Varginha Case: New
revelations
One
of the physicians who treated the deceased policeman after the
capture and contact with the ET of varginha makes new
revelations.
Source: Brazilian UFO
Magazine # 102
http://www.ufo.com.br/
http://www.casovarginha.com.br/
Article
of A.J. Gevaerd (gevaerd@ufo.com.br),
Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues (ubirajararodrigues@netvga.com.br)
Translation by C
Sannazzaro, and summary by G.
Bourdais
Foreword
by Gildas Bourdais
In August 2004, was
revealed in Brazil a long interview of researcher Ubirajara Franco
Rodrigues with Dr Cesário L. Furtado, one of the physicians who had
attempted, without succes, to heal the young policeman Marco Eli
Chereze, deceased less than a month after having been in contact
with one of the mysterious beings captured in Varginha, in January
1996. This interview has been published in the magazine
UFO
Brazil of A.J. Gevaerd (N°
102), and on its web site http://www.ufo.com.br/. It has
been translated in french by Christian Sannazzaro, and published on
the web site of GREPI http://www.ovni.ch/. That interview
being very long, and containing some repetitions as the conversation
proceeded, Gildas Bourdais proposes here a
shorter, adaptated version, in an effort of clarification. It is
preceded by a presentation of the Varginha case by A.J. Gevaerd
which is maintained here almost
entirely.
This new testimony comes in addition to
those presented already in the french version of the book of Dr
Roger Leir, published in France in January 2005 (before the American
edition) under the title Des
Extraterrestres capturés à Varginha in Brazil. The New
Roswell (“Extraterrestrials captured in
Varginha,
Brazil. The New Roswell”). One of the most remarkable
testimonies in that book, also quite new, is the one of a doctor who
had been commended by the military to perform an urgent surgery on
one of the captured beings. A most intriguing aspect, which renews
the picture of the Varginha case, is that this surgeon reveals he
had an intense telepathic communication with that being at the end
of the surgery. He has also made a precise description of the being,
whose extraterrestrial nature seems beyond doubt. It is obviously an
important reading as well.
I
– Presentation by A.J. Gevaerd, editor Brazilian UFO
Network
One of the most
serious facts of the “Varginha case” – and one of the most appalling
– was the death, on February 15, 1996, of Corporal Marco Eli
Chereze, who was then aged 23. As we know, he was part of the secret
service of the Military Police (P2) which participated in the
capture of the second creature in the night of
January 20,
1996. The news of his
death spread very fast, during the first months of the
investigations, according to other sources, which revealed that a
policeman had died because of a generalized infection after having
been in contact with the ET. Faced with the gravity of the
situation, the subject was treated with extreme caution by the
investigators concerned with the case, while the lawyer, and consultant to the UFO review - Ubirajara Franco
Rodrigues – was still searching for new informations.
Rodrigues managed
to check with the City Hall that a policeman had really found death
shortly after the capture of the creatures. The ufologist even
obtained a copy of the death record, by which he was able to locate
the family of the boy. The same witness who alerted the
investigators about the death of Chereze also declared that the
creature, at the moment of the capture, would have attempted a light
reaction, obliging the policeman to touch his left arm without his
gloves. For some of his colleagues, he would have been contaminated
one way or another.
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Marco
Eli Chereze
The family of
Marco Eli Chereze managed to have an inquiry opened by the local
police precinct in order to establish eventual medical
responsibilities for his death. At that time, searches seemed to be
doomed to failure, but they are still under way at the present time.
The parents did that because, a few days after January 20, a small
tumor, similar to a furuncle, appeared under one of the armpits of
Chereze. That tumor, according to what was learned at the time,
would have been rapidly extracted by the doctor in charge, at the
very premises where he was serving. We know today that nothing like
happened. But what most drew the attention of the boy’s family was
the lack of informations about his health condition and, later,
about his tragic death. Even months after his burial, nobody knew
exactly the cause of his death.
Autopsy
refused
The police
superintendant himself, who lead the inquiry, was not able to be
present at the autopsy of the policeman, in spite of his insistance
in the face of the police corps in which Chereze served. The
retention and/or dissimulation of information regarding that subject
were purely and simply an affront to the family of Chereze and to
the laws of the Nation. Even worse, such an affront was commited by
the Military Police itself. It’s only one year after the event of
Varginha, on January 20,
1997 that things began
to move, after the dissimulation of the facts had been denounced
publicly with insistance, both by ufologists and all the press.
