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0:06 - Introduction and Case Overview
1:12 - Discovery of the Bodies
6:18 - Victims' Background and Interests
7:57 - Objects, Evidence, and Investigation Challenges
17:17 - Main Theories and Suspects
22:18 - UFO Sightings and Paranormal Links
26:30 - Similar Cases and Ongoing Mystery
32:48 - Conclusions and Personal Reflections
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6:18 - Victims' Background and Interests
7:57 - Objects, Evidence, and Investigation Challenges
17:17 - Main Theories and Suspects
22:18 - UFO Sightings and Paranormal Links
26:30 - Similar Cases and Ongoing Mystery
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00:05can you imagine trying that contact with something that doesn't belong to this plane
00:12not as an idea or a theory but really trying following instructions going up to an isolated
00:19place taking substances and covering your eyes and then wait for a sign in 1966 two men did
00:28exactly that they went up a hill in Niteroi and never came back days later their bodies were found
00:35with no signs of violence no clear cause of death but with details that are impossible to ignore for
00:41example impeccable formal suits led masks over their eyes a note with precise instructions and
00:50no indication that anything had gone wrong just a scene that looks like the end of a
00:58procedure this is the case of Manuel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel Jose Viana it all began on August 20th
01:131966 at around 6 p.m. in a remote area of Niteroi known as Moro do Vintum sorry for my
01:24Portuguese
01:25because I'm not very good I understand Portuguese but I don't speak it an 18 year old young man named
01:31Jorge da Costa Alves was at the place flying a kite when suddenly he came across a scene that scared
01:37him
01:38and left him not knowing what to do for a few seconds in the middle of the vegetation partially
01:44hidden among the grass were the lifeless bodies of the two men the discovery immediately caused concern in
01:52the young man who quickly went out to notify the authorities but in reality that young man was not
01:57the first to find the bodies on Thursday August 18th we're talking about two days earlier another boy
02:04named Paolo Cordero dos Santos made the first discovery and notified a guard named Antonio Antonio
02:12Guerra who at that time was serving in the area's radio patrol but he decided to ignore this report so
02:20it
02:20was only on Saturday that the complaint was taken seriously and since it was already getting dark and
02:25since the Moro do Vintum area was very steep with difficult access and a lot of vegetation the
02:31authorities considered it too risky to go up during the night that's why the scene was left untouched
02:37until the next day only on the morning of Sunday August 21 a group of police officers firefighters
02:43journalists and several locals managed to climb up the hill to cordon off the area and remove the bodies
02:49when they were finally able to examine the scene the mystery only grew there were no clear signs of
02:56violence nor were there any weapons at the scene the only thing they found were some instructions
03:02written on paper inside the victims pockets the scene had several details that didn't make sense
03:09to begin with the men were dressed in impeccable formal suits which was completely odd for climbing up
03:18Moro do Vintum is steep place full of mud rocks and vegetation that's hard to get through but what really
03:26made this case so strange was what they had on their faces
03:31both of them were wearing lead masks covering their eyes made in a very simple homemade way they looked like
03:38protective goggles
03:41but they didn't have straps or anything to hold them in place they were simply resting on their faces in
03:49one of the pockets the investigators found a notebook with a note that was quite short but very clear which
03:55said the following
03:574 30 p.m. be at the agreed place 6 30 p.m. swallow the capsules after it takes effect
04:05protect the metals
04:08wait for the signal with the mask on that was what the note said
04:13after that there were no more details there were no names explanations or context just those instructions
04:20the elegant clothes and the notes found in their pockets showed that both had followed a very specific plan before
04:27dying at the top of the hill
04:28the scene showed no signs that anyone else had intervened there were no wounds no blood either
04:35there were also no signs of an attack everything seemed to indicate that the men had arrived on their own
04:43followed this strange plan and died during that process with no evidence of violence no clear medical cause
