PORTUGAL reported light formation observation — May 16, 1952

On or during May 16, 1952, at or near PORTUGAL, the source reports the following sequence: Wojtasiak, USAF Intelligence Division, HQ ATIC 17 May 1952 "Correio dos Acores" Asores Newspaper DIF of Security, DTO, ATIC The Director of Security, ATIC, states that the following information was reported concerning an unidentified object observed over Portugal on 16 May 1952. According to detailed information received from there, some strange spherical form, silvery in appearance, was observed to maneuver through the sky. This object was first observed as a brilliant sphere, but from which we transcribe the most unusual data. After having observed this peculiar maneuver for some time, it was made of a luminous or was point-in-that color, and had an intense explosion, breaking into several parts or fragments. The fragments gradually disappeared without trace.