Conde, Bahia — November 13. A “large metal sphere” reportedly crashed in the Brazilian town of Conde on November 13, 1963, according to a Portuguese-language radio broadcast tracked by U.S. intelligence.
The incident, documented in a 1963 Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report, describes a metallic object that created a four-meter-deep crater. Inside, authorities found a human body in clothing with indecipherable inscriptions. The report, excerpted from the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC) files, was relayed to U.S. officials via a CIA broadcast.
It notes that local authorities in Conde were informed of the event, though no specific casualty numbers or official responses are detailed. The sphere’s description—thick glass covering the body, the depth of the crater—aligns with eyewitness accounts from the municipality.
No names of victims or investigators are provided in the source material. NASC, a cabinet-level advisory body overseeing U.S. space policy until 1973, requested verification from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro on November 13, 1963. A handwritten note from that date shows the council sought confirmation from the State Department, which later forwarded a diplomatic cable (categorized as “DOS-UAP-D001”) the following day.
This cross-agency inquiry underscores the incident’s perceived significance during the Cold War era, when unexplained aerial phenomena occasionally drew covert attention. By the numbers, the report contains few quantifiable details.
The sphere’s size is described only as “large,” and the crater’s depth is specified as four meters. The body’s clothing bore “inscriptions which cannot be deciphered,” leaving no identifiable data about the occupant. The population of Conde is cited as “intrigued,” but no exact figure is given for the town’s size or reaction scale.
The bottom line: the Bahia incident remains a fragment of history, preserved in classified cables and radio transcripts. Its implications for U.S. policy or scientific understanding are unclear from the source material.
As of 2026, no follow-up reports or verifications beyond the Embassy’s initial inquiry are documented in this file. The story closes with the unresolved question of what, if anything, the sphere represented—an enigma that continues to linger in the shadows of Cold War intelligence files.
