UFO sightings in Portugal

AI overview

Between 2021 and 2025, there have been 17 reported sightings in or near Portugal. The most common shape reported is the sphere, with three sightings, followed by one triangle and one disk. Movement patterns vary, including zig-zag, rotating, steady flight, pulsing, and transmedium travel between air and water. Activity appears to have increased in 2025, with five reports. September and August are the busiest months, each having two sightings.

About 33% of these reports occurred at night, and seven included video footage. Notable reports include the 1959 Photograph from Project Blue Book and a report of one of the strangest objects ever seen on December 29, 2025. Other accounts mention a UFO seen by multiple people in Vila do Conde and stabilized footage of metallic spheres over Porto.