Light over Lisbon (Portugal) · Portugal
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130276). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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June 10, 2015 · 3:57 AM · LIGHT
Lisbon (Portugal) · Portugal
It was around 3.57AM Europe GMT time when looking to the general sky scenery something caught my eye aproaching from my right to my left POV. It was VERY fast when compared to the size or a airplane, around 10x the size of a A320 following a domestic path, this when looking at the same supposed distance/height, a height where you can clearly distinguish the winglets/ tail lights. Compared to a star which is only a small dot it would be roughly around 100x's the size, alot brighter! Regarding the brightness: this object was very bright, enough to made me turn my head and aknowledge it's presence. It made a small straight path horizontally, this while getting brighter. Just imagine 1 (one) true white led of a flashlight, now put it in a dark room, make a small path with your hand holding the flashlight and you have a rough idea. Then, the most impressive thing about this sight, it pulsated for about 1 second, and it switched direction in a rigid "V" shaped maneuver and it left a trail in the sky for about 1 second that quick disapeared while bliking the eye. The pulse was obvious, as also was the trail. It was basically like the Entreprise warming up and going to Warp Speed in the well known movie. But alot more distance in this one. No idea of the origin, who made etc. Just clearly something not natural, like the shooting star that preceeded it around 4m. The type of light, movement nature (something not being propeled with fuel combustion engines, much more smoother), the relative velocity of the path in the sky and way it went to "warp" in a V-shaped 180º change of direction.... just unbelieveble. Also, is anyone is closer to this it would be blind looking at it. This was pure 7000K white, very homogeneous/soft but also solid light there!
March 22, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Lisbon (Portugal) · Portugal
((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) I was outdoors in the walking towards the right, at around 9 PM at night. As to your questions there was no glass I was shooting through and no class in front if my lens, it was shot straight I I the air. ((END ADDENDUM)) Photo shows two clusters of seemingly green lights, against the night sky. Source indicates that the photo was taken from outdoors, so the lights cannot be reflections off the inside of a window. PD
October 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · DIAMOND
Lisbon (Portugal) · Portugal
I have not reported this to anybody else. I am a retired (30 yr) Met Police Officer (UK). My wife and 2 friends were walking along the river in Lisbon, on the north side, (approx opposite the huge Statue to Christ). An elderly man who was clearly fishing was pointing at the sky excitedly. saying "the Portuguese airforce just went that way, they are bombing Syria". We all laughed at him. I noted that a few other strangers had stopped because he was so exciteable, and I said to them (they were Dutch or German), "He has had a bit too much aguadente". Then 5 minutes later, after we had moved on about 50 yards, I saw something I wish I had never seen. I would rather not have seen it. About 1000 to 2000 feet up, and maybe 3 to 5 thousand feet away, were about 40 "craft" (my friend thinks 60) .. diamond shaped with white lights around the edges. They were "flying" no noise, from my right to left. I saw purple and green in the! middle of one or two of them. The others say they cannot recall that. Our two friends are responsible adults who live in the USA (details supplied if requested). Some of the craft hovered in one position. Others jerked down and upwards. I joked to my friend, "are we being invaded". But truthfully,we cannot think of an explanation. We thought maybe they were some kind of "projection" by a prangster, but there was too much up and down movenent of some of these, while others remained on course, and the area covered was too big for a projection. I know you are going to think I have been drinking! (any lie detector would show that this is a true account). Like I said, I wish I had never seen it. And we watched them all fly over the river and disappear into clouds. I swear I saw the rear of the craft.. there was a double dimension to this. How big were they? Because of the distance, I would say, maybe as large as an estate car. If you have any questions for me, please contact me. I will tell you more, and who we are, if you wish. We did have phones/cameras with us.. but each one of us was awe struck, and didn't talk to each other about taking a photograph, so we didn't photograph this, which I now regret. And because of that fact, we may not be believed. I have googled "UFOs over Lisbon", and this appears not to have been reported. There was a young couple standing just a couple of feet behind us, and they did not photograph it either.. they seemed equally bemused. I am open to any logical suggestion as to what this was ... "please". My friend's wife said, "It must have been drones".. but there was "no noise", they were all illuminated. And besides, doesn't one "drone" cost millions... so 60 of them... in close proximity... I do not think so. I saw an aircraft approaching Lisbon airport travelling from left to right... These things did not move like any aircraft I ever saw.... It is all bizarre !!!! The night was clear and crisp. I looked at my w! atch.. it was 2230 hrs. I have just realized that your centre is in the USA... (does that matter??).. Our two friends, are US citizens, and later, perhaps you could speak to them... e mail me if you wish .. and perhaps I can respond with my contact details. I cannot see any UFO society in Portugal, although there possibly is.. and if there is, we are happy to speak with them. I did email one of my ex colleagues a day or so later .... to tell him about it. (he probably thinks I am mad!!)