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L. A. L. DA SILVA Department of Physics, Center for Exact and Technological Sciences, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Av. Unisinos, 950, 93022-000 São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil Association for Uncommon Phenomena Investigations, AIFI, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil leitao@unisinos.br Submitted: 10/17/2013, Accepted 10/23/2013, Published 1/31/2014 Abstract—The February 8, 1982, sighting of an unidentified aerial[…]
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The Time Tunnel - Memories of an Astronomer
TUNNEL OF TIME … MEMORIES OF AN ASTRONOMER
38 years ago, On May 29, 1981, at the Kappa Crucis site, owned by the late Mr. Alceu Félix Lopes, in Guaíba, RS, the First Course of Practical Astronomy, promotion of the Sociedade Astronômica Riograndense (SARG) , was held in Guaíba, RS. Cold, dark night, clear and crystalline sky, flooded with stars, Via Lactea sculptural,[…]