Science: Cups or Saucers?

People just wouldn't believe him, decided the law professor, and so for nearly a year he kept his little secret. Finally he let the word slip out to a friend. Last week all Brazil was abuzz about the reluctant claim of João de Freitas Guimaraes. 48. a wealthy, respected professor of Roman law at Santos' Catholic University. Did the professor really take an hour-long whirl through outer space in a flying saucer?

As the professor tells it. he was lolling on the beach at São Sebastião last summer after tidying up a messy inheritance case when suddenly a 60-ft. saucer...

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