From: A. J. Gevaerd (Revista UFO) <gevaerd@ufo.com.br>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 05:19:39 -0300
Fwd Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:50:03 -0400
Subject: Re: Trindade Island Case Update - Gevaerd


 >From: Virgilio Sanchez-Ocejo <ufomiami@prodigy.net>
 >To: <ufoupdates@virtuallystrange.net>
 >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:06:23 -0400
 >Subject: Re: Trindade Island Case Update

 >I taped Mr. Barauna's interview by Dr. Hynek during our dinner
 >at the hotel restaurant during the II International Ufology
 >Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 19, 1983 at 8:15 p.m..

 >Present, at the table where; Leo Sprinkle, Cynthia Hind, Carlos
 >Reis, Irene Granchi, Cynthia Lubilus, Mr. and Mrs. Barauna, Dr.
 >Hynek and myself.

 >Mr Barauna said that it was Captain Diego of the Brazilian Air
 >Force, also present aboard the ship, who saw the UFO not
 >only undulate or wobble but also tip twice.


Trindade Island Case Is OK. Barra da Tijuca Is Not

Hello Virgilio:

I recollect meeting you, Dr. Sprinkle, Dr. Hynek, Dr. Hurtak and
Dr. Haines at that conference in Brazil, 1983. You gave me a
copy of your book, which I believe is titled UFOs from Undersea,
published by Wendelle Stevens. Barauna was one of the invited
speakers and gave to a few persons first hand copies of his
famous pictures. I got a set and I still keep them as a real
treasure.

His case has been undisputed for decades, since it is definitely
one of the most solid cases ever registered in the world.
Barauna=B4s reputation is absolutely intact, so are the
reputations of several others involved in the Trindade Island
observation. However, if that is the case for Barauna=B4s
pictures, unfortunately it is NOT for the also very famous Barra
da Tijuca photos, made by Ed Keffel and Jo=E3o Martins. I am
afraid to say that the suspicious of many people in the last
decades had become true: the photos are fake.

Several top Brazilian UFO researchers have been engaged in a
series of new evaluations of those photos, including visits to
the site where they were take, reconstitution of the facts etc.
Now, one of our leading UFO photo analysis expert, engineer
Claudeir Covo, has come public about it. The Barra da Tijuca's
photos are very bad fakes. That=B4s sad because they were like
symbols of the Brazilian Ufology. But that is the fact! Maybe
some of you read any Portuguese and would like to check out this
link:

http://www.inpu.hpg.ig.com.br/tijuca1.htm

Regards,

A. J. Gevaerd
editor, Brazilian UFO Magazine