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Ney Cerqueira
Researcher
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Major Ney Antunes Cerqueira was a Brazilian Air Force officer serving as Chief of the Air Defense Operations Center (CODA).[1][2] On May 19, 1986, during the 'Official Brazilian UFO Night,' he coordinated responses to multiple unidentified aerial objects detected on radars, ordering interceptions by F-5E Tiger II and Mirage III fighters from Santa Cruz and Anápolis bases.[1][2] He publicly stated that the objects' radar appearances and disappearances were unexplained, describing them as 'Unidentified Aerial Movements.'[1]
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