Alcir Pereira de Silva

Commander Alcir Pereira de Silva served as co-pilot of the Xingu executive jet during Brazil's "Official UFO Night" on 19 May 1986. Alongside Colonel Ozires Silva, he pursued a fast bright red-orange light near Poços de Caldas for about thirty minutes and had to break off landings several times because of craft hovering nearby.

• Co-pilot of the EMB 121 Xingu jet on the night of 19 May 1986
• Flew together with Colonel Ozires Silva on the return from a meeting with President Sarney
• Pursued a fast bright red-orange light near Poços de Caldas for roughly 30 minutes
• Broke off landings several times because of craft hovering nearby
• Confirmed visual contact with three luminous objects at about 10,000 feet
• Responded to traffic-control queries about unidentified radar targets
• Participated in the military response to the incident

Alcir Pereira de Silva is indispensable for the UAP timeline as a co-witness of Brazil's "Official UFO Night": his testimony reinforces Ozires Silva's observations and prevents any reduction of the case to "single-pilot error".