In September 1968, in the backyard of a small pottery workshop in Brazil, something answered. This episode of Stories Lost explores the Schneider Encounter — a close contact that didn’t feel like a meeting, but like a system responding. A courtyard freezes at 3 a.m. Two flat silhouettes “answer” without voices. Evidence lingers long after the light. This week on Stories Lost, we travel to Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, where industrial chemist Henrique Schneider Jr. steps from his pottery workshop and meets two silent, rectangular forms—and a voice that isn’t a voice. The phenomenon is precise and unsettling: paralysis; instant, thought-to-thought replies; a conical craft with a ramp that never touches ground. Then the aftermath—burnt grass, displaced roof tiles, a failing truck—pulls the story from experience into material trace. But that’s only part of the story. 🔹 Ten minutes face-to-face with “panels” 🔹 Ramp retracts, door seals with a click 🔹 Blue welding-glow & whistling ascent 🔹 Circle scorch, tripod marks, dead grass 🔹 Promised return: fast overflight witnessed 🕰 Chapters 00:00 – The Kiln and the Silhouettes 01:31 – The Case Reaches SOBEPS 03:37 – The Panels and the Craft 06:41 – The Telepathic Exchange 08:47 – Takeoff and Blue Light 09:33 – Heat, Smell, and Physical Traces 12:32 – The Promise and the Second Sighting 15:45 – Automatic Answering System 16:13 – Memory vs. Material Evidence 17:29 – A System, Not Visitors 19:17 – It Wasn’t Talking to Him 20:05 – Final Reflections Sources: https://caravaca.blogspot.com/2014/06/asombroso-encuentro-cercano-en-brasil.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawPHbSFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBlaWZFSmFXNVhJZWZZZlJmc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtJuDKQwvGvoPssSTmDeMBobDpINqr8kWa8IL5Yjx5wDflyCpNcuJvLdAtDK_aem_fjGrO1A2vY_YpCHdbuPq8A https://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/Belgium/Inforespace/Inforespace%20-%20No%2016%20-%201974.pdf This episode weaves together the fieldwork of investigator Carlos Varassin with testimonies from Henrique Schneider Jr., Paulo Mertens, Karl Sliva, Udo Schmidt, and neighbors who observed subsequent phenomena. 👍 Like, comment, and subscribe if you enjoy forgotten casework and eerie true accounts. 👽 Support the channel: Support the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@storieslost/membership https://buymeacoffee.com/storieslost https://www.patreon.com/c/StoriesLost Keywords: Schneider encounter, Joinville 1968, telepathic exchange, metallic panels, SOBEPS