UFO TV Series:
“Encontros Imediatos - Ep. 13:
Dossier Castelo de Bode”
(“Close Encounters - Episode 13:
The Castelo de Bode File”), 6 July 2008 (RTP 2)

Source: Facius_Cardan (YouTube channel)

Portuguese Air Force pilot José Francisco Rodrigues encountered a UFO during a flight training mission near Castelo de Bode Dam on 17 June 1977, at around noon, RTP reports:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R65nNmUDMY (1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKCOdBA-eEQ (2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fuYvCtfkwI (3)

The UFO was black, semi-spherical shaped, 13 to 15 metres in diameter and had several windows that emitted a light yellowish light.

Suddenly the UFO flew away, causing great instability in the airplane. Rodrigues had to execute a difficult manoeuvre to gain control of his Dornier 27 airplane. And some of the instruments in the airplane were affected by the presence of the UFO.

NOTE: The name of the dam is written both “Castelo de Bode” and “Castelo do Bode,” according to Google searches.

José Francisco Rodrigues

Satellite photo of Castelo do Bode, Portugal (tageo.com)

(tageo.com photo)

UFO Book (Preview):
“The Canadian UFO Report - The Best Cases Revealed”
by Chris A. Rutkowski & Geoff Dittman

The book was published by Dundurn Press in 2006:

http://books.google.com/books?id=wetk5GXNytsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ufo&hl=en

Chris A. Rutkowski,
Canadian Astronomer,
UFO Author, Lecturer & Researcher

(noufors.com photo)

(amazon.com image)

UFO News Article:
“UFOs no joke to UP officer”,
13 March 1980 (Milwaukee Sentinel, Wisconsin)

Police Officers Mark Hager and David Mariin sighted a UFO near Gladstone, Michigan on the early morning of 12 March 1980, according to the Milwaukee Sentinel:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sCMWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ERIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5762,1976252

Two Deputies from the Delta County Sherriff’s Department also sighted the UFO.

Quote from the article:
“ ‘It had a bright white light, two red lights – one on each side – and a green light towards the rear. As far as making out a shape of the (object’s) body, we really couldn’t tell.’ ”

Satellite photo of Gladstone, Michigan (tageo.com)

(tageo.com photo)

UFO News article:
“Former governor Fife Symington
wants to know what's out there”,
12 September 2010
(The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona)

The Arizona Republic interviews John Fife Symington, former Governor of Arizona:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2010/09/12/20100912fife-symington-ufo.html

Symington is involved in a group trying to create a U.S. government agency to investigate UFOs.

John Fife Symington (Republican), former Governor of Arizona
(wikimedia.org photo)

UFO TV News Magazine Report:
“OVNIs Alarma General”
(“UFOs General Alarm”) (Unknown Date)
(Cuarto Milenio, Cuatro, Madrid, Spain)

Military personnel at the Bardenas Reales firing range in Navarra, Spain experienced UFO incidents on 2 and 5 January 1975.

Cuatro reports on the 2 January 1975 UFO incident:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_c0JVStPPs (1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGGG72u-iKo (2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vklo9XBmwcY (3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adz2glLeZdM (4)

UFO News Article:
“More than 600 UFOs reported over China”,
28 August 1985 (Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, Canada)

Ottawa Citizen reports on a press release by the Xinhua News Agency:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KtIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pO8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3179,3470565

Quote from the article:
“The sightings were reported at China’s first UFO Seminar, a five-day conference sponsored by the UFO Research Society which ended Tuesday in China’s northern coastal city of Dalian, Xinhua said.”

















Dalian, China (orchestrallinc.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“Pilot Reports UFO”, 11 August 1985
(Orlando Sentinel, Florida)

An airline crew sighted a UFO over Inner Mongolia, China on
11 June 1985, according to the Orlando Sentinel:

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/91796662.html?dids=91796662:91796662&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+11%2C+1985&author=&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=PILOT+REPORTS+UFO&pqatl=google

Quote from the article:
“Capt. Wang Shuting's story: ‘The crew first spotted the walnut- sized yellow light, brighter than any star we had ever seen, as we were flying at a height of 32,800 feet above Inner Mongolia on the night of June 11.’ ”













Map of Inner Mongolia, China (travelchinaguide.com image)

UFO News Article:
“UFO witnessed in Baotou, Inner Mongolia”
13 September 2010 (People’s Daily Online, Beijing, China)

People’s Daily Online reports that a UFO was sighted west of Baotou, China on 11 September 2010, at 8:00 p.m.:

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/7138663.html

Baotou Airport officials directed several airplanes to land at neighbouring airports during the UFO incident.

