Case
Directory - Category: 8; UFO Photographs
| Subject: | Bara da Tijuca Photos |
| Date: |
May 7, 1952 |
| Location: |
Coast of Brazil nr Punta da
Marisco;
near Rio de Janeiro |
Richard Hall:
Barra da Tijuca, Brazil, photographs of disc, taken by magazine writers Ed Keffel and Joao Martins. NICAP has never obtained any negatives for analysis. Prints show disc from five different angles. Critics have pointed out that in main photograph shadows on object do not coincide with shadows on the ground below. Until the criticism is fully answered, photographs must be considered suspect. (UFOE, 1964, pg. 88)
Barra da Tijuca, Brazil, photographs of disc, taken by magazine writers Ed Keffel and Joao Martins. NICAP has never obtained any negatives for analysis. Prints show disc from five different angles. Critics have pointed out that in main photograph shadows on object do not coincide with shadows on the ground below. Until the criticism is fully answered, photographs must be considered suspect. (UFOE, 1964, pg. 88)
Kevin Randle:
According to the APRO analysis, enlargements of the surrounding area showed a dead tree without any branches on it. They suggested that the sunlight on the trunk of that tree was in the proper place, and suggested that this showed that the photographs were not faked. Or rather, it showed that there were no internal inconsistencies, so the authenticity of the photographs could not be questioned for that reason..... Today, the best evidence seems to suggest the case is a hoax, perpetrated by two magazine writers who wanted an interesting story. By themselves, even if authentic, the pictures do not prove that UFOs are extraterrestrial. The pictures merely suggest that something unusual was seen flying above Brazil. The conclusion of hoax is not surprising, given both the attitudes of the investigators and the mission of the Condon Committee.
According to the APRO analysis, enlargements of the surrounding area showed a dead tree without any branches on it. They suggested that the sunlight on the trunk of that tree was in the proper place, and suggested that this showed that the photographs were not faked. Or rather, it showed that there were no internal inconsistencies, so the authenticity of the photographs could not be questioned for that reason..... Today, the best evidence seems to suggest the case is a hoax, perpetrated by two magazine writers who wanted an interesting story. By themselves, even if authentic, the pictures do not prove that UFOs are extraterrestrial. The pictures merely suggest that something unusual was seen flying above Brazil. The conclusion of hoax is not surprising, given both the attitudes of the investigators and the mission of the Condon Committee.
For
reports, documentation, analysis or discussions - see below:
The Barra
da Tijuca Photographs - Ron Story
Case 48 - The Condon Analysis
Barra da Tijuca Photos - Kevin Randle
Project Blue Book files on the case
Case 48 - The Condon Analysis
Barra da Tijuca Photos - Kevin Randle
Project Blue Book files on the case