Westendorff UFO sighting

Haroldo Westendorff is a Brazilian manager of an improvement of rice company, a transporter company and a ration factory. On the free time, he would pilot his own Tupi airplane. In one of those flights, he would have experienced something incredible.

On October 5, 1996, at 9:00 am, after having breakfast, he took off Pelotas’ airport. At 10:15 am, when flying over the Saragonha Island, at Patos Lagoon, 15 km away from the airport, a huge flying object surprised him. When recovered from the scare, he managed to fly the airplane close to the object, and flown around it for ten minutes, keeping a 100 meters distance.

Pilot since the seventies, he claimed the object was cone-shaped, 50 to 60 meters tall, and its base was as big as a soccer stadium, with about 100 meters diameter. While flying around it, he observed the object was made of metal or something similar. The base was smooth, and had 8 vertexes, each one with three objects similar to bubbles. The object was spinning around itself and was flying towards the sea. Westendorff didn’t notice any hostile reaction of the UFO.

Westendorff contacted the Infraero room at Pelotas’ airport by the radio, and reported the sighting. He asked Airton Mendes da Silva what he could see on the East direction, towards the 15/33 runway. Da Silva said he saw and triangular grey object, with rounded edges. He was accompanied by the assistants Gilberto Martins dos Santos and Jorge Renato S. Dutra, who tried together to identify the object.

Westendorff also contacted Cindacta II, in Curitiba, Paraná, which was responsible for watching the skies of southern Brazil. They answered there was nothing strange at the radars, even though Westendorff’s plane was detected.

Suddenly, the edge of the UFO opened and a smaller UFO got out of the big one. It inclined 45 degrees and flown away to the sky in an unbelievable speed. Frightened, Westendorff kept away from the object. After, the big UFO also climbed towards the universe, incredibly fast, without making any noise, wind, explosion or any other expected physical reaction.

The Ministério da Aeronáutica (Aeronautic Ministry) keeps a secret investigation of the object seen by Westendorff. A sergeant of Canoas air base was sent to Pelotas to get the deposition of Westendorff and the employees of Infraero. He was also informed of relates about the object and saw a drawing of the object.

References

* [http://www.vigilia.com.br/sessao.php?categ=3&id=605 Westendorff UFO sighting at Revista Vigília] Pt_icon
* Revista ISTOÉ

External links

* [http://www.fenomeno.matrix.com.br/images/fenomeno-westendorff.jpgDrawing of the object supposedly seen by Westendorff]
* [http://www.edicolaweb.net/nonsoloufo/nu19_01i.htm Westendorff UFO sighting at Nonsoloufo] It icon