Antonio Villas Boas abduction claim

Name: Antonio Villas Boas abduction claim
Start: 1957
Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil

When: 1957
Where: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sources: 2 public sources

Brazilian farmer Antonio Villas Boas said small beings took him aboard a landed craft in 1957, examined him and coerced him into sex. Physician Olavo Fontes examined him in Rio; Flying Saucer Review spread the story worldwide in 1965. Skeptics note it followed magazine stories of alien attacks.

Sources

PressThe Surprising Origin of Alien Abduction Stories (Natalie Wolchover) (opens in a new tab)Live Science / 2012-05-11
PressProbing Extraterrestrial Abduction (Marcelo Gleiser, NPR 13.7) (opens in a new tab)WWNO / NPR / 2013-11-27

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Where it fits

Earlier in Close encountersNICAP incorporated in Washington24 Oct 1956 Later in Close encountersDonald Keyhoe becomes director of NICAP1957

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