Military1957

Portuguese Air Force F-84 formation reports luminous objects

When

4 Sep 1957

Where

Cordoba, Spain

Sources

1 public source

Four Portuguese Air Force F-84G pilots on a training flight from Ota reported a changing yellow, then red, sphere with smaller spheres around it over Cordoba for about 35 minutes. Formation leader Jose Lemos Ferreira, later armed forces chief, retold it in 2007; the crew filed a joint report.