04:52and no identified person responsible the case ended up becoming one of the strangest and most puzzling in the region
05:10the deceased were identified as Manuel Pereira da Cruz 32 years old and Miguel Jose Viana 34 years old
05:19both were from the city of Campos dos Coitacases am I saying it right I don't know they were two
05:27young men who besides being very good friends
05:29shared the same profession and several interests in common
05:32they worked as electronics technicians and were dedicated to installing transmitters
05:37television signal repeaters and repairing different things equipment that at that time was considered quite advanced technology
05:45both were married and had established families both their relatives and friends
05:51described them as responsible and hard-working people with stable jobs that allowed them to support their families
05:57without any problems they had no criminal record or known problems with the law to the people who knew them
06:07they were ordinary men
06:09dedicated to their family and their work with no signs of financial or personal problems that would suggest such an
06:16ending
06:17but besides their work as technicians both shared interests that were quite out of the ordinary
06:24according to several people who testified during the investigation they conducted experiments on their own using electronic components
06:32and they were curious about topics that went beyond the technical
06:36some testimony said that they tried to use electronic devices to interact with strange or unconventional phenomena
06:46there was also talk of a possible interest in so-called scientific spiritism
06:52a movement that had some presence in brazil at that time
06:56the last thing that was known about them was that on wednesday august 17 1966
07:02both of them left their city
07:05everything seemed to be organized in advance
07:08they told their wives that they would be traveling for business in tenerife
07:11and that they were going to buy materials and equipment
07:15for that they were carrying a significant amount of money
07:19that was the last contact their families had with them
07:22but instead of going directly to make purchases
07:25they traveled to niteroi
07:27where they were last seen alive
07:31there they bought raincoats
07:33a bottle of water
07:34and then headed toward moro du vintem
07:37they didn't leave farewell letters
07:40nor did they show any signs that they planned to disappear
07:44everything indicated that they believed they would return
07:48however that ended up being the last trip of their lives
07:57let's talk about the objects found at the crime scene
08:00which ended up becoming one of the most memorable aspects of the case
08:06as i mentioned before
08:07the most striking note they found inside the pockets of one of the dead men
08:14it was the one that said
08:15at 1630 be at the agreed place
08:171830 swallow the capsules
08:19after the effect protect the metals and wait for the signal from the mask
08:23near the bodies there was also a glass bottle of water
08:27it was an empty maguari bottle
08:31they also found wet handkerchiefs
08:33and the well-known lead masks that covered their eyes
08:38none of these items had a clear explanation
08:41at that time for the investigators
08:43this made the case even more confusing
08:47they also found other notes
08:49one of them contained equations and diagrams
08:52specifically a representation of ohm's law
08:56and calculations about electrical power and resistance
09:02this showed that they were trying to apply electronics concepts
09:06to whatever they were doing with this strange process
09:10that ended with the discovery of the bodies on the mountain
09:16they also found papers with series of numbers and letters or codes
09:21that the police were never able to decipher
09:24it was thought that they could be references to radio or television tubes
09:29that they used for their devices
09:31or part of the spiritual experiment
09:34the men were wearing thick raincoats over their formal suits
09:41for years it was said that wearing rain gear didn't make sense
09:48but later it was confirmed that on the day they arrived in Niteroi
09:52August 17th there was a very strong storm
09:55and it rained for much of the afternoon
09:58thanks to those raincoats
10:00the police were able to reconstruct part of their last movements
10:05they discovered that both raincoats had been bought on August 17th
10:09at a store in the city center
10:11the store employee told the authorities that she remembered the two men
10:15because even though it was pouring rain outside
10:19which was terrible
10:20they didn't put on the raincoats when they left
10:23instead of wearing them
10:25they carried them folded in their hands
