1963
Noble
Hi Oli, the Alfena event and picture is well known to all UFO-buffs and though the 'object' could be described as being 'unusual' it is not the only freaky-looking tentacled UFO witnessed and reported. In this case, by the fact that there were so many reliable witnesses to the event leaves me with no doubt that an UFO was witnessed by dozens of witnesses on that morning [10 sept 1990] ... but judging by the four photographs [taken by a genuine photo-journalist] makes me wonder if this very real object, that by definition we have to call an 'UFO' would only be a UFO to us! ... By us, I mean the regular 'Joe Public'... us that have no knowledge of what the military have secreted away from our prying eyes! ... In this case, I would tentatively suggest some kind of 'Air-ship'... you know, perhaps this is one case in which the tired old debunkers ridiculous proclamation of 'balloon' would be finally justified. lol. There's some weird looking inflatable contraptions to be found online today.... so I wonder if the Alfena UFO twenty eight years ago could have been a prototype of something like this ...
.... As for the 'Rio Tinto' picture, I've never seen this one before and am initially impressed by the sight of it. ... But as to the authentification of the picture... all that I have found so far is that the story is that the photographer 'Helder Pinto' took the picture on his Vodafone Smart ultra 6 of 13 mpx. whilst on his way home from work ... apparently alone! ... And then of course [as is the modern way] posted it on to social network sites. ...
Vodafone Smart ultra 6 of 13 mpx.
Ufo Portugal - Network: OVNI é fotografado a sobrevoar 'Rio Tinto' - Portugal
.... And so for me, I have to say that it is a good find my friend, the picture is good, but of course could well be one of those many , many bits of tomfoolery that can be found so very prevelently on the web.
Cheers buddy.
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