Cláudio Tsuyoshi Suenaga
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Cláudio Tsuyoshi Suenaga is an enthusiast of everything that is related to science, the occult, the extraordinary and supernatural since he was a child. He began researching UFOs, attempting to plunge into the subject in the same extent of other intellectual interests, such as literature, films and philosophy.
When he was 18 years old, he was already publishing his first articles in newspapers and, when he was 21, he graduated in History, already with a project in mind: bringing the UFO controversy to the academic sphere in a way that it could be approached in the light of the understanding of the most diverse disciplines at the top methodological strictness and criteria.
Facing all kinds of prejudice, obstacles and incomprehension, he achieved the feat of convincing a group of professors of the viability of his purposes and the sincerity of his intentions. In 1994, he entered the post-graduate training in History at the College of Science and Literature of the State University of São Paulo, in Assis, and, in 1995, he won a scholarship from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
In 1996, he became a member of the editorial and advisory board member of the Brazilian UFO Magazine, edited by Ademar José Gevaerd in Campo Grande beginning to write regularly to this magazine.
In 1997, Cláudio was interviewed by Folha de São Paulo about some documents of the Social and Political Order Department (DOPS) that he had discovered at the State of São Paulo Archive. These documents certified that agents of the repressive regime investigated an alleged UFO abductee and members of the Exobiological Research Association (APEX). The report, published on May 11, 1997, received front page reference and occupied one and a half pages under the title "Military regime investigated UFOs and extraterrestrials".
The involvement of the Brazilian government with UFOs always was one of Cláudio's main concerns, having gained access to a plentiful of documents about the subject.
On faith, he didn't cease telling on the danger of the coming of fanatic and apocalyptic cults that would often make use of destruction and violence to anticipate the fulfillment of old prophecies on the eve of the second millennium. Source of hope and fears of the "technological man", UFOs and aliens took over the place that gods and deities occupied for men in the past. Thus, when dealing this authentic "modern myth", Cláudio never stopped undertake the review of an extensive timeless backdrop of visionary experiences, religious miracles and folkloric encounters with supernatural beings.
Among the pieces of work he made, one of the pieces that generated more fuss recovered the case of farmer João Prestes Filho, who, in a fatidical day in 1946, was burnt by a mysterious light that came from the sky in Araçariguama. He died because of the injuries.
In March, 1999, Cláudio finally presented his thesis called "A dialética do real e do imaginário: uma proposta de interpretação do fenômeno OVNI" (The dialectic of reality and illusion: a proposal of interpretation of the UFO phenomenon), being approved with honor by the examining board, becoming the first Master in History graduated by UNESP and the first researcher in Brazil to develop a master thesis on UFOs.
In April, 1999, Cláudio was interviewed by newspaper "Voz da Terra", from Assis, about his master thesis. At the opportunity, he said about the conclusion of his work: "(...) in several moments, they tried to prevent the continuity of the project, either through restricting access to certain archives and documents or through brandished blows against my planning".
In the year 2000, Cláudio moved to Mongaguá, on account of information about UFO appearances, interviewing more than 15 people who would have seen these objects. Besides, he searched for more evidence of the appearances, such as soil marks, burnt vegetation, abductions, etc.
Another reason for him to move to Mongaguá was searching for information about writer Jerônimo Barbosa Monteiro, author of books like "A Cidade Perdida" (The Lost City) and "Os Visitantes do Espaço" (Visitors From Space), to disclosing his biography to future generations. Jerônimo is considered the "father of Brazilian science fiction" and lived in Mongaguá between 1961 and 1969.
In 2005, he went back to São Paulo, São Paulo, where he still lives and works.
