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NOVEMBER 14, 1954, CURITIBA, PARANA, BRAZIL, A MAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Ufology books reported that in Curitiba, Brazil, an railway employee reported to the authorities that on November 14, 1954, or November 13 in other versions, at 03:30 a.m. between the stations of Congonhas and Urai, he saw three beings or three small being in tight-fitted luminous clothes examining the ground around the railway with a lantern, or examining the railway with a lamp.

When the strange creatures saw the man, they entered an oval craft which rose quickly.

No author cared to provide the primary source or to check further.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. jg1:] JIMMY GUIEU:

The author indicates that on November 13, 1954, in the State of Panama [sic] in Brazil, a lenticular spacecraft landed, observed by a railwayman. Very impressed, the railwayman immediatly alerted by phone the Curitiba authorities.

He reported: "At 03:30, I saw three very small men leaving an oval apparatus posed on the railway, between the stations of Congonhas and Urai. They were dressed in tight-fitting outfits of very bright color. They started to examine the ballast using a light, but they saw me and hastened up in their apparatus which disappeared at very high speed."

[Ref. lo1:] CORAL LORENZEN:

The author reports that in Curitiba, Brazil, an railway employee reported to the authorities that on November 14, 1954, at 03:30 a.m. he saw three beings in tight-fitted luminous clothes examining the ground around the railway with a lantern.

When the strange creatures saw the man, they entered an oval craft which rose quickly.

[Ref. jv1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

Jacques Vallée indicates that on November 13, 1954, close to Curitiba, Brésil, an object in the shape of a lens was seen on the railway. "Three dwarves wearing tight-fitted suits examined the railway with a lamp. When the witnesses approached the machine, it flew away very quickly."

[Ref. jv2:] JACQUES VALLEE:

[Ref. gc1:] GORDON CREIGHTON:

Gordon Creighton indicates that in Curitiba, State of Parana, Brazil, a Brazilian railway employee reported that at 03:30 a.m. on November 54, 1954, he saw three beings in tight-fitting luminous clothing examining the ballast on the permanent way and the ground around the tracks, by the light of a lantern.

When the strange creatures saw him, they entered an oval-shaped craft which rose rapidly into the sky.

Creighton notes that Jacques Vallée, mentioning this case, said they were midgets, but Coral Lorenzen's account does not give their size.

He indicates that the sources are Coral Lorenzen, The Great Flying Saucer Hoax, and Jacques Vallée, The Pattern Behind UFO Landings in the Flying Saucer Review for January/February 1964.

[Ref. rs1:] RAY STANFORD:

In his book about the famous UFO landing in Socorro, Ray Stanford indicates a number of other sightings of egg-shaped craft that may be significant in this regard.

Among those cases, he indicates that on November 14, 1954, in the vicinity of Curitiba, in the state of Parana, Brazil, a railroad employee reported having seen at 03:30 a.m. three small humanoids in tight-fitting and seemingly luminous clothing. They seemed to be examining the ground around the railroad tracks with a light. When the beings saw the man, they entered an oval-shaped craft, which departed quickly into the night sky.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Points to consider:

Jimmy Guieu is the one who gave the most details, and Coral Lorenzen perhaps heard speak about the case independently on her side. But no author took care to indicate his primary source, probably a newspaper article without further details. The other sources simply copied the story, for which I did not find a mention in the listings of Brazilian cases coming from ufologists from that country.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Insufficient information. No credibility.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

• [jg1] * "Black Out Sur Les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jimmy Guieu, Fleuve Noir publisher, France, page 235, 1956.
• [lo1] * "The Great Flying Saucer Hoax - The UFO Facts and their Interpretation", book by Coral Lorenzen, self published, USA, 1962.
• [lo1] * "Flying Saucers - The Startling Evidence of the Invasion From Outer Space", book by Coral Lorenzen, Signet Books publisher, USA, pp 214-217, 1966.
• [jv1] * "Descriptive Study Of The Entities Associated With The Type 1 Sightings", article by Jacques Vallée, in the ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), U-K., Volume 10, #1, January/February 1964.
• [jv1] * "The Pattern Behind UFO Landings", chapter by Jacques Vallée, in "The Humanoids", livre par Charles Bowen, Neville Spearman publisher, USA, 1967.
• [jg1] * "Black Out Sur Les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jimmy Guieu, Omnium Littéraire publisher, France, page 235, 1972.
• [jv1] * "Le Modèle Derrière les Atterrissages d'OVNIS", chapter by Jacques Vallée, in "En Quête des Humanoïdes", book by Charles Bowen, French translation of "The Humanoids", J'ai Lu publisher, France, page 67, 1974.
• [gc1] * "Humanoids in South America", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "The Humanoids", book by Charles Bowen, Neville Spearman publisher, USA, 1967.
• [gc1] * "Les Humanoïdes en Amérique Latine", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "En Quête des Humanoïdes", book by Charles Bowen, French translation of "The Humanoids", J'ai Lu publisher, France, page 112, 1974.
• [rs1] * "Socorro Saucer - The Closest Encounter of Them All", book by Ray Stanford, Blueapple Books publisher, USA, 1976.
• [rs1] * "Socorro Saucer - The Closest Encounter of Them All", book by Ray Stanford, Fontana-Collins publisher, U-K., page 148, 1978.
• [ar1] * "1954 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1954.shtml

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