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Brazil fireball UFO video traced to drone-and-fireworks marketing stunt

R7's Balanco Geral DF reported that a supposed UFO filmed over Novo Gama, Goias was traced to a marketing action using a drone and remotely triggered fireworks.

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R7 / Balanco Geral DF video thumbnail localized from the source report about the Novo Gama, Goias fireball video.

A fiery object that circulated online as a possible UFO over Novo Gama, in the Brazilian state of Goias, now has a reported conventional explanation. R7's Balanco Geral DF said on July 2 that the bright object was part of a marketing action rather than an unidentified craft.

According to the report, the investigation found that a drone operator and influencer attached two fireworks to a drone and triggered them by remote control after earlier tests. The result, seen from the ground, looked like a bright fireball moving across the night sky.

The episode is useful for a UAP archive because it shows how quickly a short video can move from uncertainty to a confident UFO label before the source activity is known. It also provides a concrete comparison case for drone lights, pyrotechnics, motion blur and low-information social video.

The explanation does not make every similar video a drone. It does show why location, operator activity, permits, witness angle and original metadata matter before a clip is treated as anomalous. In this case, the best available public reporting supports an explained classification.

Sourcehttps://noticias.r7.com/brasilia/balanco-geral-df/video/suposto-ovni-visto-em-goias-era-acao-de-marketing-com-drone-e-fogos-de-artificio-02072026/