16 January 1958 / T077
Almiro Baraúna’s Trindade photographs
Trindade Island, South Atlantic
Witness account
During a Brazilian naval expedition, photographer Almiro Baraúna said he photographed a disc-shaped object near Trindade Island. The sequence’s military setting and claims of additional witnesses made it an internationally prominent photographic case. A naval archive catalog confirms that expedition records exist for the relevant period.
Public record
Published photographs, witness accounts and military-related correspondence constitute the evidence. An archive catalog entry establishes the existence and description of a file, not that every extraordinary assertion about the expedition has been authenticated.