Official National Archive
Brazil’s national archive holds hundreds of Air Force UFO records
Worth Revisiting: the official OVNI collection preserves reports, questionnaires, correspondence, photographs, drawings, audio, and video from across decades.
Briefed August 17, 2026 · Aliens in the Clouds
Worth Revisiting
Brazil’s Arquivo Nacional describes its Objeto Voador Não Identificado collection, reference BR DFANBSB ARX, as a federal holding produced by the Brazilian Air Force. Its overview identifies 743 records containing sighting accounts, occurrence questionnaires, correspondence, photographs, drawings, video, audio, and press material, beginning in 1952.
A broader archive description updated in April 2026 says Air Force transfers began in 2008 and now cover records through 2019. The archive explicitly notes that ‘unidentified’ means the source was not immediately determined and may include satellites, drones, balloons, or natural phenomena; the value of the collection is access to the original record, not a single conclusion applied to every file.
Why it matters
Brazil’s mixed-media collection allows researchers to move beyond retellings and compare witness forms, official correspondence, imagery, recordings, and later catalog context.
What the source establishes
The collection’s provenance as Air Force material is official. Its 743 cataloged records document reports and investigations; they do not represent 743 confirmed extraordinary objects.
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