Among the most
disquieting facts put forward by the investigators, there was
precisely the absence of informations regarding the death of
Chereze, the most important piece of the headache named the Varginha Case. Thus, in the
middle of a press meeting at the first anniversary of the event,
investigators denounced the silence and obtained that the family,
the police superintendant and the press had at last access to the
autopsy file. From its contents, soldier Chereze would have died
from a generalized infection. The policeman would have arrived at
home, a certain night after the capture of the creature, suffering
from a strong pain in the back. After the ablation of the tumor, he
would have shown a gradual process of paralysis and fever which,
becoming more serious, obliged him to go to the hospital Bom Pastor
where he remained confined and practically isolated from his family
during several days.
Close relatives of
the policeman, especially his sister, Marta Antônia Tavares, the one
who went the most frequently to the hospital, could not have contact
with him and had great difficulty to meet the doctor responsible for
the treatment ; and it was even more
difficult for them to discover what the illness was. Little time
after his entry at the hospital Bom Pastor, the policeman was
transfered to the hospital Regional Do Sul de Minas, also located in
Varginha, the same where he would have brought, in the night of
January 20, the creature he had captured. Chereze was led directly
to the center for intensive care of the establishment and taken in
charge by the very physician who reveals today publicly what he
knows. This is where Chereze passed away at exactly
11
am on February 15,
26 days after his implication with the extraterrestrial.
(note of G.
Bourdais: the following interview of the doctor gives a slightly
different story)
“Although
all the tests and exams possibles were applied in the search of a
diagnosis, he could not be saved in time”, was to declare the
superintendant in charge of the inquiry, in the course of his
deposition before the judge of the “COMARCA”. It was just discovered
that the physicians who took care of Chereze at the time did not
have the faintest idea of how to fight the illness which was
striking him down. After the decease of the boy had been unveiled
before the press present at the meeting of January 1997, the
commander of the Military Police of the state of Minas Merais denied
the facts immediately, including the presence of Chereze during that
night of january 20. But, in order to
protect such an absurd story, they invented an even more crude one.
The family of
Marco Eli Chereze confirmed that he was indeed on duty that night.
Furthermore, he did not die alone because of his professional
activities after the contact with an alien, but the creature he had
captured died also after that contact, and much faster than Chereze.
“It seems clear that the death of the policeman has become the less
controlable and the most dangerous piece of the process of
dissimulation imposed by the military of ESA and the brazilian Army”, has acknowledged Marco Petit,
co-editor of the magazine UFO, who participated actively
in the inquiry.
A.J. Gevaerd
then presents the interview of Dr Cesário Lincoln Furtado by
Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues, stressing the considerable research of
Ubirajara on Varginha, and the “extreme importance” of this
document. Here is now the
interview.
II
– What was the cause of the death of policeman marco Eli Chereze ?
Interview
of Dr Cesário Lincoln Furtado by Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues
(summary
by Gildas Bourdais)
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Dr
Cesário Lincoln
Furtado
Ubirajara
Franco Rodrigues (Ubirajara hereafter) asks Dr
Cesário Lincoln Furtado (Dr
Furtado hereafter) what was his role in the treatment of
policeman Chereze in the hospitals of Varginha in 1996. The
following is the summary of his answers to several questions,
condensed in chronological order:
Dr.
Furtado — Marco
Eli Chereze was first admitted in the Department “Prontomed”
(emergency ward) of the hospital Regional by my colleague Armando
Martins Pinto (cardiologist), on February
12, 1996.
He entered there because of an intense pain in the lumber area. Dr
Armando directed him to the hospital Bom Pastor where he was rapidly
taken in charge by Dr René, who was cardiologist, general
practitioner, and head of the Department of cardiology, and who
ordered some exams. I was then involved, being at the time the
supervisor (sort of coordinator) of cardiology at Bom Pastor.
Questioned
by Ubirajara, Dr Furtado explains that he worked in both hospitals.
However, during that month of January, he did not work at the
hospital Regional. He went every morning at the Bom Pastor. The
reason why Chereze was sent to Bom Pastor is not clear to him:
perhaps because of lack of room at the Regional, or rather because
Chereze would have military medical coverage
there.
Dr.
