Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels · Aired Aug 25, 2026
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A 600-page inquiry was conducted regarding the Varginha UFO incident.
The finding
What the evidence shows
There really was an official Brazilian military inquiry into the Varginha case, and it concluded the creature sightings were a local man being mistaken for something else, with military activity in the area being routine. But nothing we found in the record backs up the specific 600 page figure, so that detail looks exaggerated or invented even though a real inquiry did happen.
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Quick answer
Is it true that a 600-page inquiry was conducted regarding the Varginha UFO incident?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. There really was an official Brazilian military inquiry into the Varginha case, and it concluded the creature sightings were a local man being mistaken for something else, with military activity in the area being routine. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels, aired Aug 25, 2026, at 1:51:41. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is newsweek.com, linked below.
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