Ufo Activity In Portugal (East 2 West UFO Society (E2WUFOS) Forum)

Title: Ufo Activity In Portugal

UFOHARRY - July 3, 2004 02:43 PM (GMT)

HI GROUP,FOUND THIS. ;)

There was a big sighting on the night of June 1st to June 2nd, around
midnight. Two military radars (at Fóia and Montejunto) reported an
unknown
contact, but the civil air traffic authority (NAV, Empresa Pública de
Navegação Aérea de Portugal) detected nothing unusual. Also, the radar
data
on the object is not consistent, with speed data ranging of 120 and 900
km/h and altitudes of 2000 and 12000 meters.

Many people saw a light in the sky, and some claimed it was trailing
smoke,
though how they saw the smoke in the night sky is a mistery.

I think this was an unusual cluster of iridium flares, the radar data
was a
post-hoc association, and the smoke an optical illusion. But I'm still
working on a program to automate the calculation of iridium flares in
Portugal to see if there was something special about that day (I want
to
map the whole territory and doing it point by point is a drag...)

The photo was taken on the afternoon of the 31st of May, and the UFO
was
only spotted by the author when he looked at the photo. This digital
photo
was published one week after, when, after seeing the news about the
sightings of June 1st, the author called a newspaper. The newspaper
that
reported it claimed the photo had no signs of tampering because, and I
quote, "the sunlight on the flying object [...] agrees with the shadows
of
the trees on the photo"

http://www.correiomanha.pt/noticia.asp?id=113876&idCanal=10

There are no news of the airforce firing missiles, and though the
airforce
was allegedly "on alert" on the following day, there are no news of
pursuits or interception attempts. There were no sightings on the day
following the June 1-2 evening sightings.

I found nothing about Faro on the 7th, but it's not unlikely people
were
seeing things everywhere for days with all the publicity.

> One of the most curious aspects of this case was the
> multiple sightings of a radar-domed AWACS plane, provided
> by NATO, which was seen flying offshore, just west of Cabo
> de Sines, 120 kilometers (72 miles) south of Lisboa.

There is very little of curious about this. As part of the increased
security during the Euro 2004 tournament, the Ministry of Defense asked
NATO to help with the surveillance of Portuguese airspace with these
planes
(Boeing E-3A AWACS).

Even in more quiet times it is not that unusual to see these planes, as
they often take part of NATO exercises.

Ludwig Krippahl

CHEERS
UFOHARRY

UFOHARRY - July 3, 2004 06:52 PM (GMT)

HI GROUP,MORE INFO ON THE PORTUGAL UFO STORY. :ph43r:

I can deny as fairy-tale the information that a missile was fired
into the UFO that was seen over Portugal the 1st Juin.
A source directly related to the Portuguese Air Force Chief of Staff
told me that nothing as fired, only the bases were alerted by the
event. We have the radar data and a lot of well grounded reports to be
studied by our CTEC team here at the University Fernando Pessoa.

Best regards
Joaquim Fernandes
CTEC/UFP
Porto

CHEERS
UFOHARRY

UFOHARRY - July 3, 2004 11:00 PM (GMT)

HI GROUP,FOUND THIS TONIGHT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF UFO ACTIVITY OVER PORTUGAL JUST NOW. ;)

LUMINOUS UFO SEEN BY
HUNDREDS IN PORTUGAL

"According to local Portuguese radio stations,
hundreds of residents were startled by the sight of an
'inhuman light' in the sky over the Algarve in southern
Portugal. The OVNI (Portuguese acronym for UFO--J.T.) was
seen in several cities of the region but particularly in
Faro."
"The reports indicated that the OVNI was seen over an
area of 100 to 150 kilometers (60 to 90 miles). The
object was witnessed between 11 p.m. and midnight on
Tuesday, June 1, 2004. No structure could be seen around
the light."
"An unidentified luminous object was seen at the same
time in Spain's Galicia province. At 11:30 p.m., the OVNI
was seen over Portuguese territory, in places such as
Penafiel, Vendas Novas, Evora, Algarve and Setubal."
"For the moment, Portuguese authorities do not know
what could have been the cause of the sighting in their
skies." (See the Agence France Presse report for June 2,
2004. Muito obrigado a Marcio Vicente Teixeira por eso
caso.)

CHEERS
UFOHARRY

Alison - August 8, 2005 09:34 PM (GMT)

Here's an odd one, a cube shaped UFO!

QUOTE

On Monday, July 25, 2005, in the evening, an architect was walking on the beach at Matosinhos in northern Portugal when he spotted an unusual "cube-shaped UFO."

"An architect from Matosinhos told TV Channel 1 in Lisboa that he saw a UFO yesterday while walking the beach at night," reported Casimiro Moreira, UFO Roundup's correspondent in Portugal, "He said the sighting lasted for two minutes. 'It was like a cube floating above the sand, then it flew away towards the night sky, causing an explosion of light at high altitude.'"

Matosinhos is located about 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Oporto and 235 kilometers (148 miles) north of Lisboa, Portugal's capital. (See the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha for July 26, 2005. Muito obrigado a Casimiro Moreira por eso caso.)

UFO Roundup Vol 10 no. 31 editor Joseph Trainor.

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