1977: Portuguese Air Force Pilot's Alarming UFO Encounter
On 17 June 1977, Jose Francisco Rodrigues, a twenty-three-year-old pilot of the Portuguese Air Force 31st Squadron, based at Tancos, had a disturbing encounter with a UFO in his Domier 27 light aircraft. The original information on this important story was supplied by Joaquim Fernandes, a journalist with the Journal de Noticias, who in turn passed it to the Center for UFO Studies.
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