Imminent says Carvalho watched a shimmering daytime object above a beach, treated about 40 burn patients (23 wounds with two punctures) and found low hemoglobin in those tested

Record

Date

1977

Claim or item

Imminent says Carvalho watched a shimmering daytime object above a beach, treated about 40 burn patients (23 wounds with two punctures) and found low hemoglobin in those tested

Evidence category

Memoir attribution

Firsthand?

Attributed firsthand observation relayed by Elizondo

Publicly accessible?

Published book (ch. 2 pp. 16–18)

Independent corroboration

No lab values, reference ranges, sample size or records

Assessment

Unverified medical claims; obtain direct statement and original records

Notes

Source SRC-233 (Imminent ch. 2 'Colares', pp. 13–21) Chunk M search (2026-11-12): No file on this site mentions Colares, Carvalho, Uchoa or Pratt's tallies. Carvalho's only other published statement found is a 2005 interview in Revista UFO (Carlos Mendes; English reprint at ufology.patrickgross.org/htm/colareswc.htm): it describes light-beam symptoms and says the military made her understate them, but gives no burn or death count. No medical records found online. The one I COMAR register read in chunk G (archive item ARX 184: 130 forms, Sep 1977 to Nov 1978) records no deaths and few injuries, which cuts against the death counts. Uchoa's dinner remark has no record outside Imminent. Flag stays.

Linked case IDs

CASE-035