{"type":"documents","slug":"1978-operation-prato-official-records","title":"Operation Prato Official Records","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/1978-operation-prato-official-records","description":"Brazilian Air Force files documenting investigations of mysterious lights over Pará during 1977–1978","date":"1978-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Document"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":7,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## Military Investigation\n\nBetween 1977 and 1978 the Brazilian Air Force conducted a classified operation, known as Operação Prato, to study repeated UFO sightings in the Amazon region.[^1] Hundreds of pages of reports and photographs were later declassified, describing unusual aerial lights and alleged injuries to witnesses.[^2][^3][^4][^5] These files remain a significant case study for South American ufology.[^1]\n\n<PDF src=\"https://imagem.sian.an.gov.br/acervo/derivadas/BR_DFANBSB_ARX/0/0/0184/BR_DFANBSB_ARX_0_0_0184_d0001de0009.pdf\" />\n\n\n[^1]: [Documentos Oficiais Liberados e Vazados sobre a Operação Prato](https://operacaoprato.com/documentos-oficiais)\n[^2]: [Registros de Observações de OVNI, BR DFANBSB ARX 184 (Arquivo Nacional)](https://imagem.sian.an.gov.br/acervo/derivadas/BR_DFANBSB_ARX/0/0/0184/BR_DFANBSB_ARX_0_0_0184_d0001de0009.pdf)\n[^3]: [Ofício do I COMAR encaminhando Registros de Observações de OVNI, BR DFANBSB ARX 197 (Arquivo Nacional)](https://imagem.sian.an.gov.br/acervo/derivadas/BR_DFANBSB_ARX/0/0/0197/BR_DFANBSB_ARX_0_0_0197_d0001de0001.pdf)\n[^4]: [Informe do I COMAR sobre vazamento do relatório da primeira missão, BR DFANBSB ARX 322 (Arquivo Nacional)](https://imagem.sian.an.gov.br/acervo/derivadas/BR_DFANBSB_ARX/0/0/0322/BR_DFANBSB_ARX_0_0_0322_d0001de0002.pdf)\n[^5]: [Operação Prato SNI documents archive (Fernando Rodrigues/UOL)](https://download.uol.com.br/fernandorodrigues/ovnis/1977-OperacaoPrato-SNI.pdf)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/1978-operation-prato-official-records","title":"Operation Prato Official Records","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/1978-operation-prato-official-records","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}