EOP-UAP-D001, NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963
This single-page document is a CIA Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report monitoring a Radio Tupi broadcast from Rio de Janeiro at 2330 on 8 November 1963. The broadcast reported that a large metal sphere fell in the center of Conde, in Bahia, Brazil, gouging a hole four meters deep. The sphere is described as having window-shaped openings covered with thick glass and containing a human body dressed in heavy clothing bearing indecipherable inscriptions, with the population intrigued and authorities informed. According to the releasing source page, the report is excerpted from the files of Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC), a cabinet-level advisory body within the Executive Office of the President that coordinated U.S. space policy from 1958 to 1973. Handwritten annotations dated November 13, 1963 document a communication between NASC and the U.S. Department of State requesting that the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro query local sources for verification — an inter-agency request that preceded a subsequent diplomatic cable cataloged as DOS-UAP-D001. The file was released by the U.S. Department of War on August 7, 2026.
Description
A CIA Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report dated November 9, 1963, transcribing a Rio de Janeiro Radio Tupi Portuguese-language broadcast about the alleged crash of a large metal sphere containing a deceased occupant in Conde, Bahia, Brazil. The document, from the files of NASC Executive Secretary Edward C. Welsh, bears handwritten annotations dated November 13, 1963, recording an inter-agency request from NASC to the U.S. Department of State to have the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro verify the report.
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A large metal sphere fell in the center of Conde, Bahia, Brazil, gouging a hole four meters deep.
30%The sphere had window-shaped openings covered with thick glass and contained a human body in heavy clothing bearing indecipherable inscriptions.
25%NASC requested that the U.S. State Department have the Rio de Janeiro embassy verify the local reporting.
80%NASC requested the U.S. State Department to have the Rio de Janeiro embassy verify the local reporting on November 13, 1963.
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Events
Nov 7, 1963
Radio Tupi broadcast on metal sphere crash
Rio de Janeiro Radio Tupi broadcast at 2330 reporting a large metal sphere fell in Conde, Bahia, containing a human body.
Nov 8, 1963
FBIS wire report compiled
CIA FBIS transcribed and disseminated the broadcast report.
Nov 12, 1963
NASC–State Department inter-agency request
Handwritten annotations record NASC asking the State Department to have the U.S. Embassy in Rio verify the reporting.
Aug 6, 2026
Document release
File released by the U.S. Department of War in UAP release 5.
Nov 7, 1963
Radio Tupi broadcast of alleged sphere crash
Radio Tupi broadcast at 2330 reporting a large metal sphere fell in Conde, Bahia, containing a human body.
Nov 8, 1963
FBIS wire report issued
CIA FBIS produced a wire report transcribing the Radio Tupi broadcast.
Nov 12, 1963
NASC–State Department inquiry
Handwritten note records NASC requesting State Department verification via the Rio embassy.
Aug 6, 2026
Public release by U.S. Department of War
File released on war.gov as part of a UAP document collection (Release 5).
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Extracted text (OCR)
Authority NNO968063 p/ FBIS 03 RIO DE JANEIRO RADIO TUPI IN PORTUGUESE 2330 8 NOV 63 W (TEXT) REPORTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF CONDE, IN' BAIA, SAY A LARGE METAL SPHERE FELL IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, GOUGING A HOLE FOUR METERS DEEP. THE MYSTERIOUS SPHERE HAS WINDOW SHAPED OPENINGS COVERED WITH THICK GLASS. INSIDE IS A HUMAN BODY DRESSED IN HEAVY CLQTHING BEARING INSCRIPTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE DECIPHERED. THE PO~ULATION INf ORN ED. OF CONDE IS INTRIGUED, AND THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN 9 NOV 111A RWS/GY ' r . . ', 7
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