Guimarães Contact Claim
Encounter record consolidated from case-specific archive subjects. Reported components: Guimarães Sea-Emergent Disc. Detailed morphology, verification status and citations remain attached to the component claims.
Canonical Classification
This case is linked to the broad craft/species families used by the main catalogue.
Disc / Saucer
Circular, lenticular, saucer, pancake and closely related disc-family craft reports. Individual case morphologies remain separate evidence records under Encounters.
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These granular records retain the original morphology, evidence status and source provenance for this encounter. They are intentionally not separate top-level catalogue shapes/species.
Guimarães Sea-Emergent Disc (1956 Contact Claim)
Case-specific disc claimed by João de Freitas Guimarães to have emerged from the sea and landed near him in Brazil. Clark states that the story has no independent verification or supporting evidence, so all associated claims are disputed.