5 Fighter jets chasing 21 UFOs in Brazil, May 19, 1986 #uap #disclosure

Government of Brazil:
"On May 19, 1986, 21 unidentified flying objects, some of them up to 100 meters in diameter, were sighted by multiple witnesses, both civilian and military, in four states: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Goiás."
"Five Brazilian Air Force fighter jets were activated by the Air Defense Operations Center to intercept the alleged invaders."
(https://www.gov.br/en/government-of-brazil/latest-news/2022/official-ufo-night-in-brazil)

6:30 p.m. - First visual sightings by control tower personnel at the São José dos Campos airport in São Paulo State. Controllers notice two intense lights aligned with the runway axis at 330 degrees azimuth and approximately 15 km [10 mi] distance from the tower.
7:00 p.m. — The control towers in São Paulo and Brasilia confirm to São José that they have three primary targets on their screens, and that there are no scheduled aircraft in those areas.
8:00 p.m. — CINDACTA (Brasilia) detects up to eight targets (echoes) on its screens.
8:30 p.m. — A new object is observed with binoculars at the São José tower; it shows defined edges and red-orange color; it approaches the tower and then retreats.
9:00 p.m. — The oil company Xingu executive turbo-prop with Col. Silva requests landing conditions at São José. Both Silva and Commander Alcir Pereira, the Xingu pilot, confirm visually the luminous objects at 330 degrees azimuth. The Xingu turbo-prop attempts to follow the UFOs for 10 minutes.
9:10 p.m. — The Xingu turbo-prop returns for landing when a new, large luminous object heads toward the aircraft. The São Paulo tower confirms two echoes: the Xingu and an unknown, which disappears from the screen 15 minutes later.
9:20 p.m. — The Air Control Center in Brasilia (ACC-BR) informs the Brazilian Air Defense Command about the situation.
9:25 p.m. — The Xingu returns for a second landing attempt when the São Paulo tower reports yet another object at 180 degrees south, which is observed and followed by Commander Pereira.
9:30 p.m. — The Xingu returns for a third landing attempt when ACC-BR reports the appearance of new objects. The Xingu, now at 3,000 meters [10,000 ft] of altitude, makes visual contact with three luminous objects flying low over Petrobrás refineries and heading towards Serra do Mar. The Xingu finally lands in São José dos Campos.
9:40 p.m. — More visual sightings of a round object at 320 degrees azimuth.
9:50 p.m. — A luminous yellow object surrounded by smaller lights is observed at 110 degrees azimuth.
10:23 p.m. — The first F-5E jet fighter, piloted by Air Force Lt. Kleber Caldas Marinho, is scrambled from Santa Cruz AFB in Rio State.
10:45 p.m. — The second F-5E jet, piloted by Captain Brisola Jordão, is scrambled from Santa Cruz. The first Mirage F-103, armed with Sidewinder and Matra missiles, is scrambled from Anápolis AFB in Goias State.
10:55 p.m. — Anápolis AFB detects the objects on radar. The Mirage piloted by Captain Viriato does not make visual contact with the UFO, but a target is detected on its onboard radar... Captain Viriato later explained at the press conference in Brasilia that he was chasing the UFO 'at 1,350 km./hr. [850 mph], approaching the object up to a distance of 6 miles [9.5 km]. The object was heading up front and moving from one side to the other (zig-zagging) on my radar scope. Suddenly, the blip disappeared from my radar scope.'
11:00 p.m — The second Mirage F-103 is scrambled from Anápolis.
11:15 p.m. — Lt. Kleber's F-5E makes visual contact with a ball of light and chases the UFO at Mach 1.1 (1,320 km/h or 850 mph)... Kleber later declared at the press conference: 'I had one visual contact and one contact with my aircraft radar of something that looked like a luminous point, which was 12 miles [19 km] in front of me, a distance confirmed by ground radar. The object was moving from left to right and then began to climb... [it] was at 10 km [6 mi] of altitude and flying over 1,000 km/h [600 mph]. I followed it up to 200 miles [320 km] over the Atlantic Ocean [limit of Brazil's territorial waters]. I wasn't afraid because I like the unknown.'
11:17 p.m. — The third Mirage jet is scrambled from Anápolis AFB.
11:20 p.m. — Captain Jordão's F-5E establishes radar contact... At the press conference a few days later, he stated: 'Near to São José dos Campos, radar detected several targets, 10 to 13 targets, at a distance of 20 miles [32 km.]. The sky was clear but I didn't see anything. Ground radar informed me that the objects were closing in: 20 miles, 15, 10, 5, suddenly there were 13 objects behind my aircraft, 6 on one side and 7 on the other, during several minutes. After I maneuvered the aircraft, the objects had disappeared.' [Captain Jordão flew for 1 hour 20 minutes.]
11:36 p.m. — The third Mirage is scrambled from Anápolis AFB.
1:00 a.m. (May 20) — By this time all jet fighters have returned to their bases."