10:27as if they planned to use them later
10:30in other words
10:31they went out into the rain
10:33and that caught the employee's attention
10:34and that detail ended up being important
10:37to understand the timeline of the case
10:39although the bodies were found on August 18th
10:42and the police were only able to examine the scene several days later
10:46everything indicated that the death occurred on the afternoon of the 17th
10:50but there was another important detail
10:53they never found the capsules mentioned in the note
10:56and the police said that the money that Manuel and Miguel's wives
11:00said they had taken on their trip was missing
11:03it was about 2,300 cruiseros
11:07that was about $1,000 at that time
11:11a pretty large sum for at that time
11:15because supposedly they were going to buy electronic parts
11:18and maybe a vehicle for work
11:20the money they did find was what the victims had in their clothes
11:24one of them had 157,000 cruiseros
11:29and the other only had 4,000
11:32a very small amount
11:33compared to the money they supposedly brought
11:35or had withdrawn from the bank
11:37we don't really know if this was savings they had at home
11:40or if they had withdrawn it from the bank
11:42but these were things
11:44that the wives of these two men mentioned
11:48that's why at first
11:49the Nideroy police considered the possibility
11:51of a murder during a robbery
11:53although the lack of signs of violence
11:55made that theory not quite fit
11:58by following their last movements
12:00the authorities were able to reconstruct part of what they did on August 17th
12:05and obviously in 1966 there were no security cameras
12:09and even less so in Brazil
12:11which was a developing country
12:13investigation of their movements was based almost entirely on purchase receipts
12:17and on the testimonies of people who saw them that day
12:28afterwards they visited an electronic store
12:31and later went into a shop
12:32where they bought the two raincoats
12:36the last stop they made
12:37before going up Dovingtem Hill
12:39was at a small bar nearby
12:41there they bought the bottle of mineral water
12:43that was later found next to the bodies
12:48the waitress at the bar said that Miguel seemed nervous
12:51and kept looking at his watch all the time
12:54as if he were in a hurry to get somewhere
12:56or he had to stick to a schedule
12:59and at the scene on the hill
13:01they also found the receipt or proof of the deposit
13:05they had paid at the bar
13:06for the glass bottle of mineral water
13:09this means that they paid extra money as a deposit
13:13so they could take the glass bottle to the hill
13:15with the promise that they would return the bottle later
13:18to get their money back
13:20that was something very common
13:22which I think is still done in Latin America
13:24I think this still exists
13:26buying a drink in a glass bottle
13:28and paying a little extra
13:30and then when you return the glass bottle
13:32they give you the money back
13:35for the investigators that suggested that
13:37they plan to come back later
13:38and get that money back
13:40as if they expected to stay alive
13:42after whatever they were going to do on the hill
13:45at the same time
13:46the police traveled to Campos dos Goitacases
13:49sorry if I'm saying that wrong
13:51the city where the technicians lived
13:53to check their workshops
13:56what they found there made it clear
13:58that the masks hadn't been bought anywhere
14:00in the yard and on Miguel's workbench
14:05there were tools, pieces of lead
14:07and leftover materials
14:08that matched those used to make the masks by hand
14:14for the investigators
14:15that confirmed that the masks had been made by them
14:18before traveling to the hill
14:21the raid also took the investigation in another direction
14:24focusing on the tools and objects in the workshop
14:27the police found several books and manuals
14:30about ufology and scientific spiritism
14:33about electronics, paranormal phenomena
14:37and alleged contacts with other entities
14:40the investigators noticed that
14:43many parts of those books were marked
14:45and also underlined
14:47especially the parts that talked about
14:50preparing for spiritual manifestations
14:53and about protecting your eyes
14:55from an intense light
14:57which according to those beliefs
14:59would appear during that kind of experience
15:04that's probably why they were making those masks
15:06or lead visors
15:09as for the testimonies of people close to them
15:12there was one that turned out to be especially important
15:16joining the interrogations
15:18Elcio Gomez
15:19a close friend of the technicians
15:22he said that Manuel and Miguel
15:24not only read about those topics
