UFO Attacks in Brazil: Thiago Ticchetti on Colares and Beyond

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode I speak with Brazilian author and researcher Thiago Ticchetti about Brazil’s extraordinary history of UFO encounters. From early influences and military secrets to the infamous Colares Incident of 1977, Thiago reveals why Brazil is home to some of the most aggressive and well-documented UFO cases in the world. They also explore lost evidence, comparisons with global sightings, and the country’s recent congressional hearings pushing for greater disclosure.

Thiago’s journey into ufology and early influences
How Brazil’s military handled UFO secrets
Why South America sees UFOs differently
Shocking cases of UFO aggression in Brazil
The infamous Colares Incident of 1977
Evidence, military cover-ups, and missing footage
How Brazil’s cases compare to global encounters
Recent congressional hearings and the push for disclosure
Thiago’s vision for the future of UFO research

Thiago's latest book: https://a.co/d/aNh8fhn

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0:00.0	This is Ross Coulter and you are listening to That UFO podcast.
0:07.9	Hi everyone and welcome back to that UFO podcast. My name is Andy and joining me on today's show
0:14.4	is a Brazilian author, researcher and journalist. He was also part of the recent hearings over in Brazil. I've got Tiago Tikechi.
0:23.3	Tiago, good to finally have you on. We've been chatting, haven't we now, for some time in the
0:28.3	background. And the time seems to be right because there's been some big hearings recently in
0:32.8	Brazil. You, of course, were a part of just after the hearings in the United States. You've got a new book
0:38.1	out and the South American element of this phenomenon is very interesting. It's very unique.
0:44.4	The Brazilian element of this topic is incredibly unique with some huge cases and that's what
0:49.8	your new book's about as well. UFO attacks in Brazil Brazil the true story of the most terrifying events
0:54.7	in the history of uphology lots to get through but Tiago let's talk about you first of all
0:59.8	and a little bit about you your background and kind of what brought you into uphology
1:03.7	hello Andy hello everybody well I always said this was I was born with aphology in my blood
1:10.5	because when I was a this was I was born with a phallogy in my blood because when I was a kid,
1:13.7	when I started to read I read comic books like superheroes comic books and also
1:22.3	UFOs and mysteries magazines. So we had a plenty of UFO magazines and mysteries magazines here in Brazil. We
1:31.3	don't have it so far. And I started to read it and I always was curious about the thing.
1:38.3	And when I was eight years old, I saw a UFO. I live in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and I saw a red UFO in the sky.
1:51.0	And my father, my father was a Brazilian Air Force pilot.
1:56.0	So from my birth to my eight years old, I lived in a Brazilian Air Force Bases.
2:03.6	So even when I was eight years old, I knew it was a helicopter, I knew it was an airplane, balloon, satellites,
2:11.6	but we are talking about something that happened in 1982, I mean more than 40 years ago. So there's no satellites like
2:20.5	Starlink, there's no drones, nothing like that. And I knew what was in the sky. And what I saw was something
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