Case file · Abduction
Arlindo Gabriel, Baependi
A farmer in Minas Gerais said he was taken into one of four landed craft by short, almond-eyed humanoids.
1979 CE · -21.96, -44.89 · status: account
The account
Arlindo Gabriel reported that on 16 May 1979 four objects landed near Baependi and he was taken aboard one. Afterwards a pressure mark said to imply a weight over three tonnes was found, and a cloth with images and unknown writing was reportedly recovered.
The sceptical view
The evidence has not been independently analysed in any published scientific source.
The researched reading
A single farmer’s contact story, documented by ufologists and growing over the years. With nothing to check, mind and embellishment are the likeliest readings.
| Explanation | Weight | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Perception, memory or mind | 38% | A single rural witness whose story was shaped by ufologists, with later claims of 16 to 20 further contacts and a promised return, fits a fantasy-prone or dream-based narrative. |
| Undetermined | 32% | The share the reading had given to fabrication on doubt rather than evidence: the record does not settle it either way. |
| Genuinely anomalous | 15% | He reportedly avoids publicity, which argues a little against fame-seeking, but nothing is corroborated. |
| Something known, misidentified | 5% | Lights in the hills at night could be anything, but cannot explain a boarding. |
| A hoax or fabrication | 5% | Inscriptions on his bag and the escalating series of encounters are classic features of embellished or invented contact stories. |
| A known natural phenomenon | 2% | Nothing natural fits. |
| A poorly understood natural phenomenon | 2% | Speculative only. |
| Secret human technology | 1% | Nothing fits. |
Official position: No official investigation.