Trama

The true story of the most important and unknown Brazilian UFO event which took place in the quiet city of Casimiro de Abreu in 1980.

March 8th, 1980, 5:20 AM. In the remote municipality of Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro, 10,000 people remain in silence while observing the sky in hopes of seeing a flying saucer. Edilson Barbosa, a man who believes he is a messenger from Jupiter had announced the ET mission a few months before. The claims were given international attention and resulted in immediate press coverage of the entire event-- from military presence to the town's preparation for the gathering. The arrival of thousands of people from all over Brazil and the world transformed the unlikely town into a UFO Woodstock.