Gravataí, Brazil: Mist-shrouded object seen rising from water, more sightings nearby
On the night of 19 December 1971, several people in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, saw a large object enveloped in mist; witness Lino Osvaldo Saul saw it emerge from the water at a beach resort near Porto Alegre, and an orange object was seen in São Leopoldo, Viamão and Guaíba.
Background
At night, several people in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, saw a large unidentified object, enveloped in mist, moving to the northeast. One witness, Lino Osvaldo Saul, saw the object emerge from the water and fly toward him and his girlfriend at a beach resort in the Porto Alegre area. Frightened, they ran away as it passed silently over them. Others in São Leopoldo, Viamão and Guaíba saw an orange object flying at low altitude. O Globo, the APRO Bulletin and Flying Saucer Review reported the sightings. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.