{"type":"locations","slug":"varginha-brazil","title":"Varginha","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/varginha-brazil","description":"Brazilian city linked to claims of crashed alien creatures and military retrieval in 1996","date":"1996-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Town"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","lat":-21.555,"lng":-45.436,"connectionCount":2,"content":{"markdown":"## Strange Creatures Reported\n\nResidents of Varginha, Minas Gerais, described seeing a small creature with large eyes on 20 January 1996.[^1][^2] Military trucks were later spotted near the alleged crash site.\nSee the [Varginha incident](/events/1996-varginha-incident) article for collected testimony.\n\n## Official Denials\n\nBrazilian authorities maintained the sightings were misidentified citizens[^2][^3] and no unusual aircraft was recovered.\n\n\n[^1]: [G1: ET de Varginha case completes 20 years with mysteries and uncertainties](https://g1.globo.com/mg/sul-de-minas/noticia/2016/01/et-de-varginha-caso-completa-20-anos-com-misterios-e-incertezas.html)\n[^2]: [CartaCapital: STM divulges inquiry on the ET de Varginha](https://www.cartacapital.com.br/cartaexpressa/stm-divulga-inquerito-sobre-o-et-de-varginha/)\n[^3]: [Superior Tribunal Militar: Inquérito Policial Militar n.18/1997](https://arquimedes.stm.jus.br/index.php/inquerito-policial-militar-n-18-1997)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"james-fox","title":"James Fox","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/james-fox"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"events","slug":"1996-varginha-incident","title":"Varginha Incident","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1996-varginha-incident"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/varginha-brazil","title":"Varginha","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/varginha-brazil","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"South America"}