1930 Curuçá River event

1930 CE.

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The 1930 Curuçá River event refers to the possible fall of objects on 13 August 1930 over the area of Curuçá River in Brazil. It is based on the account of a single investigator who interviewed witnesses to the purported event and then wrote a letter to the Vatican Observatory.

Text from the Wikipedia article 1930 Curuçá River event, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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