The article below was published in the daily newspaper La Bourgogne Républicaine, Dijon, France, on June 10, 1952.
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Rio de Janeiro, 9. -- The "Diario Noite" published this morning, in a special edition, two snapshots of a flying saucer taken yesterday afternoon while the craft was flying over the city of Rio.
There is not the slightest doubt about the authenticity of the photos published by the reporter, declared the military attaché of the United States in Brazil who, accompanied by representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of the Navy, and in the presence of a commission of officers from the office of the Minister of Air, examined the negatives of the photos of the flying disk.
The reporter who took these pictures gave the following description of the phenomenon: "The disk looked like an airplane moving sideways at an enormous speed. When this object coming of the sea reached the horizon line, it slowed down, made a curve, passed over where we were, gained height swinging like a leaf falling from a tree and disappeared again like a bullet towards the sea."
Three characteristics were noted by the American military attaché: the disc did not make the slightest noise, its speed was exceptional and this speed seemed variable, as if this disc was directed by radio or by a pilot.
Questioned by the press, the American military attaché declared: "All hypotheses are permitted, including that of a weapon coming from Mars or another planet, or a secret weapon launched by a foreign power."
The five photos, which are extremely clear, were delivered to the United States Embassy in Rio de Janeiro immediately after their publication in the press. They will be sent today to the Air Force headquarters in Washington.
All Brazilian and foreign circles in Rio de Janeiro agree in recognizing the exceptional value of these documents.
Note: The photographer was Press photographer Ed Keffel, his five photos taken at Barra da Tijuca were published by the Brazilian weekly magazine O Cruzeiro on May 7, 1952. He allegedly saw the UFO in company of journalist João Martins.
The photos are regarded as hoaxed, as there are inconsistency of shadows, first noted by Donald Menzel and Lyle Boyd in their 1963 book The World of Flying Saucers, later repeated by William K. Hartmann who checked out and commented the photos for the "Condon report".
