Portugal UFO Sightings Page 2
03-07-1970 Hour: 4:00 pm Paredes de Coura-Viana do Castelo
Source Info.: "Seculo" 8.3.70 A mysterious object was seen hovering over this village. People got out to the streets to observe the phenomenon which was seen for four hours.
03-26-1970 Hour: 6:00 am Leiria
Source Info.: "Comercio do Porto" 27.3.70 The witnesses observed a strange glowing object in the sky. It was hovering and disappeared at dawn.
09-28-1970 Cidade da Horta
Source Info.: "Seculo" 29.9.70 A strange object was seen moving across the sky.It radiated a bright white light.
12-10-1970 Hour: 7:30 am Elvas
Source Info.: "Seculo" 11.12.70 A blue glowing object was seen moving across the sky.
05-??-1971 Olhao-Algarve
Source Info.: "Seculo" 30.5.71 For a few nights, the population from from this city observed several nocturnal lights with a spherical shape which changed to an "8".
07-29-1971 Hour: 10:00 pm Sobreda da Caparica
Source Info.: "Seculo" 30.7.71 People who live in this area were surprised by the appearence of a glowing object surrounded by a halo, in the sky.
06-15-1972 Hour: 11:15 pm Vimioso
Source Info.: "Seculo" 16.7.72 The people from this area observed a UFO projecting a powerful source of light. It was flying quite fast.
09-20-1973 Hour: 10:30 pm Alijo-Vila Real
Source Info.: "Insolito" #39 The witness was driving along with his wife and sister-in-law when he heard a noise followed by a flash that showed a small disc-shaped object of 1meter in diameter flying toward his automobile. The object passed by and vanished. He kept driving and the car started experiencing some difficulties to pursuit the trip. Four or five km ahead the lights on the car illuminated a bullet-shaped object in the middle of the road, it was green, 4 to 5 cm in length by 2 cm width. The witness slowed down his car and contoured the object which gave them an opportunity to observe two un moving entities facing the road. They were about 5 feet tall, wearing a bright leaded-type suit, carried a camping bag type on their shoulders with some sort of aerial and red light on the top of it. They also heard some voice generated sounds that were followed by the floating of the entities. The witness kept on his way driving to Vila Real.
11-02-1973 Vila Real St. Antonio-Algarve
Source Info.: "Jornal do Comercio" The witnesses, fishermen, were on board their boat, when they observed three orange disc-shaped UFO's hovering over the boat. One of them hovered so close that Mr. Salas decided to turn on a spotlight and point it to the object, which made it move away from the boat. At times they thought the UFO's were going to hit the boat. This event lasted more than two hours.
11-09-1973 Hour: 8:15 pm Funchal
Source Info.: "Diario Popular" The witness observed a strange object in the sky. It flew three times faster than a conventional jet and left a luminous track behind about 100 to 150 meters long. The witness estimated the object to be 600 to 800 meters above the ground. Due to its speed was not possible to identify its shape.
11-30-1973 Hour: 9:30 pm Vila Real Sto. Antonio-Algarve
Source Info.: "Diario de Noticias" A strange orange disc-shaped object was seen over this city. At a certain point the object made a "V" shaped turn.
11-30-1973 Lisbon
Source Info.: "Diario de Noticias" Several luminous objects were observed over the city.
??-1974 Hour: 8:15 pm Rio Tinto-Oporto
Source Info.: Mario Neves The witness, aged 14,was at his house backyard with a couple of family members when he heard a loud noise followed by a black out. He ran outside and saw a saturn-shaped object 50 meters away. It was 6.5 meters in diameter and 4 to 4.5 meters height, radiated light beams of several colors and its top was transparent allowing 4 or 5 entities to be visible by the witness. They were wearing dark frogman suit, their heads were covered by helmets, they were about 5 feet tall and had a humanoid configuration. During the observation the witness felt paralyzed and lost sense of time. By the time the object took off all his faculties were recovered and electrical power was restored.
01-25-1974 Sagres - Algarve
Source Info.: CEAFI (Lisbon) The witnesses were flying in an airplane of the Portuguese Airways Company (TAP), a "Boeing 707", from Lisbon to Cabo Verde and Las Palmas. Over the Portuguese coast (Sagres), the cmdt. Rodrigo Freitas was alerted by the flight mechanic technician, Francisco Duarte, because of the existence of a few strange lights in front of them. Mr. Freitas said that there was a formation of five lights or objects who formed a central block. Two of the lights were spinning. The phenomenon left a trail behind. The event took place 80 miles away of the airplane. At that point the Boeing was flying at a speed of 900 Km/H and was 19000 ft above ground. The objects, or lights, were reported to be 16000 ft higher. They tried to find out if somebody else from another airplane had seen the phenomenon and they got the information that another crew from a South African Airways airplane had observed the same event 40 minutes before. Knowing the other airplane's position, Mr. Rodrigo Freitas calculated that the phenomenon had moved at a speed of 36000 Km/H. Later, Mr. Freitas made a report which was sent to NASA in the U.S.A., as was usual in this kind of observation.
