1946.09.18 During the week of 14 – 21 September the [ghost] rockets were reported over Portugal. An AFP dispatch of 21 September reports a number of unexplained aerial phenomena in the Portuguese sky during this period… Two “green globes” to the north of Lisbon on the eighteenth. (UFOs 1947-1987: The 40-Year Search for an Explanation, […]
Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, Europe
1946.09.17c 21.05c From the Diario de Noticias, September 18: Just after 21 pm a luminous body, bigger and brighter than a star and with a phosphorescent tail was seen in the sky of the city of Viana do Castelo. It was travelling in the south-north direction. The sighting due to its strangeness became the talk […]
Porto, Porto, Portugal, Spain
1946.09.16 From the newspaper Vitoria, September 17: According to information given by several credible witnesses, last night there were seen in the sky of the city of Porto some mysterious rockets with fiery tails travelling with diabolical speeds. The rockets came from near the sea in a south-north direction. Could it be the same phenomenon […]
Casa Branca, Évora, Portugal, Europe
1946.09.15 16.00 Diario de Noticias, September 15: At four pm today an enormous disc irradiating a green light was seen in the locality of Casa Branca, Montemor-o-Novo. The strange phenomenon was witnessed by many rail workers on duty. The disc stayed motionless for approximately five minutes, disappearing afterwards in a southerly direction. (paranormalchron.blogspot.co.uk)
Fátima, Centro, Portugal, Europe
1917.10.13 Seeing and communicating with occupants… especially were almost always interpreted in a religious context. A recent example is the repeated appearance of a typical UFO phenomenology at Fatima, Portugal [for] six successive months in 1917. The October 13 phenomenon was the best reported and was witnessed by a crowd of about 70,000 persons, including […]