Jan 13, 1996: Cigar-shaped craft trailing smoke crashed near Varginha (population 100,000). Jan 20: Three young women — Liliane Silva, Valquíria Silva, Kátia Xavier — encountered crouched creature with reddish eyes, oily brown skin, veins from neck to arms. Multiple witnesses describe military cordoning area. Hospital received living non-human entity via back entrance per neurosurgeon Dr. Ítalo Venturelli’s on-record 2025 testimony. SOLDIER DEATH: Military police corporal Marco Eli Chereze fell ill after close contact — died February 15, 1996 from highly virulent, drug-resistant bacterium. Medical examiner (50,000+ autopsies): bacterium unlike anything in career, potentially extraterrestrial. US EXTRACTION: Retired Air Force Colonel (Jan 2026 Congress testimony): US cargo plane secretly flew to Brazil without authorization, loaded “unusual cargo,” departed to unknown location. 30-40 Americans estimated to have knowledge. State Dept denied visas to 6 Brazilian witnesses. Rep. Burlison attended closed-door Congressional session Jan 15, 2026 — called for international transparency. James Fox’s documentary Moment of Contact covers the case. 13-foot alien statue erected in Varginha 2025. BRAZIL 2025 AMAZON: Retired colonel testified March 2026 — object intercepted over Amazon basin near Altamira, Pará. “Material unlike any alloy we have studied — self-healing surfaces, zero thermal signature.” Brazilian Ministry of Defense: “No official confirmation.”