September 21, 1954 — Vila so Porto, Azores
9:45 p.m. A guard at the Santa Maria Airport in Vila so Porto, Azores, sees a 10 x 5-foot, light metallic blue, pecan-shaped object with a clear glass or plastic nose and door, poles or aerials on its nose. It hums or whines as it hovers, then lands vertically 50 feet away. A blond man, 5 feet 10 inches tall, appears, speaks in a strange language, pats the guard on the shoulder, gets in the object, hooks up his harness, pushes a button, takes off with the object’s nose pointed up, then levels off and climbs vertically. [Eberhart]
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Source:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1080, p. 220;
Ted Bloecher, “UFO and Occupant at Santa Maria Airport, Azores,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 160 (June 1981): 8-10;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1954 September, The Author, 1994, pp. 38-42;
NICAP, “Blond Humanoid Reported by Airport Guard”;
