Cinco Picos, Azores being encounter — January 30, 1968

Serafim Vieira Sebastião, a Portuguese guard at military installations in the Cinco Picos area of Terceira, reported an unusual close encounter in early 1968. He described interference on his transistor radio before seeing a low object and humanlike figures. He contacted another guard and approached with a flashlight. Accounts describe a metallic oval body with a raised transparent structure, figures near a railing, and smoke or fog followed by loss of consciousness. The subsequent guard reportedly found him. Published versions differ over the number of visible figures and the calendar date: the imported entry uses January 30, while RTP's documentary synopsis uses January 31 and other catalogues place it around the transition into February. The illustration consequently uses Early 1968 and depicts the approach rather than an inferred chemical attack. The linked Portuguese documentary specifically revisits the Cinco Picos story; its reenactments are illustrative material, distinct from testimony or contemporary documentation.