◈ Brazil Data Pipeline: Colares 1977 → Bigelow BAASS 2009 → DIA Database

A direct data pipeline connects the hostile UAP attacks at Colares 1977 with the largest UAP database in history: (1) Operação Prato 1977–78: Brazilian Air Force documents 300+ sightings, hundreds of photos, film footage, injuries and deaths — all classified. (2) 2005: Brazilian Air Force opens parts of the files to ufologists (A.J. Gevaerd). (3) 2009: BAASS employees (former intelligence officers) travel to Sobral, Ceará, Brazil and collect UAP fragments and data as part of the DIA's AAWSAP program. (4) AAWSAP under Bigelow Aerospace builds 260,000-case database — largest UAP database in history. (5) After program end: database transferred to other government entities — still in use today. Congruence: Grusch (Congress 2023) confirms multi-decade retrieval program. Vallée (AAWSAP supervisor): Bigelow invested ~$1M in facility for anomalous materials. Dr. James Lacatski (DIA): Confirms recovery of one intact craft.