UFOs

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South America
September 11, 2026
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18 minutes

Alto Paraíso de Goiás: Brazil's UFO Capital and the Crystal That Won a War

The town sits on quartz the US Army bought by the ton in 1943. Eighty years on the same rock draws people watching the sky, and the residents want it stopped.

Portrait of a female author smiling in warm evening light on a city street.
Clara M.

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