Furtado — The
next day, at the hospital Bom Pastor, we asked for new exams because
Chereze was still suffering in the lumber area. We asked for urine
analyses, radios of the column, of the lumber and sacrum areas, in
addition to an examination by an orthopedist because the pain was
intense and we suspected the presence of an
herniated disc. Dr Rogério Lemos, in charge of orthopedy, examined
him and said that there was no alteration and that the problem did
not come from there. He told us to continue our search of the cause
of the pain, as fever began to appear at that time.
The
blood analyses, which arrived in the afternoon, showed an hemogram with a leucocytosis, a deviation to
the left and toxic granulations in the neutrophils. This was the
sign of an important infection, highly capable of provoking a
poisoning (toxemia) – because there were those toxic granulations.
We then administered two antibiotics: penicillin and gentamicin,
because we thought that there could be a
pneumonia, owing to the localisation of the pain, or an
urinary infection.
His
case was evaluated again on February 13: same condition. The next
day, still at the hospital Bom Pastor, he spent the day with fever
and pains, but at an “acceptable level”. Until the
morning of the 15, where he woke-up very tired and in a state of
torpor, with signs of cyanosis. These symptoms seemed to
confirm a general poisoning vehiculated by the blood, with a
possible outcome in septicemia. He was then immediately transferred
to the CTI (Intensive Care) of the hospital Regional, where he was
put under medication.
At
the CTI of the hospital Regional, one of the first exams was for
HIV, with a negative result. His state of health deteriorated
rapidly and he died in a few hours, although he had been given
antibiotics soon after his admission. This intrigued everybody and
an autopsy was performed. It did not confirm an urinary infection, but that was later
confirmed by the urine culture which had been ordered at the Bom
Pastor. He also had a mild pneumonia.
Said
Dr. Furtado
— “In my opinion, the urinary infection was the cause of
septicemia, because the pulmonary infection was so minimal that it
could not have been responsible for such a
state”. The
close relatives of Chereze, mainly his sister Antônia, says Dr
Furtadoo, suspected that the abcess Chereze had in the left armpit,
after the military operation, had not been properly treated, which
may have caused infections. But Dr Furtado denies that, because,
when Chereze was admitted at the hospital, the abcess was
practically cured. Furthermore, the abcess was due to another bacteria, a staphylococcus, which is
normal for any small infection on the skin.
The
main point, insists Dr Furtado, is that the cause of his death – the
causa mortis - has
not been clarified. A few days before, the boy was in very good
health, and at the beginning the infection looked relatively simple.
He never had in the past any difficult treatment which could have
caused an immunodeficiency. And it could not be congenital either
because, if such had been the case, he would not have reached the
age of 23 years in good health. This is why we can affirm that his
immunodeficiency was “acquired”, but we don’t know how. His death
was not caused by a pneumonia, neither by
an urinary infection, nor by the abcess.
Dr
Furtado also says: At
the beginning, the diagnosis of an urinary
or kidney infection prevailed because of the presence of
“enterobacteria”. But, in less that 20
days, three bacterias attacked the policeman. THREE ! This is a very rare thing in the world.
When Marco had a pulmonary infection, he already no longer had any
immune defense. In that case, any bacteria can take control of a
person.
At
the request of Ubirajara, Dr Furtado gives more medical details.
Ubirajara
asks: «
In the hemogram sent by the laboratory of Bom Pastor, it is said:
“Presence of cytoplasmic vacuoles. Presence of 8%
of thin toxic granules in the neutrophils. Discret polikilocytosis”. How can you, as a
physician, interpret the presence of 8% of those small toxic
granulations in the neutrophils ?
»
Dr.
Furtado — They
appear in the neutrophils of a person who is victim of the agression
of a very virulent bacteria. This provokes
a “battlefield”, if we may say, which could
reach 50% ou 60%. The file mentions 8% because it refers to the
first blood analysis. And that already demonstrates that there is an
infection, which led to the prescription of antibiotics. Their
presence denotes an important and serious infection. It is not
frequent, except in serious cases.
Ubirajara
— in
ufological circles, when some researchers
will read this statement in the results of the hemogram, they are
going to interpret that those 8% of toxic granulations were “unknown
things”, the presence of a new substance, or yet something else.
Dr.
Furtado — No,
nothing like that, absolutely nothing. As I
said already, they don’t appear in other infections but are frequent
in serious infections.
