Person
Carlos de Souza
Also known as Carlos de Sousa
- Witness in the Varginha case; ultralight pilot, former businessman and geography teacher
Carlos de Souza says that on 13 January 1996, driving through Minas Gerais to an ultralight meeting, he saw a damaged cigar-shaped craft crash outside Varginha and reached the site, where soldiers drove him away. He gave one brief statement in 1996 and then stayed silent for 26 years, until James Fox's team found him.
He is a civilian witness, filed outside the archive's criteria. His crash account appears in no official record; the Brazilian Army's 1997 inquiry found no military involvement in the case.
Sources: National Press Club press conference (NewsNation, 20 January 2026) · Moment of Contact (2022)
Facts and claims
- claimed At the January 2026 press conference he said he witnessed “the crash of a non-terrestrial craft on January 13th”, picked up a foil-like fragment that resumed its shape when crumpled, and was struck with a rifle and threatened by a soldier at the site. Source: Varginha press conference at the National Press Club: James Fox and the Brazilian witnesses (NewsNation live, 20 January 2026) at 46:46
Connected files
Claims
Incidents
- Varginha incident (witness)
Videos
- Varginha press conference at the National Press Club: James Fox and the Brazilian witnesses (NewsNation live, 20 January 2026) (appears in)
- Moment of Contact: official trailer (appears in)