| ID | #1602946505 |
| Added | Sat, 17/10/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Ignacio Darnaude, Flying Saucer Review, October 1977
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
Francisco Tejero, 44, his wife Teresa Lacave, and friends Jose Valles and his wife Pilar Osborn Domec were relaxing at the local Da Balaia hotel and went to the hotel's bar for a snack.
There they saw two men and a woman who were engaged in a discussion and at the same time seemed to be watching the group of witnesses very closely. The two men were short, "with European features, but very dark." They were somewhere between 40 and 50 years old, and yet they were too gray for that age.
All of a sudden, there were some strange camera-like flashes from this mysterious trio, and although they didn't notice the camera, the two Spanish couples had the firm impression that someone had just taken a picture of them, no doubt with some kind of micro-camera hidden in the cigarette lighter, or something like that.
Moreover, the presence of the mysterious trio made the two couples feel an indescribable kind of malaise - so much so that they quickly finished their drinks, left the bar and went to lunch.
Their rooms were on the top floor of the hotel. Later that night, Teresa woke up with a start and, to her great surprise, noticed that on the curtains of the window (which was open on this extremely hot night) there was a very bright glowing rectangle, "like a TV screen".
She immediately thought of the strange "spies" in the bar who seemed to have photographed them the night before, and her next thought was that perhaps the "spies" had entered the bedroom and were going to Rob them or perform some kind of operation on them.
She turned and shook her husband vigorously. Her husband quickly jumped out of bed and went to the window.
In his report, he says:
"It was as if I was in a kind of trance, as if someone had hypnotized me. Outside, everything was perfectly, infinitely peaceful."
It moved like an automaton, as if it had somehow been turned into a robot. He looked out of the window and saw a square object with six reddish lights on the hotel building, but in another wing of it, which formed a corner with the main facade where their window was located. Under the "thing" everything was dark, and nothing could be seen.
For some time he remained motionless, looking at the "attic" not without a certain sense of annoyance, for one of the lights was directed in a special way directly into their bedroom. Then he turned around and went back to sleep.
In the morning, they were surprised to find that there was no other wing of the hotel facing at an angle. There were no buildings or structures. There was no attic, either.
Original news
Location. Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal
Date: August 10 1976
Time: 1700
44-year old Francisco Tejero, his wife Teresa Lacave and friends Jose Valles and his wife Pilar Osborne Domecq were on holiday at the local Hotel Da Balaia and had gone into the hotel bar for something to eat. There they saw two men and a woman who were engaged in a discussion and at the same time seemed to be watching the witness’s party most intently. The two men were short in stature, “with European features but very dark.” They seemed to be somewhere between 40 and 50 years old, and yet they were far too white haired for such an age. Suddenly a couple of strange flashes came from the direction of this mysterious trio, like the flashes of a camera, and although they observed no camera, the two Spanish couples had the firm impression that somebody had just photographed them, no doubt with the aid of some micro-camera concealed in a cigarette lighter or something of the sort. Moreover the presence of the mysterious trio caused the two couples to feel an indescribable sort of malaise—so much so indeed that they rapidly finished their drinks and left the bar, and went to have dinner. Their rooms were on the top floor of the hotel. Later that night Teresa awoke with a start, and to her great astonishment, she observed that, on the curtains of the window (which was opened on this extremely hot night) there was a very vivid luminous rectangle, “like a TV screen.” She immediately thought of the strange “spies” in the bar, who had seemed to photograph them the evening before, and her next thought was that maybe the ‘spies” had entered the bedroom and were going to rob them or do them some kind of mischief. She turned and shook her husband vigorously. Her husband quickly jumped out of bed and went to the window. In his account he says: “It was as though I was in some sort of trance, as if I had been hypnotized by someone. Outside, all was utterly, infinitely peaceful.” He was moving around like an automaton as though he had somehow been turned into a robot. He looked out the window and saw a quadrangular thing, with six reddish lights on it, on the on the hotel, but on another wing of it which made an angle with the main face on which their window lay. All was dark underneath the “thing”, and nothing was to be seen. He remained there motionless for a while gazing at the “attic” not without a certain feeling of irritation because one of the lights was being directed in such a special fashion right into their bedroom. He then turned around and went back to sleep. In the morning they were astonished to find out that there was no other wing of the hotel running out at an angle. There was no building or structure of any kind whatsoever there. Simply, there was no “attic.”
Source: Ignacio Darnaude, Flying Saucer Review, October 1977
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