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AN ABDUCTEE GOES TO “ANOTHER PLACE”
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hen it comes to weird and controversial alien abduction cases, it doesn’t get more controversial or weird than that of a man named Antonio Villas Boas. He was a Brazilian man who, on October 5, 1957, had just about the closest encounter possible, as you will soon see. You’ll also see what I mean by the term “the closest encounter possible.” In all likelihood, the story would never have surfaced had it not been for a Dr. Olavo Fontes, who worked at the National School of Medicine in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Before we get to the heart of the incident itself, it’s important to note how, and under what circumstances, the story surfaced. As a result of his remarkable experience (which is putting things mildly), Villas Boas contacted a Brazilian journalist, Joao Martins—specifically because, although he was a regular writer for several newspapers, Martins also had a deep interest in UFOs and had written extensively about the subject for various Brazilian magazines and periodicals. In the same way that Martins had a regular job but was heavily into the UFO issue, very much the same could be said for Dr. Fontes. He, too, was fascinated by the flying saucer phenomenon. Martins contacted Fontes in