01-26-1974 Lisbon
Source Info.: "Diario de Noticias" A Swedish airline pilot, Capt. Lars Berglund, made a statement to the"Skaanska Dagbladet" newspaper concerning the observation of 10 to 15 unknown objects across the sky when he was flying over Lisbon, from Las Palmas to Scandinavia. The objects were flying in a straight line 20 Km above the ground. The witness said that the crews from three other airplanes, portuguese, norwegian and english observed the same phenomenon.
02-25-1974 Hour: 6:30 am Tomar
Source Info.: "Diario de Noticias" After finishing work, Mr. Silva was going home when he saw a ball of fire in the sky.
03-02-1974 Hour: 7:25 am Lisbon
Source Info.: "Capital" 2.3.74 Two workers on the Bridge "25 de Abril" observed a bright and fast ufo flying across the sky.
03-23-1974 Hour: 2:00 am Avis
Source Info.: "Diario de Noticias" Several people working at a dairy observed a ufo following a blackout
04-16-1974 Beja-Alentejo
Source Info.: "Seculo" A three meters diameter object was seen in the sky.
03-??-1975 Hour: 8:00 pm S. Romao do Coronado-Santo Tirso
Source Info.: "Jornal de Noticias" The witness observed a cigar-shaped object in the sky.
03-??-1975 Aveiro
Source Info.: "Jornal de Noticias" A cigar-shaped object was seen by the witnesses. It flew at high speed and was visible for a few seconds.
03-01-1975 Hour: 8:15 pm Bensafrim-Algarve
Source Info.: "Jornal do Algarve" 8.3.75 Two nocturnal lights were observed in the sky.
03-11-1975 Hour: 8:45 pm Oporto
Source Info.: "Jornal de Noticias" 13.3.75 A cone-shaped object was seen in the sky. One witness who observed it through binoculars said that it hovered for 30 minutes a few hundred meters above the ground. Its size seemed to be three times bigger than Venus and its brightness was changing all the time.
08-07-1975 Hour: 11:00 pm Foz do Douro
Source Info.: "Jornal de Noticias" 10.8.75 Maria N. Israel, teacher at the secondary school, was driving when she saw a strange ball of light hovering over a few buildings.
09-19-1975 Hour: 11:20 pm Aveiro
Source Info.: "Primeiro de Janeiro" 21.9.75 A ball of light was seen by many people.
09-20-1975 Guimaraes
Source Info.: "Primeiro de Janeiro" 21.9.75 A ball of light was observed over the city.
11-07-1975 Senhora do Monte-Leiria
Source Info.: "Seculo Ilustrado" 7.1.76 A doctor from the city of Leiria was driving when he observed a strange object flying toward him about 10 meters above the ground. It passed over the car and stopped 150 meters away, then it hovered over the tree tops. The doctor got out of the car and saw the disc-shaped bottom of the object and four rectangular bright windows on the top. Meanwhile, he could not start the engine on the car and his friends had difficulties in getting good reception on his CB broadcast. The top of the object was cone-shaped and measured about 15 meters in diameter. The witness smelled ozone in the area.
12-01-1975 Hour: 7:20 pm Coimbra
Source Info.: "Jornal de Noticias" 3.12.75 Two luminous objects were observed over the city.
??-1976 Hour: 4:00 am Quebrantoes-V. N. de Gaia-Oporto
Source Info.: Cassiano Monteiro (CEAFI) Mr. Lima, aged 46,was driving when he observed two entities with humanoid appearance. They were about 7 feet tall, seemed to be of a blue/green color and the skull at the level of the ears formed a swelling. He also noticed a bright yellow light behind a wall and a noise identical to compressed air causing the leaves on the trees to bounce. The engine on his car experienced difficulties and the beam lights lost brightness.
01-21-1976 Hour: 7:25 pm Guarda
Source Info.: "Diario de Coimbra" 22.1.76 A "5"-shaped object was seen over the city.
08-25-1976 Hour: 1:00 am Quarteira-Faro
Source Info.: "Diario Popular" 25.8.76 A strange object was reported to be seen over the beach of Quarteira. It flew at high speed and low altitude.
09-12-1976 Hour: 8:15 pm Mirandela-(Tras-Os-Montes)
Source Info.: "Comercio do Porto" 18.9.76 For several days and always at the same hour, people observed a strange object in the sky.
