Brian Haughton said:
I'm preparing an article on the 1957 abduction of Brazilian farmer Antonio Villas Boas for my website. Does anybody know the best source for this incident?
Hi Brian,
I don't know about the "best" source, but there is a 4 page discussion of the Boas incident in the Condon Report (?Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects?, Edward U Condon (Director) and Daniel S Gillmor (Editor) (1969)) at pages 880-883 (in Section 5, Chapter 2 ?UFOs: 1947-1968?, by Edward U Condon) of the uncorrected version submitted to the Air Force (with the same page numbering in the 3 volume paperbound edition distributed by the National Technical Information Service, US Department of Commerce) at pages 526-528 of the Vision hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Bantam paperback edition). The first of these editions has the same page numbering as the edition available free online at the following links:
http://ncas.sawco.com/condon/text/contents.htm
SHG - Condon Report: Table of Contents
If you are looking for longer discussions, then the following brief list may be useful:
39 page discussion - Creighton, Gordon in ?The Humanoids? (1969) (edited by Charles Bowen) at pages 200-238 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled ?The Amazing Case of Antonio Villas Boas?) of the Neville Spearman hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Futura paperback edition.
35 pages discussion- Creighton, Gordon in ?UFO Abductions? (1980) (edited by D. Scott Rogo) at pages 51-85 (in Part 1, unnumbered chapter entitled ?The Amazing Case of Antonio Villas Boas? generally) of the Signet paperback edition.
33 page discussion - Olavo Fontes abd Joao Martins in his ?Report on The Villas-Boas Incident?, a translation of which is reprinted in ?Flying Saucer Occupants? (1967) by Coral and Jim Lorenzen at pages 42-72 (Chapter 3 generally) of the Signet paperback edition. Also discussed in Chapter 11 at pages 205-206.
31 page discussion - Olavo Fontes abd Joao Martins in his ?Report on The Villas-Boas Incident?, a translation of which is reprinted in ?Encounters with UFO Occupants? (1976) by Coral and Jim Lorenzen at pages 61-87 (Chapter 5 generally) of the Berkley paperback edition. Also discussed at pages 379-380 (in Chapter 18) and pages 383-384 (in Chapter 19).
22 pages - Von Buttlar, Johannes in his ?The UFO Phenomenon? (1980) at pages 98-119 (in Chapter 9 generally) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.
13 page discussion - Randle, Kevin D in his ?The October Scenario? (1988) at pages 147-153 (in Part 4, unnumbered section entitled ?Antinio Villas-Boas?), 159-161, 164 (in Part 4, unnumbered section entitled ?An Alternative to the October Scenario?), 171 (in Part 4, unnumbered section entitled ?The October Scenario Revisited?), 176 (in Part 4, unnumbered section entitled ?Afterword?) of the Berkley paperback edition.
12 page discussion - Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their ?The Complete Book of UFOs? (1994) at pages 176-177, 181 (in Chapter 13), 182-190 (in Chapter 14 generally) of the Piatkus softcover edition.
11 page discussion - Randle, Kevin and Estes, Russ in their ?Faces of the Visitors? (1997) at pages 123-124, 133-141 (in Part 3) of the Fireside softcover edition.
All the best,
Isaac Koi
