The Varginha Incident: Three Girls, a Strange Creature, and a Military File Released Thirty Years Later

The illuminated flying-saucer-shaped water tower in Varginha, Minas Gerais, glowing green at night

About 6 min readOn 20 January 1996, three young women in Varginha, Brazil, reported seeing a strange, injured creature in a vacant lot. The army investigated for months, called the story false, and in January 2026 the full file was finally released.