5TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRAZILIAN VERSION OF ROSWELL (JAN. 20)

5TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRAZILIAN VERSION OF ROSWELL (JAN. 20)

VARGINHA, Brazil (Wireless Flash) -- Saturday (Jan. 20) marks the fifth anniversary of the spaciest encounter in Brazilian UFO history: The infamous "Varginha Incident." On January 20, 1996, three teenage girls reported seeing a greasy, smelly alien creature squatting in the street. The ebony-skinned E.T. was about 4 feet high, had large red eyes and a big brown head with three horns. Brazilian UFO researcher Vittorio Pacaccini says other locals reported seeing a submarine-shaped UFO and saw as many as four aliens taken into custody by soldiers. Despite numerous eyewitnesses, Brazilian officials still deny aliens were captured at Varginha and have maintained that the locals somehow confused a pregnant midget for an E.T. Pacaccini calls the explanation ridiculous and hopes further research solves the mystery.