{"type":"locations","slug":"colares-brazil","title":"Colares Brazil","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/colares-brazil","description":"Amazonian island subjected to 1977 Chupa Chupa UAP attacks investigated by Brazilian Air Force Operation Saucer","date":"1977-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Hotspot"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","lat":-0.933,"lng":-48.291,"connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"## Chupa Chupa incidents\n\nVillagers on Ilha de Colares, Pará state, reported nocturnal beams from small luminous craft that caused puncture wounds, weakness, and anemia. Mayor José Ildone Favacho solicited Air Force assistance.\nSee the [Colares UFO sightings](/events/1977-colares-ufo-sightings) for the official investigation timeline.\n\n## Operation Saucer investigation\n\nThe Brazilian Air Force Intelligence Division deployed under Operation Prato (Saucer), photographing disc and cylinder objects and interviewing 300 witnesses. Medical examinations documented dermal lesions comparable to microwave exposure.[^1]\n\n## International relevance\n\nAAWSAP medical contractors later compared Skinwalker Ranch injuries to Colares case files obtained through Brazilian FOIA, citing similar hematological profiles.\n\n[^1]: [Operação Prato: documentos oficiais liberados e vazados](https://operacaoprato.com/documentos-oficiais)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"events","slug":"1977-colares-ufo-sightings","title":"Colares UFO Sightings","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1977-colares-ufo-sightings"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/colares-brazil","title":"Colares Brazil","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/colares-brazil","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"South America"}