Colares is a municipality in the north part of
Pará
Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...
,
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
. The island became famous because of the
Colares UFO flap, which later originated the
Operação Prato
Operation Saucer (; literally, ''Operation Saucer'') was an investigation carried out between 1977 and 1978 by the Brazilian Air Force following alleged Unidentified flying object, UFO sightings on the island Colares, Pará, Colares. The investiga ...
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References
Municipalities in Pará
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