Air traffic controllers at the Baotou Airport were informed about the appearance of the UFO by the Hohhot Air Traffic Management Bureau.
















Baotou, China (travelpod.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“Air Force Base Reports Flying Saucer ‘Passes’ ”,
22 June 1950 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pennsylvania)

Three U.S. Air Force men sighted a UFO over Hamilton Air force Base in California on 21 June 1950, at 1:35 a.m., according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=shMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5314,2398153

The article continues on page 7.

“Historic Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields:
Hamilton Air Force Base” (The California State Military Museum):

http://www.militarymuseum.org/HamiltonAFB.html

Wikipedia article: “Hamilton Air Force Base”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Air_Force_Base

Hamilton Air Force Base was decommissioned on 1 October 1973, according to the Wikipedia article.














Hamilton Air Force Base, Novato, California, 1941
(militarymuseum.org photo)

UFO TV News Report:
“The Real X-Files -
New UFO video that has experts baffled”,
12 September 2010
(Sunrise, Seven Network, Sydney, Australia)

Australian Nick Brent recently filmed 2 unidentified flying
objects which manoeuvred low over the sea near Noumea
in New Caledonia, the Seven Network reports:

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/play/-/7927044/ufo-mystery/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJi7yX_xlw

The UFO footage was recorded during a sea cruise.

UFO News Article:
“ ‘UFOs’ excerpt: A look at the Phoenix Lights”,
12 September 2010
(The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona)

U.S. investigative journalist Leslie Kean reports on the 13 March 1997 mass UFO sighting over Phoenix, Arizona:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2010/09/12/20100912ufo-phoenix-lights.html

A Phoenix resident managed to videotape the large, triangular shaped UFO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOJtQ8pRnkg

Freeze-frame from the only video of the enormous UFO which 

was sighted over Phoenix, Arizona, on 13 March 1997

(Source: Alexander Gottfridsson (YouTube channel))   

Aerial view of Phoenix, Arizona (pics4.city-data.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“OVNI de Alfena em 1990 continua por explicar”
(“The Alfena UFO in 1990 remains unexplained”),
16 May 2009 (Jornal de Notícias, Porto, Portugal)

The UFO which was sighted and photographed over Alfena, Portugal on 10 September 1990, at 8:30 a.m. remains unexplained, the Jornal de Noticias reports:

http://jn.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Sociedade/Interior.aspx?content_id=1234809

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjn.sapo.pt%2FPaginaInicial%2FSociedade%2FInterior.aspx%3Fcontent_id%3D1234809

Manuel Moura photographed the UFO. The photo can be found at the following website:

http://www2.ufp.pt/~ctec/imaginario_06/sumar_00.htm























The Manuel Moura UFO photo (ufp.pt photo)

UFO News Article & Video:
“OVNI de Alfena e misterio 20 anos depois”
(“The Alfena UFO is a mystery 20 years later”),
10 September 2010 (Jornal de Noticias, Porto, Portugal)

A UFO was sighted over Alfena, Portugal by about fifty people on 10 September 1990, the Jornal de Noticias reports:

http://jn.sapo.pt/paginainicial/pais/concelho.aspx?Distrito=Porto&Concelho=Valongo&Option=Interior&content_id=1659199

The UFO incident occurred at 8:30 a.m. and went on for about fifty minutes.

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjn.sapo.pt%2Fpaginainicial%2Fpais%2Fconcelho.aspx%3FDistrito%3DPorto%26Concelho%3DValongo%26Option%3DInterior%26content_id%3D1659199

I also reported on this UFO case on 18 June 2010:

ufo-tv-series-encontros-imediatos-ep.html

Manuel Moura photographed the UFO. The photo can be found at the following website:

http://www2.ufp.pt/~ctec/imaginario_06/sumar_00.htm







Stadium guard David Silva sighted the UFO over the football (soccer) stadium of Atletico Clube Alfenense

The Manuel Moura UFO photo
(enlarged) (ufp.pt photo)

UFO News Article:
“Pictures Taken”, 20 March 1950
(The Bend Bulletin, Oregon)

A U.S. cameraman filmed a shiny, fast-moving UFO over Mexico in March 1950, according to the article:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GNosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6497,6415687

Many other persons also sighted the UFO.

Mexico experienced a UFO wave in March 1950.

The Bend Bulletin also reports on UFO sightings over Farmington, New Mexico and Cuba.

