Unknown over Barcelona (Spain) · Spain
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Clear unusually starry night for Barcelona, Spain. The object was observed from the terrassa of a four story building. The object was bright red and circular light. Bigger than what airplane lights look like at night. The object was first observed above and near the Barcelonetta from my vantage point. A guesstimated distance of + - 7 km. the object was moving too slow to be an airplane at that altitude. There was no discernible sound from the object. El Prat Llobregat airport is just outside of Barcelona. Planes can be seen and heard arriving and departing, plane can also be heard going overhead. From my vantage point, the bright red object was too big to be a helicopter. While going along the coast and slowly rising, the object almost came to a complete stop. The object then proceede to go away from the Barcelonetta over the Medeterrainian Sea still slowly rising, the red light changed intensity a little bit and then disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #114667). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
Spain declassified its air force UFO files in the 1990s; later records answer to the transparency law. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Ministerio de Defensa (Spain) · records window 2014-10-15 → 2014-11-01
From the same sky
Related entries
February 7, 2022 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Barcelona (Spain), BARCELON · Spain
In the center of Barcelona, loking in the sky I saw a light like a satellite but suddenly brightened and disappeared, only to appear somewhere else in the sky. He has done it 5 times. I never saw anything like this and it's imposible for it to be a plane or a satellite. It appeared and disappeared like magic. It was impossible to make a video, the iphone don't catch the stars.
February 3, 2022 · 7:15 PM · CIRCLE
Barcelona (Spain), BARCELON · Spain
I see 1 White light ball crossing very slow the Sky. More Big than 3 normal planes. the object crossed the sky from left to right towards the sea. when it was moving away, the light looked more diffused as if the light was only in the lower part. I could not see the shape nor did I hear any sound. In Barcelona many planes pass by, but this object did not have position lights (red and green), it flew at a low altitude of approximately 300 meters but it was very large and silent. A minute later a plane passed by at the same height heading for the airport and I could hear the engines and the lights. the difference in size and shape is what has caused me to report this sighting.
August 25, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Barcelona (Spain) · Spain
I was sitting on the balcony of my apartment, having a drink with a friend. While we were talking, a bright flash appeared in the sky, catching my eye. It was not large, about a 1/4 the size of the moon, but definitely bright enough to get my attention. It was pure, white light, and looked just like when that flash when a starship goes to warp in "Star Trek." Sorry to use that imagery, but that is exactly what it looked like to me. My friend had his back to the flash, so he did not see it. I was for a moment thinking it could somehow be a meteor, but it was localized in one spot and there was no trail, nor did it move anywhere beyond where the flash occurred. It was a pure white light, which also is a bit strange for a meteor.
January 12, 2017 · 3:15 PM · OVAL
Barcelona (Spain) · Spain
We have viewed the film, and we agree with the assessment of the film, offered by the witness. If the object is not a fast-flying bird, then it is something very unusual, we believe. PD
March 14, 2016 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
Barcelona (Spain) · Spain
It was a Monday, mid March 2016 (the 14th or the 21st) somewhere around 11:00 in the morning. As I stepped out onto the terrace looking south, I spotted what seemed like a chrome-plated metalic sphere coming from behind the building to my right and flying west to east at about 20 kms/h, 40 mts off the ground and 60-70 cm in width. It did not make a sound. 2-3 seconds later, the object started to wobble and become more and more transparent at the same time until it completely vanished 2 or 3 seconds later. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
April 10, 2014 · 2:04 PM · CYLINDER
Barcelona (Spain) · Spain
2 small, cylindrical shaped ufo's in sky over Barcelona.