The two men were identified as Manoel Pereira de Cruz and Miguel Jose Viana, two electronic technicians from Campos dos Goytacazes, a town several miles to the northeast of Rio de Janeiro.
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The case was mentioned prominently (among other Brazilian cases) in Jacques Vallée's book Confrontations.
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On August 17, they left their city, Campos dos Goytacazes, the stated intent being that they needed to purchase some materials for work.
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