Map of Mexico

(mapasdemexico.org image)

UFO News Article:
“Latin-American Roundup:
Flying Saucer Time South of the Border”,
19 March 1950 (St. Petersburg Times, Florida)

St. Petersburg Times reports on a March 1950 Mexican UFO wave:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DZsNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XE4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1909,783361

UFOs were sighted over Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport, Guadalajara, Vera Cruz, Chiapas, Apodaca (Monterrey), Durango, Mazatlan and other places.


















Aerial view of Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport
(wikimedia.org photo)

UFO News Article:
“Today In Washington: Capital Quote”,
11 May 1966 (The Gettysburg Times, Pennsylvania)

The U.S. Air Force planned to hire scientists to help it check out selected UFO reports, The Gettysburg Times reports:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TUwmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1048,4071737

The whole article:
“ ‘The help of more individuals within the scientific community will be sought through contracts calling for prompt, in-depth investigation of selected UFO reports.’ – The Defense Department announcement that the Air Force is planning to hire scientists to help it check out flying saucer reports.”

This effort by the U.S. Department of Defense led to the University of Colorado UFO Project (November 1966-November 1968).

The Pentagon (2008), Arlington, Virginia
(wikimedia.org photo)

UFO TV Series:
“Encontros Imediatos - Ep. 5:
Dossier Lemos Ferreira”
(“Close Encounters - Episode 5:
The Lemos Ferreira File”), 4 May 2008 (RTP2)

RTP reports on a Portuguese Air Force-UFO incident that occurred during a flight training mission on 4 September 1957:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IsIGK7jNw4 (1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ_F4ymWpnI (2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhIcJj4VTKM (3)

In the early evening of 4 September 1957, a squadron of four F-84 jets led by Captain Lemos Ferreira left the Ota Air Base. The nocturnal training mission included a flight over the Spanish cities of Cordoba and Caceres.

The four pilots suddenly sighted a strange luminous object. The unidentified flying object changed greatly in size, shape and colours. Later, the large UFO ejected four spherical shaped UFOs which flew towards the jets, forcing them to execute evasive manoeuvres.

Ota Air Base is now called Military and Technical Training Center of the Air Force.

Aerial view of the Ota Air Base, Ota, Portugal
(flickr.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“MUFON expands to radio with host Rick Wood”,
3 September 2010 (Examiner.com, Denver, Colorado)

The Mutual UFO Network has started its own radio programme, UFO examiner Roger Marsh reports:

http://www.examiner.com/ufo-in-national/mufon-expands-to-radio-with-host-rick-wood

MUFON Radio with Rick Wood:

http://mufonradio.com/

(MUFON image)

UFO News Article:
“The Spotlight: The Flying Saucers”,
2 May 1955 (Schenectady Gazette, New York)

This is a UFO article by the British aerospace engineer Leonard G. Cramp:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UEUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=moAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=613,49661

Quote from the article:
“Perhaps the most outstanding among those sightings is the one that took place over New Delhi, India, at 10:20 a.m. on the morning of March 15, 1951.

It was seen circling the city by thousands of people and among them was George Franklin Floate, the chief engineer of the Delhi Flying Club. With several members of the club he had ample time for observation, for the object had stayed within sight for a full 20 minutes.

Mr.Floate described the thing as a ‘bullet-nosed, cigar-shaped object about a hundred feet long, with a ring of flames at the end.’ There seemed little doubt that the object was metallic, for it had caught and reflected the rays of the sun as it turned in the sky. The estimated altitude was some five thousand feet, and it moved noiselessly at an estimated speed of two thousand miles per hour.

Three jet fighter pilots belonging to the Indian Air Force were sent up to investigate the strange craft. They were disappointed, for it quickly gained altitude and finally disappeared at a height of twenty thousand feet.

That same night a similar object had appeared, this time over Allahabad, 400 miles away. That was not the last to be seen of it, for it appeared again 14 days later. This time it visited Willingdon Aerodrome, the headquarters of the Delhi Flying Club.”















The Willingdon Air Station, New Delhi, India
(anglicanhistory.org photo)

UFO News Article:
“ ‘UFO’ blip leaves airport officials foxed”,
21 March 2009 (The Times of India, New Delhi, India)

The Times of India reports on a UFO incident over the International Airport in Kolkata in March 2009:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/UFO-blip-leaves-airport-officials-foxed/articleshow/4295155.cms

Quote from the article:
“ ‘What's more, we had communication problems with the Cathay Pacific pilot during the time the mystery blip was on screen,’ said an air controller.”















Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, India
(Google/knowindia.net photo)