DOS-UAP-D001, Diplomatic Cable, Brazil, November 14, 1963
According to the releasing agency (U.S. Department of State, via the Department of War UAP release collection), this document is an unclassified diplomatic cable dated November 14, 1963, sent from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro to the Office of the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C. The cable follows a poor-quality radiotelephone conversation the previous night and seeks to confirm the Department's understanding of newspaper reporting concerning an alleged crashed object near Salvador, Brazil, around November 8, 1963. The press language paraphrased in the cable references a 'large metal manned balloon' and a 'dead crewman aboard wearing [a] uniform or spacesuit with strange markings.' The embassy's understanding, per the cable, was that an object tentatively identified as a weather-type balloon had been sighted aloft in the vicinity but that no such object had been found to have crashed aground. The cable was passed to Defense and NASA at 2:20 PM on 11/14/63 and is signed by Gordon, with reference to Science Attaché SimonPietri. A follow-on correspondence is filed as DOS-UAP-D002.
Description
A declassified U.S. Department of State incoming telegram from the American Embassy in Rio de Janeiro to the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., seeking to confirm the Department's assessment of local Brazilian press reports about a crashed unidentified object near Salvador, Bahia.
Claims
No such crashed object was found aground, per the embassy's understanding.
95%An object sighted aloft near Salvador around November 8, 1963 was tentatively identified as a weather-type balloon.
80%An object sighted aloft in the vicinity was tentatively identified as a weather-type balloon.
75%Local Brazilian press reported a 'large metal manned balloon' with a 'dead crewman aboard wearing [a] uniform or spacesuit with strange markings' crashed near Salvador around November 8, 1963.
70%The cable was an effort to verify the Department had assessed the newspaper content as inauthentic.
70%Local Brazilian press described a 'large metal manned balloon' with a 'dead crewman aboard wearing [a] uniform or spacesuit with strange markings' found near Salvador.
60%
Events
Nov 13, 1963
Diplomatic cable transmitted
Embassy Rio de Janeiro cabled the Department of State to confirm its assessment; passed to Defense and NASA at 2:20 PM on 11/14/63.
Nov 7, 1963
Alleged crashed object reported near Salvador
Local press reported a crashed 'large metal manned balloon' with a dead crewman; object tentatively identified as a weather-type balloon, but none found aground.
Aug 6, 2026
File released
Released in the Department of War UAP records collection, Release 5.
Nov 7, 1963
Reported object sighting near Salvador
An object was sighted aloft in the vicinity of Salvador around November 8, 1963, tentatively identified as a weather-type balloon; press reports alleged a crashed manned balloon with a dead crewman.
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