farmer inside his darkened home in Araçariguama, Brazil, March 4, 1946

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Brazil Sightings

1946: The Death of João Prestes Filho — Araçariguama, Brazil

Published: August 23, 2026 | Updated: August 23, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO | UAP SIGHTING REPORT 1946: The Death of João Prestes Filho — Araçariguama, Brazil A farmer came home from fishing on...

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Four-panel dossier collage: the Araçariguama Brazil light-beam death, Johannesburg disc with occupant, Bernardston Massachusetts photographed objects, and Havana Illinois disc, all March 1946

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1946 Sightings

1946: March UFO & Entity Sightings Archive

Published: June 22, 2016 | Updated: August 23, 2026

1946: March UFO & Entity Sightings Archive March 1946‘s anchor case is often called Brazil’s first UFO fatality: farmer João Prestes Filho, struck by...

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1946: The Death of João Prestes Filho — Araçariguama, Brazil

1946: March UFO & Entity Sightings Archive

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