The sighting was in the area of the Texas panhandle so it would be northwest of Dallas. The Boing 737 was flying at about 38,000 ft going to Seattle from Houston to Seattle on 1-20-08 (today). The flight officer is my long time aviation friend with over 10,000 hrs total flight time.

The UFO was "definately not another aircraft" because it was below his jet in the 3:30 position and not moving in relation to his jet. Not converging which is unusual because all aircraft are moving in relation to your plane, ie. all other aircraft are going about 500 mph and they move right along in one direction. The UFO stayed in that 3:30 position for about 6-8 seconds and then departed suddenly under the plane. It was not seen again.

The startled 2nd officer forgot to check his flight radar to see if it detected anything although it only sees things within 2000 ft so it unlikely it would have seen it. He also did not allert the captain because it was "too wierd" and in the airline industry well, that is often the best thing to do.

Hi Plumranch,

thank you for posting this. I've starred your post and also flagged it as I feel it deserves to be taken note of -- especially considering what else has been going on over Texas recently.

Do you think you could persuade your friend to join ATS (if not already a member) and perhaps post any more details/impressions? It would be most helpful if we could ask any questions that come to mind. I'd be interested in more exact details about where the sighting was and at what time, as this could be useful if other similar reports surface -- even from ground-based observers.

Thanks,

Mike

Can you provide a link to where you got this story from?




[edit on 20-1-2008 by atlscribe]

I just got off the phone with the pilot. The location by reconing was Guthrie, TX or about 85 miles east of Lubbock. The date has changed to 8:15 pm central time on January 17th.

His Boeing 737-800 was flying north at 480 knots at 38,000 ft and he estimated the craft was at 30,000 to 32,000 ft altitude traveling the same speed and the same direction as his jet for 6 to 8 seconds. His jet was canted/cramped west a few degrees to allow for the west wind at his altitude. The craft was elongated and he could see that it was not having to cramp into the wind to maintain its heading. He was looking down at the lights of the craft which were clearly visible. He couldn't see the darkened outline of the craft (just its lights).

Those vids are awesome,needs its own thread if not yet, maybe just a blackbox thread.

Wow, thanks for sharing his story with us, as has been mentioned before I do think this hould be taken note of. Is there any other information he can give ?

Hmm, with all the sightings going on over Texas it could lend credibility to the supposed crash that took place in Aurora, Texas back in 1897. I wouldn't be surprised if another attempt is made to exhume the grave of the supposed alien in the coming months.

I'm not real up on aircraft operations, but why would a plane as small as a 737 have a Second Officer on board? Captain, First Officer, I'll buy, but Second Officer? A pilot trainee maybe? Please explain.

Hi, thanks for posting this thread it was interesting to read some details.

I understand why your friend can't diverse anything to put himself in the "cooking pot", but wouldn't there be some passangers that would have seen this UfO aswell?.

Im just currious. these UfO sightings in texas are very interesting.
would you be able find out if any one else on the plane seen it?

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[edit on 21-1-2008 by omnicron]

Hi All, just had an interesting thought. This recent sighting was in Texas ok, around 8 January, some claimed it was escorted by helicopters and also two military jets were pursuing. (Maybe doing a test flight / run?)

Now there is the other interesting post about the TU aiming in for a close call, in the "southern hemisphere" around the 28/29 January (last time I looked Texas was in the Southern Hemisphere, and home to some pretty important people.

Without suggesting it was not some kind of vehicle from an unknown origin, but perhaps if it was of earthling military type, the thought occurred perhaps that those higher up the Govt pecking order than us mere mortals may know just a little more about the TU trajectory, and are planning for a rapid 'higher' evacuation from the ranch in Texas, rather than taking to the mountains which may not be ideal real estate if we were to take a direct hit?

Agree, its way out there in thinking, but with all the cover-ups in the past few years, nothing, and I repeat nothing, would surprise me anymore...