Ubirajara
— During
the time that you took care of the policeman, did you notice, at the
Bom Pastor as well as the Regional, the presence of any unknown
physician, from outside ?
Dr.
Furtado — No,
I did not notice any. I did not see either the superiors of Marco
Eli Chereze, whether of the police or the army. They did not look
for me, not even to collect the least information regarding the boy,
during the two or three days.
Ubirajara
— There
is, in the medical inquiry following Marco’s death, the deposition
of a dermatologist. He mentions a blood infection, in which red
cells would have been attacked by white cells. According to this
dermatologist, those 8% in the blood examination could have denoted
a contagion by the skin of an eventual toxic substance which would
have attacked the red cells. What do you think of that ?
Dr.
Furtado — This
has nothing to do. There is no connection between these elements.The
report also says that a few days could have passed before the
process materialized, but it is not so. If there were such a
contagion by the skin, it’s effect would be
blazing. We would be decimated everyday that way.
Ubirajara
— Could
you see the body
?
Dr.
Furtado — No,
I could not. It is not usual. After the death, the body is taken for
the autopsy and there is no other recourse. After a person is
deceased, you inform the family – and in the case in question, I was
not even the person who did that, because when they took him to the
CTI , I transferred my responsabilities to
the other doctor at the CTI.
Ubirajara
— Did
the family think of asking for an exhumation of the body ?
Dr.
Furtado — Not
that I know of.
In fact, an exhumation would not have brought any proof of what
really caused the death. As for the death certificate, the cause of
the death was not mentioned because there was not the faintest
element permitting to guarany anything.
Ubirajara
— You
mentioned that a member of his family had affirmed that he wanted to
know what this illness was about, because the policeman had
participated in the capture of something strange. Was this told to
you before, or after his death
?
Dr.
Furtado — A
few days later, when his death was still recent. I don’t remember
very well, but his sister was in great shock, and she came to talk
with me.
Ubirajara
— let’s
stick to the facts regarding this interview. But, did you notice any
other movement at the time, in one of these hospitals ?
Dr.
Furtado — I
heard of many things, but I did not witness any particular movement.
However, rumors were thriving at the maternity ward of the hospital
Regional, but I never worked there, being not an obstetrician.
Furthermore, the maternity was somewhat separate, the entrance and
the rest of it. As for the hospital Humanitas
, where I also worked at the time, I did not notice anything.
Not even comments between doctors, nurses, and office personnels.
Ubirajara
asks further if there could be isolated areas in those hospitals. Dr
Furtado explains that, at the Regional, there was also a reserved
aisle, used for contagious patients. At the Humanitas, there were
few movements, and there wee many rooms without activity. But, in
1996, there were no longer isolation premises, except in hospitals
specialized in contagious illnesses.
Ubirajara
— Do
you see other interesting aspects to mention about that episode ?
Dr.
Furtado — Listen,
there is that story reported by the family (regarding the capture of
the being), about which I don’t know anything. But, we don’t find
any rational explanation for the death of this boy. Because it was
terribly fast, you understand ?
Ubirajara
— Could
it be caused by a totally unknown bacteria, however improbable ?
Dr.
Furtado — Yes.
Well, if we talk of something completely unknown, it is obvious that
we could not risk any conjectures. There is no answer possible. Now,
could something have penetrated inside his organism, something
equally unknown, which would have deprived him of his immunity system ? This is another question without answer.
Ubirajara
— Could
you tell what type of thing would be susceptible to provoke that,
for instance ?
Dr.
Furtado — I
don’t know. That might be an injectable “poison”, an infection of
injured skin, at the face or foot. It might be an injury caused by a
nail, which would provoke tetanos, etc. But we know tetanos. A
multitude of things, I might say, and this is just to enumerate some
examples of what might have contaminated that boy and deprived him
of immune resistance. I repeat that I say that it ‘COULD BE”.
Ubirajara
— Are
you telling me that the death of Marco Eli Chereze was a strange
death ?
Dr.
Furtado — A
strange death, without rational explanation. In the course of my
professional life, I have seen already two persons, aged about 25,
die of an infection, but we knew that both had immune deficiency.
Both of them, if I recall well, had had removal of the spleen
(splenectomy) following a past accident. After a certain delay, that
causes immunodeficiency. In that situation, the person may decease
rapidly if he finds himself in the condition of a septicemia. But,
once again, it was not the case.
Thanks to C. Sannazzaro and G.
Bourdais
