PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 3. DATETI" CflOUP L TYPE OF o&S!RYATION . $. PHOTCIS D Greuncl R odor D Air-Intercept Rodor 1 0 AI,. Vi auol i. 'iOURC! CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 PossiWy Balloon Wos Aircrcft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircroh Wos Astronomical 0 Probably Astrono"'icol 0 PeuiWy Astronomical 7. L!NC1lt OF CIISERYATION I. NUMOER OP OBJECTS f, COUR~ 0 Other_ 0 Insufficient Oato for Evoluotion 10. tAlE' SUMMARY 0, liGHTING A~.uninum color Shape -a/ c ATIC PORII 129 (JI&Y 21 I&P II) 1 ~ Unltnewn I f.'iany and 11. COMMENTS It is posoible thQt the !\C wcs one or the nev jet a/c dcl1vcrccl to Portutal tmder NATO oincc tbe incident area is approx 20 J.II NE of Liabon. Unit!ant.i t"illd Objec\ Intolligar.ce l!lvision Hq i~'l'LL-;.u,.'L'.:i \':e~tuwr Ju7J C:ipt Frank J Wo-. .... !:Jio "Curreio da l.crrJJJ Az0l'tt8 IJa~S:;>u:.ierJ liir of security, MT.3, J.,rr,; !.1;{1'~ Th~ D1:rcetor or s~cnrity AI-.T3, otat;es that t~bft !"ollowir.g inf~l"":tation w:.13 re- . ported 1~ the .~.'liq Azores newspaper, "Cor1eio dos ! .. croes" on 17 U!\y 1952' "I.ast 'i\-..day at 11 o'clock Gtrange things took place :tn tha >.>!<Y ovnr Santaraa, .. \lcon,'lQ .. ~aldaa da l'.ldnha and_'t'orres . _ Th.-1 <Xscr!ption tral'dod.tt.ed to the "'Ut~rto clo ?bt1."1:s.s" var:r 1n n"lture, bnt .flv~ nhich "'"' tr-m~cribtt thd most prob'1ills: "IT '1:\3 A!i A!}J.P!A!~, they said 1., Cnrtsxo. At a.bout 11 o'clock on thl.:l <1.-:.:r, an airplane a:>pred :L~ t.hd s:t7 from the <11'4\ aide t\t .e ... -e.ttt nlt;l"Cucft. It lT:t3 ::ta~ht or nlt1mimuft or W3S paint...~ in tha~ color, aoo had an intP.Me rofl3o- tion. D\lring a half hour period, it made r.mneuvers niJar thiu village, maldng .st~ mov-,ments, spitting S:ilOke th."lt forr.ted v::1rious desizns; such ns circl.as, squaras, tmb~ken lines and brolten li..."tes, 3omet~s horlzontallj' and sonw--tj.r.M~ vert1c.1lly' llks tha ~mll of a rocke!t. 't"'ho nirpl:ma ~o~times tr~79ll3d rJlo.'fly a.nu o cz\et,iatts l'lith uni.~ginablo speetl nnd at a c...,rtain time started na!<InR extra- ordi.-,aey acrobatics, spinning and nJ.ways Jn s clrcula-r course from O'PA towards fr.oc3 ilast;. Finally, after it had been seen by hundreds or pnmo~tt during the half hour period, the ni~l:Jne departed almost ub:-uptl;r in ths cirection o .f 01'A, lci\Vin~ c~ou:!s or o~ke SUS!-X'nded in tbe nir wMch rc::~ained there for mol"'9 than 3n hcn'r ard a halt Att.Rr th~ str.'l."l88 craft d!sap;:>Aared_, two fi;rhter aircra!'t n spP.Etred n-o'll thA dL~ction or 1-'at:!~, which art~r .fcying under tho o:n(jka clcuda went in the direction of f!rA also. '1~9 ha:PPEmins brou~t on the most varied comnents 1mag1au.ble. ~-=bile oaae ctatad that the ~nokea were ''Sig:mls from r~avttn", others atated t~.a;. they were ju,.t another case of the "Fl.ying Liscs." l\ !16 the ".dtnesses, a correapond8D1; or the Diarl.o de Uoticiaa", stated tbat it was 3.., oirplan_., ,;hich b3 diatinguuhed clearl7 in spite ot tm altitude at which tha I!Aaneuvers took place, and tha onq tJ'd.nga strange were the incredible movemanta, the s~d ond the smoke 5~curitz Ott1oer s ~ I 'i,. tcml8 ot Santarem, Alconaca, Caldaa cla Rainba, Torrei alia canaxo are .a 'located northeast o! LiabcD 1n the " ~-~n;S:t,-ot OTA Airtield, which is twent~ (20) milaa l'IE ot Liobon. !t i3 a posaibility th.ali the cratt obeerwd cwld be one or tha nsw jet; aircraft, Vthicb has been delivered to Portugal under t.he pl"'viaiona or tiA'lU,. however, no reference was Wl~ cA4 such 1rt the local new~tpapers. A??!\OVLD DYa iOOJib.m c. ruu~Gii !.fajor, U:iAF Ch1at, Intelligence Divieion O Directorate ot Plaa UNCLASS\F\E 1>0\VNr.nAnED .~r. ~ Yf~.iR TN'I'J~R~ATP:: DECLASSIF.iJ D }.l"TTo: R 12 YEAR So