15:26but they also conducted supposed psychic experiments
15:29using radio and television parts
15:32according to his account
15:34weeks before the trip
15:36they had assembled an electronic device
15:38in the garden of Manuel's house
15:40with the idea of trying to pick up signals from beyond
15:45an experiment ended badly
15:47and caused a powerful explosion
15:49despite all the clues and testimonies
15:53the investigation ended up facing a big problem
15:57which were the limitations of forensic science at that time
16:00when the bodies arrived at the medical examiner's office
16:04the autopsy did not find any internal injuries
16:07or clear signs of violence
16:09but the most complicated thing
16:11was the condition the bodies were in
16:13after several days outdoors
16:15the toxicological studies of that time
16:18were not able to determine an exact cause of death
16:21and they also couldn't tell
16:23if they had taken any kind of pill
16:24as mentioned in the note
16:27the answer to many of the questions was possibly in their stomachs
16:31however the analysis never managed to reveal what substance the men had ingested
16:37for years it was believed that this was due to the condition of the bodies after spending several days outdoors
16:44but later it was discovered that there was a much more serious problem
16:49the samples taken during the autopsy were not preserved properly
16:54when they finally tried to run the lab tests
16:57the organs had already decomposed due to the poor storage conditions in the morgue
17:03that mistake caused
17:04one of the most important pieces of evidence in the case
17:07to be lost forever
17:09leaving unanswered what the mysterious capsules
17:12that the men supposedly consumed
17:14actually contained
17:16as time went by
17:18new theories emerged
17:19possible suspects
17:21and testimonies that made people think that maybe
17:23the technicians were not alone
17:25that night on Dobin Tam Hill
17:34the complete lack of signs of violence on the bodies of Manuel and Miguel
17:39left investigators without a clear suspect
17:41there were no weapons
17:43there was no blood either
17:45nor any signs of a fight on Dobin Tam Hill
17:48even so
17:49the mysterious note found in one of the pockets
17:51along with the missing capsules
17:53and also the money that was never found
17:55made the police start to think that maybe
17:57another person had been involved in what happened that night
18:01the first major suspect in the investigation was
18:05Elcio Gomez
18:06a very close friend of the technicians
18:08who also lived in Campos Dos Coitacases
18:11the police began to suspect him
18:13because he shared with Manuel and Miguel
18:15the same interest in scientific spiritism
18:18and also in ufology
18:20furthermore
18:21it was Elcio himself who said
18:23that two months before the technicians' deaths
18:25he had participated with them
18:27in the construction and testing
18:29of a strange electronic device
18:31in the garden of one of the men
18:33where the explosion happened
18:34and that detail made the investigators
18:37start paying even more attention to him
18:39the investigators even began to suspect Elcio
18:44he could have been the one who wrote the notes
18:46and handed over the supposed capsules
18:48presenting them as part of some ritual
18:52or preparation to make contact with entities
18:55or paranormal phenomena
18:58and if you think about it
19:00this friend could have taken advantage
19:01of his friend's beliefs
19:03since he knew they were carrying
19:04a large amount of money
19:06to buy a vehicle and electronic spare parts
19:09he could have convinced them
19:10to take the capsules
19:11and then kept the cash for himself
19:13while they were expecting to have
19:15some kind of paranormal experience
19:17but even though Elcio was interrogated
19:21for quite some time
19:22no concrete evidence ever appeared
19:25to prove that he had actually poisoned them
19:27because of this lack of evidence
19:30the police ended up releasing him
19:32and no formal charges were ever filed against him
19:35another hypothesis investigated by the police
19:39pointed to the world of supposed mediums
19:42and charlatans
19:43that existed in Rio de Janeiro
19:46during the 1960s
19:48at that time
19:49many people charged money
19:51promising spiritual experiences
19:54paranormal contacts
19:55or encounters related to UFOs
19:59the investigators thought that
20:01Manuel and Miguel
20:02interested in these kinds of subjects
20:05might have come into contact
20:06with someone from that environment
20:08in Niteroi
20:10and according to that hypothesis
20:12that person would have organized the meeting
20:15at the isolated Moro Du Vintem
20:19telling them that they had to bring certain things
