Italo Venturelli

Italo Venturelli is a Brazilian neurosurgeon from the Regional Hospital in Varginha who became a prominent witness in UFO research following the 1996 Varginha UFO incident. He claims to have had a four-minute face-to-face interaction with a captured extraterrestrial entity at the hospital, describing it as white-skinned with a teardrop-shaped skull and lilac eyes. After remaining silent for 30 years due to fear of ridicule, Venturelli publicly disclosed his account in 2026, appearing in documentary films and providing testimony about the alleged alien being's calm demeanor and apparent non-human characteristics. His testimony has become central to investigations into one of Brazil's most significant alleged extraterrestrial contact cases.