Case file · Close encounter
'ET Bilu'
Around 2010 a video of a supposed alien called 'Bilu', which tells humanity to 'seek knowledge' (busquem conhecimento), went viral in Brazil. It came from Urandir Fernandes's 'Projeto Portal' in Corguinho, Mato Grosso do Sul.
2010 CE · -19.84, -54.83 · status: hoax
The account
The catchphrase became a national meme. Urandir later also spread the fake 'lost city of Ratanabá' story in 2022.