20:22and also giving them the capsules
20:24with some promise of a paranormal
20:26or spiritual experience
20:29the theory also said
20:31that once the man died
20:32or lost consciousness
20:34that person could have taken the money
20:37and escaped
20:39but just like with other clues
20:41the police were never able to identify
20:43anyone in particular
20:45who really fit this theory
20:48the third hypothesis
20:50considered by the police
20:51was even more disturbing
20:52that there was no murderer
20:54and that everything went wrong
20:56because of the technicians themselves
20:58according to this hypothesis
21:00Manuel and Miguel
21:01would have prepared some capsules
21:03with substances on their own
21:05which they planned to use
21:07in some kind of experiment
21:08related to their beliefs
21:10the idea was that
21:11these substances would alter their perception
21:14and allow them to experience
21:16the paranormal experience
21:17or the supposed contact
21:19they were hoping to have
21:20but something must have gone wrong
21:23maybe they miscalculated the dose
21:25or they didn't really know
21:26what they were taking
21:27and the experiment ended up causing
21:29an accidental overdose
21:32as for the missing money
21:34some investigators thought
21:35that maybe they had given it
21:36to someone else beforehand
21:38someone related to the meeting
21:40others believed that
21:41someone might have found the bodies
21:44long before the young man
21:46who saw them
21:46while he was walking by the place
21:48and that's why it wasn't reported
21:50and he simply took advantage
21:51of the situation
21:52to take everything they had
21:54in their pockets before leaving
21:56despite all the interrogations
21:58raids and theories
22:00the police were never able
22:02to prove whether or not
22:03there was a murder
22:05either deception
22:06or if it was an accident
22:07Elsio went on with his life
22:09the supposed scammers
22:11or spiritual leaders
22:12were never identified
22:14and as time went by
22:15the case ended up being archived
22:18even so
22:19the mystery never disappeared
22:21and around Moro do Vintem
22:22a legend began to grow
22:24the idea that maybe
22:26what happened that night
22:28didn't have a completely
22:29human explanation
22:31Mana
22:38What ended up turning
22:40the case of Manuel and Miguel
22:43into much more
22:44than a simple police investigation
22:46was something that supposedly
22:48happened in the sky
22:49that same afternoon
22:50on August 17, 1966
22:53while the two technicians
22:54were at the top of Moro do Vintem
22:56with their suits
22:57their ring coats
22:58and the lead masks
23:00several people claimed
23:02to have seen something strange
23:03crossing the Brazilian sky
23:05several local residents
23:07who didn't even know each other
23:08they claimed to have seen
23:10that same afternoon
23:11a strange object
23:13flying over the region
23:14one of the witnesses
23:15it was a housewife named
23:17it was a housewife named
23:17Grecinda Barbosa
23:18Cortinho do Sousa
23:20who described a round
23:22and very bright object
23:23in the sky
23:24and I have to say that
23:27in Brazil
23:29there are many stories
23:30about supposed UFOs
23:34according to the accounts
23:35the object emitted
23:37orange and bluish lights
23:39it descended slowly
23:41and for a few moments
23:42it hovered right above
23:44the top of Dobentem Hill
23:45the same place
23:46where the technicians were
23:49the use of lead masks
23:51made those testimonies
23:52even more important
23:53for many people
23:54interested in ufology
23:55and so-called
23:57scientific spiritism
23:58subjects that Manuel
24:00and Miguel were studying
24:01it was believed
24:03that an alleged contact
24:04with entities
24:05or extraterrestrial beings
24:06could be accompanied
24:07by very intense lights
24:08or some kind of radiation
24:10that's why the phrase
24:11found in the note
24:13waiting for the signal
24:15with the masks
24:15began to be directly
24:17connected to the stories
24:18about the lights
24:19seen over Moro Dobentem
24:21according to several
24:23researchers
24:23and enthusiasts
24:25in the field
24:25Manuel and Miguel
24:27would have climbed
24:28Moro Dobentem
24:29convinced that they
24:30were going to experience
24:31some kind of paranormal
24:32or extraterrestrial contact
24:34according to that version
24:35the man would have died
24:37during that supposed
24:38encounter
24:39possibly due to some
24:40unknown reaction
24:41related to the intense
24:42light or energy
24:43that several witnesses
24:45claimed to have seen
24:46that night over the hill
24:47although no real evidence
24:49ever appeared to confirm
24:50anything supernatural
24:52that theory helped
24:53turn the case
24:54into one of the most