09-22-1976 Airport of Portela-Lisbon
Source Info.: "Diario de Noticias" 23.9.76 ; "National Enquirer" 30.9.76 Strange manoeuvres executed by ufos were observed by the crew of a Boeing 707, two workers from the Control Tower at the airport, a worker in the hotel of Acoteias (Algarve),and several unnamed people all over the country. The ufo was said to be a main body extremely bright and blue, surrounded by other horizontal red or white lights. These were five to seven in number. Then, these lights separated from the central body and exploded followed by an enormous flash of light. Meanwhile, an airplane from the Portuguese Airways (TAP) that was flying to south africa almost hit the ufo which avoided it by changing direction. Two workers from the control tower at the airport observed the same phenomenon with surprise. One of them who saw the object with binoculars said it took off with a speed three times faster than a jet aircraft. The "National Enquirer" dated on November 30,1976, published the following data about the case: "707 passenger jet on collision course with dazzling UFO" The dazzling ufo and the Boeing 707 jetliner carrying 101 passengers raced toward each other on a collision course. "We're going to crash!" thought co-pilot Armindo Pinto as he wrenched the plane into a steep bank. Startled by the violent manoeuver, capt. Eloy Weigert, who was check in instruments, looked up in time to see the ufo dead ahead. It was so close it seemed to fill three quarters of the cockpit windshield. Spitting out what appeared to be fire and sparks in bursts it shot past the portuguese airliner. Observed by two other, astonished crewmen and an air traffic controller on the ground, the extraordinary encounter occurred shortly after TAP flight 241 took off from Lisbon airport at 2:10 AM local time on September 19, bound for Africa. TAP is a government-run airline. In their seats in the cockpit were captain Weigert, 52, with 22,000 hours of flying time, co-pilot Pinto, 34, flight engineer, Gilberto Sarmento, 48, and Jose Pinto, 31, co-pilot for a second crew that would take over the plane in Kinshasa, Zaire. He was the first to spot the ufo. "We were climbing to 4,000 feet", he told the "Enquirer". "I was sitting behind the capt. on the left hand side of the flight deck and just before we reached 4,000 feet I saw, through the first officer's window on the right hand side off our wing, coming in our direction, giving off flashes", Costa, 59, continued: "I saw this flying object expel "We were climbing and converging with it. As we banked, it passed to the left and slightly below us. Because of the angles, and the location of the passengers, it was impossible for them to see. The front of the aircraft was being used for cargo, and the passengers were in the rear". The ufo was traveling from west to east. Moments after flight 241 encountered the object, another portuguese 707, some 600 miles to east reported a strange sighting. Manuel Aleixo, 31, co-pilot of TAP flight 130, flying at 33,000 feet, told the "Enquirer": "At about 2:15 AM we saw a very bright light moving very fast below us. It was traveling from west to east and disappeared in about 45 seconds. It didn't look like any aircraft or a meteor. We didn't know about capt. Weigert's sighting, but we were joking on the flight deck about having seen a ufo".
09-22-1976 Santa Cruz-Madeira
Source Info.: "Jornal da Madeira" 23.9.76 The witness observed a strange ball of fire that flew over the sea.
10-10-1976 Hour 5:55 pm Aveiro
Source Info.: "Jornal de Noticias" 11.10.76 The witnesses observed a cylindrical-shaped object hovering over the city for one minute. It was reported to be four Km above the ground, was orange, radiated a flashing light and left a smoke track behind when it took off. Radio broadcast reception was cut off.
10-14-1976 Ponta Delgada-Azores
Source Info.: "Diario Popular" 15.10.76 People from this city watched a circle-shaped object in the sky. It radiated light and colour. In an interview with the portuguese TV station, two workers in Civil Aeronautics who also observed the phenomenon, agreed with the comments made by several other witnesses. The Center for Astronomical Research in the Azores compiled all the data concerning the event.
Date: Dec 28, 1976 Hour: 12:00 m
Location: Travanca de Lagos Source Info.: "Diario de Coimbra" 4.1.77 strange luminous point was seen over this area. Two teenagers who observed it, said that the point was surrounded by a yellow gleaming halo.
12-29-1976 Hour: 12:49 am Lisbon
Source Info.: "Diario de Noticias" 29.12.76 Several people, including a pilot of Portuguese Airways (TAP), observed a strange object in the sky. It moved fast and radiated colorful lights.
01-01-1977 Leca da Palmeira-Oporto
Source Info.: "Diario Popular" 5.1.77 A strange object in the sky was seen and filmed by a portuguese tv station which showed it on the late news program. The object was seen on the four succeeding days and was visible in the evenings until 21:00 hrs. Meanwhile, in the area of Matosinhos, near Oporto, a noise like a big electrical engine could be heard for several days at 05:00 hrs for 20 minutes. This seemed to come from the sea.
01-03-1977 Hour: 9:30 pm Carrapito-Guarda.
