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.
Thank you LJ, I have that on a webpage.
That must be YOU in that ‘space-tractor’ there, lol!
This is me going to a Jag meeting:
LOL, better watch out. That kitty’s bigger than you!
GROPE, GROPE . . . .Oh, you mean like when the 'trained' MEXICAN AIR FORCE observers complete with FLIR video who mistook OIL WELL FIRES burning in the gulf for UFOs?any fool hardy rationalization
anything but accepting the simple facts of trained observers' reports.
There is unreleased radar informationWhat format is it in?
Is it raw 'radial data' unprocessed for clutter?
Enjoy your skepticism while you can.
Sure, we ALWAYS mean the flawed cases and the hoaxes and the swamp gas and Venus etc.
Sheesh.
You must really think believers are sooooooooooooooooo much more inferior, stupid, lower IQ etc. than you are.
We shall see oh great lofty one.
I don’t know....white spot on a blue background along with BJ Clinton on this thread....the coincidences are piling up.
Enjoy your skepticism while you can.Ever heard the term "healthy skepticism".
That's what I practice.
It keeps me from following every new fad, latching on to every loony idea or acting on every 'cry' that "the sky is falling" (Y2K: the computers will 'think' it's 1900!).
Meanwhile, you guys get 'taken in' on a regular basis.
See:
UFOsSuch as:
YOU'VE BEEN HOODWINKED!
THE MOST CONVINCING PRANK
WHAT FIRE BALLOONS CAN AND CANNOT DO
The prank candle balloon (fire balloon) has been and is a frequent cause of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings. They have been used by kids to cause UFO sightings. This was especially true in the 1960s, after an article describing their construction appeared in a science experimentation magazine. They do a good job of scaring the bejeebers out of many people who see them. The following is a description of the fire balloon, how it behaves, and why it fools so many people:
A fire balloon is a folk toy, dating from the 19th century. It is also called a candle balloon. They have been implicated in some of the 1897 "airship" sightings. It is possible that this is the first time they were used to make people see unidentified flying objects. No one would have thought seriously of airships before then.
There are four types of true fire balloons, plus one hybrid type:
Now, that's as far as it got off the ground, right? HF
We do have a Mulder here on FR..an old time FReeper!
Paging Agent Mulder!
1. Be careful who you include in “you guys.”
2. Enjoy your addiction to TYPE II errors.
BTW, they are just as deadly as TYPE I errors.
-Peter Brookesmith, Fortean Times, May, 2000.
Crop Circles - from the people who make them!
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- You'll be able to learn how to become a circlemaker using our easy to follow 'Beginners Guide'.
- Read about the history of circlemaking,
- 'hear' a circle being made and learn about some of the weird experiences the circlemakers have encountered whilst out making formations and
- gain some insight into 'why' this tight band of individuals spend their summers out in the fields of England flattening cereal crops in various intricate patterns!
There's loads of stuff hear, so stop loitering and explore the site. Don't forget to send us your thoughts before you leave... see you in the fields.
You evidently have not studied the scientific differences published in peer reviewed scientific journals
between the authentic vs the hoaxed circles.
Please peddle your ignorance to someone with more time to bother with it.
the scientific differences published in peer reviewed scientific journals"the scientific differences"?
"peer reviewed" - by whom - OTHER UFOLOGISTS?
Give me a break; this is all tomfoolery, quackery and a means to a fast buck ... ALTHOUGH it is hours of entertainment for the addle and feeble-minded and makes a GREAT basis for a TV series or a movie.
Okay, let me take it back down a notch; I really don't want to you to 'do anything' as nutty as Marshall Applewhite did, so maybe I should stop neelding you ...
I guess you haven’t a very adult understanding of what
SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS are all about.
Offered articles are reviewed by scientific peers . . . in this case . . . agronomist scientists.
No, I wouldn’t dream of enlightening you with the references. You don’t deserve a shred of help to learn something.
Besides, you’re much more fun to watch as you are.
The up is in "front" of the cloud. Front end being defined by the upper level wind direction. If the upper level winds are blowing west to east the front of the lennie will be on the west side of the cloud. I took one to 25,000 feet at Black Forest, Colorado. It is a hell of ride. When you go through the rotor it is violently turbulent but once through the rotor you are in laminar flow air. Your rate of climb indicator can be greater than 1000 feet per minute and the air is totally smooth. It does not get any better than that.
are we sure it isn’t the Hildebeasts rear end ???
and you’ll see most of the “UFO” pictures taken over the years
= = =
That’s simply a wholesale untrue statement.
Happy to give you “F” for effort.
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