Case file · Abduction
Antônio La Rubia, Paciência
In September 1977 a 33-year-old bus driver, Antônio Bogado La Rubia, said he was taken aboard a large craft in a field near his home in Paciência, west Rio, by robot-like beings.
1977 CE · -22.91, -43.63 · status: account
The account
He said a light froze him beside a utility pole and he found himself inside, where a 'robot' pointed a syringe-like device at him. The Rio ufologist Irene Granchi interviewed him, and O Dia first reported the case on 4 October 1977. Sources give the date as 15 or 19 September.
The sceptical view
One witness, no physical traces, and details that differ between write-ups. Even sympathetic coverage asked whether the story was hallucination or invention.