Lisbon, Portugal: TAP Boeing 707 nearly collides with glowing oval object after takeoff
On September 19, 1976, a TAP Air Portugal Boeing 707 nearly collided with a glowing blue oval object shortly after takeoff at Lisbon; an air traffic controller also saw the object but said it did not show up on radar.
Background
A TAP Air Portugal Boeing 707 nearly collided with a UFO shortly after takeoff at Lisbon, Portugal. The oval object was glowing blue with a horizontal row of red and white lights. It was also seen by an air traffic controller, who said that the object did not show up on radar. The incident was reported in La Crónica (Buenos Aires) on September 23, 1976, and in the National Enquirer on November 30, 1976. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.