24:55famous paranormal mysteries
24:57in South America
24:58the most striking thing
25:00is that all of this
25:01happened right at
25:02one of the moments
25:03of greatest worldwide
25:04obsession
25:05with the UFO phenomenon
25:06in 1966
25:07the planet was in the
25:08middle of the cold war
25:10and there was
25:11enormous paranoia
25:12surrounding strange
25:13objects seen in the sky
25:15it was the era
25:16of the so-called
25:17flying saucer fever
25:19when reports of lights
25:21and unexplainable objects
25:22were constantly appearing
25:24in different countries
25:25as the FBI
25:26and the US Pentagon
25:27know
25:28they declassified
25:30hundreds of documents
25:31related to sightings
25:32and aerial phenomena
25:34investigated between the
25:361940s and 1970s
25:37those files show that
25:40the intelligence agencies
25:41they actually collected
25:44information about reports
25:46of strange objects
25:47seen in the sky
25:48there are even official
25:49FBI memorandums
25:51from 1966
25:54and in those documents
25:56some of these cases
25:57are mentioned
25:57and the investigations
25:59that were open
26:00at that time
26:00for those who believe
26:02in paranormal theories
26:04the descriptions
26:06of intense lights
26:07and bright objects
26:08are present
26:09in some FBI reports
26:10also from the year
26:121966
26:15they are very similar
26:17to what several residents
26:19of Niteroi
26:19claimed to have seen
26:20that night
26:21over the hills
26:22a strong orange light
26:25floating in the place
26:26where the bodies
26:27of Manuel and Miguel
26:28later appeared
26:29what makes this story
26:32even stranger
26:38and when it seemed
26:40that the mystery
26:41of Moro Dovintem
26:42couldn't get any stranger
26:43the investigators
26:45found something
26:45even more disturbing
26:47while going through
26:49old files
26:50the police discovered
26:51that Manuel and Miguel
26:53might not have been
26:54the first to die
26:55under similar circumstances
26:57four years earlier
26:58in 1962
27:00a very similar
27:02and hard to explain case
27:03had already been recorded
27:04like Manuel and Miguel
27:06the victim
27:07in that previous case
27:08was a man named
27:10Hermes de Paula
27:11he worked
27:12as a television technician
27:14and had advanced knowledge
27:16of electronics
27:16he also shared the same interest
27:19in so-called
27:20scientific spiritism
27:22he also shared
27:23that same interest
27:24in supposed
27:25extrasensory contact
27:26but the most disturbing thing
27:28was the way
27:29Hermes was found dead
27:31he was found at the top
27:33of Do Cruzeiro Hill
27:34wearing a lead mask
27:36over his eyes
27:37and this was too strange
27:38a coincidence
27:39for the investigators
27:40to ignore
27:41the police even considered
27:44that there might be
27:45some organized group
27:46involved
27:48related to scientific
27:50spiritism
27:51formed by people
27:52convinced that
27:54electronics
27:55and electromagnetism
27:57could be used
27:58to make contact
27:59with spirits
28:00or extraterrestrial beings
28:02according to that theory
28:04the deaths
28:05would follow
28:05the same pattern
28:06take capsules
28:08climb an isolated hill
28:09use lead protection
28:11against an alleged
28:12intense light
28:13and wait for a signal
28:14no one could prove
28:16that a sect
28:16or anything like that
28:17actually existed
28:18but the similarities
28:20between both cases
28:23they were enough
28:24to further fuel
28:25the mystery
28:26surrounding the lead masks
28:27we also have to consider
28:29that maybe
28:29Manuel and Miguel
28:30knew about Hermes's case
28:34and they thought that
28:35because this could be
28:36an analysis
28:37that isn't discussed
28:38in the investigation
28:39because I'm analyzing
28:41it right now
28:42maybe they thought
28:43that with the death
28:44of Hermes
28:44Hermes really moved
28:46on to another plane
28:46and here we're talking
28:48about it seriously
28:49talking about another plane
28:50if we believe
28:51in all this stuff
28:52about extraterrestrials
28:53or paranormal things
28:55it could have been
28:55a copycat
28:56it's like they copied
28:58Hermes's strategy
28:59they ended up
29:00the same way
29:01in exactly that way
29:03supposedly
29:04they made the contact
29:06they were seeking
29:06despite the similarities
29:08between both cases
29:09the limitations
29:10of the investigation
29:11at that time
29:11once again
29:12prevented clear answers
29:13from being found
29:14Hermes's case
29:15had also been archived
29:17without an exact
29:19cause of death
29:19and with no suspects
29:21identified
29:22it was never possible
29:23to prove
29:23what he had taken
29:24before he died
29:25nor who might have
29:27influenced him
29:27the police