The witness, aged 24, heard a strange sound and saw a dark figure when outside her house. It was square box-shaped, 8 feet tall by approximately 3 feet wide, with a head on the top. Her sister, aged 9,who followed the observation all the way through, had a nervous breakdown. A circle of compressed soil was found near the bushes where the figure seemed to vanish, no grass seems to grow on that spot and pets avoid it.
01-04-1977 Hour: 9:00 pm Anca,Buarcos and Coimbra
Source Info.: "Diario de Coimbra" 5.1.77 A strange object was observed over these three places.
01-04-1977 Hour: 9:00 pm Buarcos
Source Info.: "O Dever" (Figueira da Foz) 7.1.77 A strange unknown object was seen flying over this village.
01-05-1977 Hour: 8:00 pm Guarda
Source Info.: "Primeiro de Janeiro" 6.1.77 Several people reported to radio station "Altitude" that they saw a disc-shaped object in the sky. It flew at high speed and left a blue/orange trail. It was grey and measured about six meters in diameter.
01-06-1977 Hour: 8:30 pm Lisbon
Source Info.: "Diario de Noticias"7.1.77 An elongated red ufo was seen over the city. It was surrounded by a halo of light.
01-08-1977 Hour: 7:00 pm Santo Tirso
Source Info.: "Presse" (Oporto) 11.1.77 The witnesses saw a semi-circle-shaped object in the sky. It was 900 meters above the ground and radiated a powerful white light.
01-10-1977 Viseu
Source Info.: "Diario de Coimbra" 11.1.77 A strange luminous point was seen over this city. It flew fast and changed color.
01-25-1977 Lisbon, Teixoso
People observed strange objects in the sky in all these locations. Loud noises were heard too.
08-12-1977 Hour: 10:30 pm Campo Pequeno-Lisbon
Source Info.: "A Luta" 17.8.77 The witnesses saw a bright object in the sky. It flew in a straight line and disappeared. Date: Aug 5, 1977 Hour: N/A Type: NL Location: Reguengos do Fetal-Leiria Source Info.: "A Luta" 16.8.77 A large red ufo which measured 30 meters was seen hovering over this place. It was 30 meters above the ground. It took off quite fast.
08-14-1977 Hour: 10:00 pm Cabedelo
Source Info.: "Jornal de Noticias" The witness saw an object hovering over this area. It radiated an orange light several times.
08-24-1977 Hour: 11:45 am Lumiar-Lisbon
Source Info.: "Capital" Three soldiers at the Military Administration School (EPAM), saw a strange disc-shaped object in the sky for 15 minutes.
09-10-1977 Hour: 5:00 am Guarda
Source Info.: "Jornal" 16.9.77 The witnesses observed a strange object which seemed to take off with incredible speed. It flew toward Spain.
10-18-1977 Hour: 12:30 am Coruche
Source Info.: "Sorraia" (Coruche) A strange object flew over the village.
10-18-1977 Hour: 7:20 pm Santarem, Praia da Rocha
Source Info.: "Capital" The witnesses saw a strange object in the sky.
10-18-1977 Hour: 7:20 pm Coruche
Source Info.: "Capital" The witness saw a round object in the sky. It radiated green light and left a red trail. It flew from North to South.
10-18-1977 Hour: 6:10 pm Ermidas do Sado-Alentejo
Source Info.: "Capital" The witness was driving when he saw a green ufo which left a red trail behind.
10-18-1977 Hour: 7:17 pm Lisbon
Source Info.: "Capital" The witnesses, members of the board of directors of Olivetti in Portugal, saw a strange object flying across the sky. It was round, radiated a bright green light, left a red trail behind and was silent. NATO war games were played on this day.
10-18-1977 Hour: 7:15 pm Oporto
Source Info.: "Capital" The witnesses observed an ovoid object in the sky. It flew at high speed and left a luminous trail behind.
11-29-1977 Hour: 5:30 am Figueira
Source Info.: "Despertar" (Coimbra) Loud noises were heard for several days.
12-13-1977 Hour: 6:02 am Barreiro, Airport of Portela-Lisbon
Source Info.: "Diario de Lisboa" 14.12.77 By midnight, several phone calls were made to the weather station at the airport, reporting the observation of a unidentified flying object over Barreiro. Alerted by the event, workers at the station spent all night watching the sky trying to notice any unknown object. At 6:02 AM the ufo was seen appearing in the sky. Mr. Morgado da Graca, meteorologist for 16 years, observed the phenomenon and described it as a luminous object that changed direction and color all the time. The control tower at the airport saw the event and reported that the object was an unknown flying object. The phenomenon lasted almost one hour.
12-14-1977 Hour: 1:00 am Cascais-Estremadura
Source Info.: "Diario de Lisboa" The witnesses observed an object in the sky. It changed color several times.
12-25-1977 Hour: 11:00 pm Costa da Caparica-Setubal
Source Info.: "Capital" Several people observed a bright ball of fire in the sky. It moved quite fast and disappeared.