Varginha's Extraterrestrial Visit: Controversy, Investigation, and Local UFO Lore

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Residents of Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil, say in January a three-foot-tall alien visited, described by Liliane Ftima Silva, Valquria, and Katia Andrade Xavier as horned and red-eyed with unusual features, prompting investigators and ufologists to weigh the testimony while officials deny a cover-up amid rumors of a captured body, and Mayor Aloysio Ribeiro de Almeida envisions turning the town into a UFO center after decades of sightings.