EOP-UAP-D001, NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963
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This record is a CIA Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report, dated November 9, 1963, drawn from the files of Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC). It transcribes a Radio Tupi broadcast from Rio de Janeiro reporting that a large metal sphere had crashed in Conde, Bahia, Brazil, gouging a four-meter hole. The sphere was described as having window-like openings with thick glass and containing a human body in heavy clothing bearing undecipherable inscriptions. Handwritten annotations dated November 13, 1963 record a NASC inquiry to the State Department requesting that the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro verify the report locally.
The document is significant because it places the Conde, Bahia incident directly within the Executive Office of the President, demonstrating that NASC — a cabinet-level body — tracked and acted on the report through official diplomatic channels. The FBIS text is brief and the annotations are partially illegible. The record links to a subsequent State Department diplomatic cable (DOS-UAP-D001), suggesting a coordinated inter-agency effort to assess the incident.
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This document is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report dated November 9, 1963, tracking a local Portuguese-language radio broadcast from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, regarding an alleged crash of a “large metal sphere” containing a deceased occupant in Conde, Bahia, Brazil. This FBIS report is excerpted from the files of Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC). NASC was a cabinet-level advisory body within the Executive Office of the President responsible for coordinating U.S. space policy from 1958 to 1973.
Handwritten annotations dated November 13, 1963, document a communication between officials at NASC and the U.S. Department of State. The note records a NASC request to a State Department official to query the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro for local verification of the reporting. This inter-agency request precedes a subsequent diplomatic cable sent by the Embassy the following day, cataloged in this collection under the title “DOS-UAP-D001.”
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RIO DE JANEIRO RADIO TUPI IN PORTUGUESE 2330 8 NOV 63 W
(TEXT) REPORTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF CONDE, IN BAIA, SAY A
LARGE METAL SPHERE FELL IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, GOUGING A HOLE
FOUR METERS DEEP. THE MYSTERIOUS SPHERE HAS WINDOW SHAPED OPENINGS
COVERED WITH THICK GLASS. INSIDE IS A HUMAN BODY DRESSED IN HEAVY
CLOTHING BEARING INSCRIPTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE DECIPHERED. THE
POPULATION OF CONDE IS INTRIGUED, AND THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN
INFORMED.
IS INTRIGUED,
9 NOV 111A RWS/GY
ashed stale (Nan(te)
follows inth.
