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'Mile-wide UFO' spotted by British airline pilot
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| Magnetonium |
An interesting event, coming from couple British newspapers, including Daily Mail (NOT UFO/alien/conspiracy sites) where several witnesses have reported this. Two different aircraft.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/...ilot/article.do
'Mile-wide UFO' spotted by British airline pilot
22.06.07
One of the largest UFOs ever seen has been observed by the crew and passengers of an airliner over the Channel Islands.
An official air-miss report on the incident several weeks ago appears in Pilot magazine.
Aurigny Airlines captain Ray Bowyer, 50, flying close to Alderney first spotted the object, described as "a cigar-shaped brilliant white light".
As the plane got closer the captain viewed it through binoculars and said: "It was a very sharp, thin yellow object with a green area.
"It was 2,000ft up and stationary. I thought it was about 10 miles away, although I later realised it was approximately 40 miles from us. At first, I thought it was the size of a [Boeing] 737.
"But it must have been much bigger because of how far away it was. It could have been as much as a mile wide."
Continuing his approach to Guernsey, Bowyer then spied a "second identical object further to the west".
He said: "It was exactly the same but looked smaller because it was further away. It was closer to Guernsey. I can't explain it. This was clearly visual for about nine minutes.
"I'm certainly not saying that it was something of another world. All I'm saying is that I have never seen anything like it before in all my years of flying."
The sightings were confirmed by passengers Kate and John Russell. John, 74, said: "I saw an orange light. It was like an elongated oval."
The sightings were also confirmed by an unnamed pilot with the Blue Islands airline.
The Civil Aviation Authority safety notice states that a Tri-Lander aircraft flying close to Alderney spotted the object.
"Certain parts of the report have not been published. I cannot say why," said a senior CAA source.
Earlier this year, however, the MOD declared its intentions to open its UFO files to the public.
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| Krypton |
| If airline pilots and passengers saw it, there should be many more pictures and people coming forward with what they saw. I'm sure at least a couple passengers had a camera. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| id like to know how a craft a mile wide escaped radar detection. |
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| Magnetonium |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
id like to know how a craft a mile wide escaped radar detection. |
Its not the same technology, bud. Secondly, thats not the full story - maybe they did catch it on the radar. But then there are hundreds of aircraft in the air for the radar to catch. Also, not ALL passengers saw or were even aware of the distant large bright UFO. Not everyone carries cameras, plus their photos were probably crap and easily dismissable because of a) distance of the object from the plane, b) lack of proper angle/view of it, c) brightness of the object , etc. etc. etc. Anyhow, I am busy at the moment, but I am sure if you were really interested, you'd probably be able to find some more detailed info after a thorough research into this. This is not a UFO debunking thread. |
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| Krypton |
| Well, if I was the pilot, I'de get on the intercom, and tell any passengers with cameras to take pictures of the object. |
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| Sunsnail |
| Im surprised they even got one picture... |
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| Spirit5 |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
id like to know how a craft a mile wide escaped radar detection. |
Ever heard of stealth technology? We have it, and certainly a more advanced civilization with more advanced technology coming to a foreign planet would have it...and an improved version of it at that. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spirit5
Ever heard of stealth technology? We have it, and certainly a more advanced civilization with more advanced technology coming to a foreign planet would have it...and an improved version of it at that. |
ok, prove to me that this tech exists, thanks! shame they dont have so much super-technology to a) stop from being seen or b) prevent themselves from crashing all the time. these aliens sure are careless! |
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| Sunsnail |
| prove it doesn't exist. :o |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
prove it doesn't exist. :o |
you'd have to prove to me that little green men exist before i am required to prove their uber-stealth doesnt :p |
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| Yoepus |
| what about the copilot? |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
you'd have to prove to me that little green men exist before i am required to prove their uber-stealth doesnt :p |
If we primitive humans have stealth, then an alien civilization that is able to travel the long distances of space to get here would probably have it. |
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