PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9613447

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONPORTUGAL

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i. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
13 Nay 52 0 Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Possibly Balloon
Loccl_.__11CQ round-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GM.T 13/1300 Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar R Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes Hewspaper 00 Probably Astronomical
Ligio Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 0 Other...
D Insufficient Data Evaluation
how 1 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS a/c
Aluminum color Shape - a/c. Many and It is possible that t the E was one of
varied. the new jet a/c delivered to
Portugal under NAto since the incident
area is approx 20 MI NE of Lisbon.
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clouds of smoke eusnended in the which renained there for more than an hour
and a half. After strange craft fighter aircraft appeared
from the direction Fatima, which after flying under the smoke clouds went in
the direction of OTA also The happening brought on the most varied couments
inaginuble. While some stated that the snoke 'Signals from Heaven", others
stated thal they were just anothe cas9 Flying Discs." Anong the wi tnesses,
correspondent of the 'Diario de Noticias", stated that it was an airplane, which
he diatinguished clearly in spite of the altitude at which the maneuvers took place,
and tha only things strange were the incredible the Smoke
1et8."
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