Posted on 06/22/2007 7:27:08 AM PDT by Havok
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".
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Aurigny Airlines captain Ray Bowyer, 50, described what he thought to be a UFO as 'a cigar-shaped brilliant white light', similar to the image supplied by Dennis Plunket of the British Flying Saucer bureau
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.
They have not released the readar information. Either there was no radar ping confirming sighting or there was. But we do not know because . they have not released any info indicating one way or another.
I’d guestimate that numberous passengers had cellphones that could take pictures. Therefore pictures exist. Alternatively, the Captain is a big fat liar and a stupid one at that. The article states that the gov’t has yet to release info or findings on the matter. Perhaps then, such pictures are in their possession. Rampant speculation is on this subject is therefore warranted because it is enjoyable. That said, maybe there were no passengers.
Where's Scully now that we need her?
I hope they haven’t canceled our show.
I still have that issue — if the wife hasn’t yet cleaned that part of the garage.
Pinging the (backup) list....
“To Serve Man”? lol
Maybe they're craving some Mexican food...
Space aliens , illegal aliens , all love Bush .
They came out of hyperspace too close to the system....
From Barney Miller when Wojo reported a UFO to the USAF, the Major asked: Did you see any strange markings, lights?
GOODYEAR?????
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LOL!
Excellent graphics potlatch!
Looks pretty, doesn’t it? It looks great on the webpage with the tiny twinkling star background that blends right into it!!
Thanks devolve.
The Jetsons - on vacation? lol
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Looks good!
Geez, more illegal aliens.
Cool!
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