Let them chew on this.....
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.
I hope the mysterious cigar shaped object didn’t have “Goodyear” painted on the side.
Let them chew on this.....
We are going to be intergalactic slaves!...Beter that than one of Hillary!’s.
Could be, but surely an airline captain with more than a half hour's airtime has seen a lenticular cloud before. We glider pilots wait in constant drool for "lennies". They mean atmospheric wave and that means high altitude fun!
FWIW, they're not all that rare in my area at certain times of the year, mostly winter and spring. In fact, they're common in March and April in SE Tennessee....
That movie was years ahead of its time.
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/
I dunno, that might scare 'em off.....
And Marshall amps that go to 11.
Try this:
www.cloudappreciationsociety.org
AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
I used to hope and pray that my ex-wife would be abducted by aliens. Then I realized, that if they did abduct her, they might come back ticked off, and destroy the world. Or worse yet, they might just bring her back.
They’re just coming here to do the jobs Americans won’t do.
That picture looks like it was taken on 2nd Ave in Nashville.
Kudos for the Futurama reference.
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