29:29also failed
29:30to find anyone
29:31acting as an alleged leader
29:35or a guide
29:36behind these practices
29:37no one could explain
29:39where the idea
29:39to make the lead masks
29:40came from
29:42nor who might have
29:44taught the technicians
29:45to follow those
29:46strange instructions
29:47related to capsules
29:49signals
29:50and intense lights
30:06in 1969
30:07three years
30:08after a young man
30:09found the bodies
30:10on Moro do Vintem
30:11the Brazilian justice system
30:13officially decided
30:14to close the case
30:15of Manuel Pereira da Cruz
30:17and Miguel Jose Viana
30:19the investigation
30:20was never able
30:21to find clear evidence
30:22of homicide
30:22nor determine
30:23what the capsules contained
30:24which according to the note
30:26were to be taken
30:26at 6.30pm
30:28without an exact cause
30:29of death
30:30and without enough evidence
30:31to accuse anyone
30:32the case file
30:33ended up being archived
30:34without a definitive conclusion
30:37as the case went cold
30:38international interest
30:40in the mystery
30:41kept growing
30:41in 1980
30:4314 years
30:43after the tragedy
30:46the French astronomer
30:47and ufologist
30:48Jacques Vallée
30:49traveled to Brazil
30:50to review the case files
30:53Vallée climbed to the top
30:55of Moro do Vintem
30:56following the reports
30:57from that time
30:58to see the place
30:59where the bodies
31:00of Manuel and Miguel
31:01had been found
31:02there
31:02he noticed a detail
31:04that caught his attention
31:05in the exact area
31:07where the events
31:08took place
31:09the vegetation
31:10didn't seem to have
31:11fully recovered
31:12and the ground
31:13still had visible marks
31:16Vallée interpreted this
31:17as a possible sign
31:18that some unusual phenomenon
31:20might have occurred
31:21at that spot
31:22although this idea
31:24is part of the interpretations
31:26and theories
31:28that arose
31:28around the case
31:29today
31:30more than 50 years later
31:32Moro do Vintem
31:33is still remembered
31:34as the place
31:35where one of Brazil's
31:36strangest mysteries
31:37occurred
31:38for the families
31:39of the technicians
31:40it could all
31:41have been a scam
31:42that ended
31:43in the worst way
31:44for others
31:45especially
31:46within ufology
31:48the tragedy
31:49was related
31:50to the beliefs
31:51of Manuel
31:51and Miguel
31:52and their obsession
31:53with achieving
31:54some kind of
31:55paranormal contact
31:56during the height
31:57of the cold war
31:58and if we think
32:00about it
32:00as the years go by
32:02many things
32:02are coming to light
32:03that used to seem
32:04like just movie plots
32:05and today
32:06they are starting
32:07to be seen
32:07in a different way
32:08more and more
32:09declassified documents
32:11are appearing
32:11more testimonies
32:13and more investigations
32:14into phenomenon
32:15that for decades
32:16were considered
32:17inventions
32:18or exaggerations
32:21cases like Manuel
32:22and Miguel's
32:23make many people
32:24wonder if maybe
32:24all of this
32:25has always been
32:26connected in some way
32:27and if what seemed
32:28impossible in the 1960s
32:32maybe it wasn't
32:33as absurd
32:33as everyone thought
32:35or maybe it was
32:37maybe it really
32:38is an absurd case
32:39and these people
32:39believed something
32:41and they died
32:42that way
32:43in the end
32:44everyone draws
32:46their own conclusions
32:48some will think
32:49that it was all
32:50an accident
32:51caused by strange
32:52beliefs
32:53and to tell you
32:54the truth
32:55I think that
32:56because it's a very
32:57old case
32:58from the 60s
33:00I feel like it was
33:01something like
33:01collective hysteria
33:03that's how I feel
33:05but also these reports
33:06from many people
33:07in that same neighborhood
33:08about the hill
33:10that they saw something
33:11because I believe
33:12in extraterrestrials
33:14I mean
33:15I believe that we are
33:16not alone
33:18that's why I
33:19when I saw the reports
33:20from other people
33:22I don't know
33:23it makes you doubt
33:24a little
33:25I honestly don't know
33:26what do you guys think
33:27I want to read your
33:27comments down below
33:28because I think there are
33:29many who will believe
33:30it was an accident
33:31I'm leaning more
33:32toward that side
33:33but there are others
33:34who will say
33:35no this had to be
33:36something extraterrestrial
33:38or UFO related
33:39I don't know how to say it
33:40because of the
33:41neighbor's testimonies
33:44I want to read your comments
33:45I want to know
33:46what you think
33:47that's it for today's case
33:48I'll be waiting
33:49for your comments
33:49down below
33:50and this way
33:51we'll meet again
33:51in the next story
33:53you
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