Nave Espacial de Varginha, Water tower in Varginha, Brazil.
Nave Espacial de Varginha is a 20-metre-tall water tower in Varginha, Minas Gerais, made of a slender supporting column topped by a disc-shaped water reservoir. Its form, a round saucer held above the ground, is what earned it the name "Varginha's spacecraft". It was built in 2001.
The Nave Espacial de Varginha was built in 2001 as a water tower for the city. Its name and disc-shaped reservoir refer to the Varginha UFO incident, an alleged UFO landing said to have taken place on 20 January 1996. The structure has since become a tourist attraction.
The tower's name and disc-shaped top refer to the Varginha UFO incident, an alleged UFO landing said to have occurred on 20 January 1996. The structure has become a tourist attraction, drawing visitors interested in the case and in ufology.
The tower stands in a residential neighbourhood of Varginha, in the state of Minas Gerais, and can be reached by car or taxi. There is no entrance fee to see it. It is a working water tower rather than a visitor centre, so the structure is viewed from outside.
The tower's disc-shaped reservoir sits atop a 20-metre support, so from certain streets it reads as a landed craft rather than a water tank. Its name was given in reference to the alleged Varginha UFO incident of 20 January 1996, and the structure has since become a tourist attraction in the city.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 94,092 contributors worldwide.